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08:0808:08, 6 February 2021 diff hist +8,845 N The soul is the eternal servant of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but when put into the material modes of nature, it takes different bodies, sometimes as a demigod, sometimes a man, a dog, a tree and so on Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the soul is the eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but when put into the material modes of na..."
08:0108:01, 6 February 2021 diff hist +8,674 N The moon is stationary and is one, but when it is reflected in water or oil, it appears to take different shapes because of the movements of the wind Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The moon is stationary and is one, but when it is reflected in water or oil, it appears to take different shapes because of th..."
07:4007:40, 6 February 2021 diff hist +6,854 N When the senses are purified and engaged in Krsna's service, one achieves the highest perfection. Hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam bhaktir ucyate (CC Madhya 19.170). The Krsna consciousness movement is a movement of bhakti-yoga Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the senses are purified and engaged in Krsna's service, one achieves the highest perfection. Hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam bh..." current
07:3407:34, 6 February 2021 diff hist +6,996 N One must be freed from all designations-"I am American," "I am Indian," "I am this," "I am that"-and come to the platform of understanding that Krsna is the original master and we are His eternal servants Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must be freed from all designations"|"I am American"|"I am Indian"|"I am this"|"I am that"|"and come to the platform of un..."
07:2707:27, 6 February 2021 diff hist +6,754 N To save oneself from the repetition of birth and death, one must purify his consciousness. Sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam tat-paratvena nirmalam - CC Madhya 19.170 quoted in SB 10.1.42 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To save oneself from the repetition of birth and death, one must purify his consciousness. Sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam tat-paratven..."
06:3706:37, 6 February 2021 diff hist +6,981 N In conclusion, the Krsna consciousness movement offers the topmost welfare activity for human society. The saner section of human society must therefore take this movement very seriously for the benefit of all humanity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In conclusion, the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement offers the topmost welfare activity for human society. The saner section..."
06:3106:31, 6 February 2021 diff hist +6,847 N Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the higher planets; those in the mode of passion live on the earthly planets; and those in the mode of ignorance go down to the hellish worlds - BG 14.18 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the higher planets; those in the mode of passion live on the ear..."
06:2606:26, 6 February 2021 diff hist +7,017 N Karanam guna-sango 'sya sad-asad-yoni janmasu (BG 13.22). The spirit soul takes birth in higher and lower species of life only because of his association with the three qualities of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Karanam guna-sango 'sya sad-asad-yoni janmasu"|"The spirit soul takes birth in higher and lower species of life only because o..."
06:2206:22, 6 February 2021 diff hist +7,252 N In this life one may have constructed a very tall skyscraper, but in the next life, because of one's mentality, one may have to accept a body like that of a cat, a dog, a tree or perhaps a demigod. Thus the body is offered by the laws of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this life one may have constructed a very tall skyscraper, but in the next life, because of one's mentality, one may have t..."
06:1706:17, 6 February 2021 diff hist +6,868 N At that time (of death), whatever one has created in this life is lost, and one must automatically accept a new body by the force of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At that time, whatever one has created in this life is lost, and one must automatically accept a new body by the force of mate..."
06:0606:06, 6 February 2021 diff hist +7,121 N The flickering mind will hover on the platform of mental speculation for sense enjoyment, and one will have to transmigrate from one type of body to another because the mind is trained only in relation to the material elements or sense gratification Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Otherwise, the flickering mind will hover on the platform of mental speculation for sense enjoyment, and one will have to tran..."
05:5705:57, 6 February 2021 diff hist +6,746 N By chanting the Hare Krsna mantra constantly, one can fix the mind on the lotus feet of Krsna (sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayoh (SB 9.4.18)) and in this way achieve the perfection of yoga Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By chanting the Hare Krsna mantra constantly, one can fix the mind on the lotus feet of Krsna"|"sa vai manah krsna-padaravinda..."
05:5305:53, 6 February 2021 diff hist +6,846 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has recommended, harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam (CC Adi 17.21). One should chant the holy name of the Lord constantly, for the holy name of the Lord is nondifferent from Hari, the Supreme Person Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has recommended, harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam"|"One should chant the holy name of the L..."
05:4805:48, 6 February 2021 diff hist +6,859 N If the mind is engaged in bhakti-yoga, however, by the grace of Krsna one can very easily control it Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If the mind is engaged in bhakti-yoga, however, by the grace of Kṛṣṇa one can very easily control it"}} {{notes|}} {{com..."
05:4305:43, 6 February 2021 diff hist +7,098 N By regulative practice one can control the mind, and this is the purpose of the yoga system (abhyasa-yoga-yuktena (BG 8.8)). But there is a chance of failure with the yoga system, especially in this age, because the yoga system uses artificial means Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By regulative practice one can control the mind, and this is the purpose of the yoga system (abhyasa-yoga-yuktena"|"But there..."
05:3705:37, 6 February 2021 diff hist +6,768 N In the bhava-samudra, the ocean of mental speculation and transmigration to different types of bodies, one must first control the mind Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore, in the bhava-samudra, the ocean of mental speculation and transmigration to different types of bodies, one must fir..."
05:3405:34, 6 February 2021 diff hist +7,120 N For example, if one were in a boat moving according to the wind on a river or the sea, and the wind were uncontrollable, the tilting boat would be very much disturbed and extremely difficult to control. It might even capsize Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For example, if one were in a boat moving according to the wind on a river or the sea, and the wind were uncontrollable, the t..."
05:2505:25, 6 February 2021 diff hist +7,051 N The mind is cancala, flickering, and it changes very strongly. Therefore Arjuna admitted that controlling the mind is not at all possible; this would be as difficult as controlling the wind Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The mind is cañcala, flickering, and it changes very strongly. Therefore Arjuna admitted that controlling the mind is not at..."
05:2005:20, 6 February 2021 diff hist +6,567 N One can very easily understand that the mind is constantly flickering, changing in the quality of its thinking, feeling and willing Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One can very easily understand that the mind is constantly flickering, changing in the quality of its thinking, feeling and wi..."
05:1305:13, 6 February 2021 diff hist +8,405 N As stated in Bhagavad-gita (BG 2.20), na hanyate hanyamane sarire. The soul does not die when the body is destroyed. Rather, the soul takes on another body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre. The soul does not die when the body is destroyed. Rather, the soul takes on another body"|"But..."
04:5004:50, 6 February 2021 diff hist +8,842 N The semen & ovum create a particular type of body according to the form of the father and mother, and when the body is mature, the soul emerges in that body and begins a new life. This is the process of transmigration of the soul from one body to another Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The semen and ovum create a particular type of body according to the form of the father and mother, and when the body is matur..."
04:4404:44, 6 February 2021 diff hist +8,998 N One's consciousness must always be absorbed in Krsna, and then one's life will be successful. Otherwise the mind will carry the soul to another material body. The soul will be placed in the semen of a father and discharged into the womb of a mother Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One's consciousness, therefore, must always be absorbed in Kṛṣṇa, and then one's life will be successful. Otherwise the..."
04:3804:38, 6 February 2021 diff hist +8,695 N When a devotee gives up his body, the mind does not take him to another material body (tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti (BG 4.9)); rather, Krsna takes the devotee to that place where He is engaged in His pastimes Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore when a devotee gives up his body, the mind does not take him to another material body"|"tyaktva deham punar janma na..."
04:3204:32, 6 February 2021 diff hist +4,035 Krsna can revive one's original identity at the time of one's death, even though the mind may be flickering. Although the mind may work imperfectly at the time of death, Krsna gives a devotee shelter at His lotus feet No edit summary current
04:2804:28, 6 February 2021 diff hist +8,628 N This apasmrtih (forgetfulness of one's own identity) can be controlled by the Supreme Lord, for the Lord says, mattah smrtir jnanam apohanam ca: (BG 15.15) "From Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This apasmṛtiḥ can be controlled by the Supreme Lord, for the Lord says, mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanaṁ ca"|"From M..."
04:2204:22, 6 February 2021 diff hist +8,605 N Because the mind is ultimately controlled by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, the word apasmrtih is significant. Forgetfulness of one's own identity is called apasmrtih Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because the mind is ultimately controlled by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, the word apasmṛtiḥ is signif..."
04:1304:13, 6 February 2021 diff hist +8,654 N As Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (BG 14.26): One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā"|"One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstanc..."
04:0804:08, 6 February 2021 diff hist +8,650 N To serve Hrsikesa, the master of the senses, with purified senses is called bhakti. Those who constantly engage in devotional service are situated in a transcendental state, above the material modes of nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam bhaktir ucyate"|"To serve Hrsikesa, the master of the senses, with purified senses is called bhakti...."
03:5903:59, 6 February 2021 diff hist +8,621 N Sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayoh (SB 9.4.18). One must fix the mind at the lotus feet of Krsna twenty-four hours a day. If the mind is fixed upon Krsna's lotus feet, the activities of the other senses will be engaged in Krsna's service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayoh"|"One must fix the mind at the lotus feet of Krsna twenty-four hours a day. If the mind is f..." current
03:5303:53, 6 February 2021 diff hist +8,799 N Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail. (BG 8.6) Therefore one must train the mind in the system of bhakti-yoga, as did Maharaja Ambarisa, who kept himself always in Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail"|"Therefore one must trai..."
03:4303:43, 6 February 2021 diff hist +8,480 N As Lord Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (BG 6.47): Of all yogis, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As Lord Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā"|"Of all yogīs, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in tra..."
03:3403:34, 6 February 2021 diff hist +8,037 N To act in Krsna consciousness is the perfection of life and the highest perfection of yoga Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To act in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the perfection of life and the highest perfection of yoga"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alan..." current
03:2603:26, 6 February 2021 diff hist +8,662 N In the material world one is always a servant of a greater person, and in the spiritual world our constitutional position is to serve the Supreme, the greatest, param brahma. This is the instruction of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world one is always a servant of a greater person, and in the spiritual world our constitutional position is t..."

17:3717:37, 4 February 2021 diff hist +8,598 N One should always be absorbed in thought of Krsna, one should become His devotee, one should always engage in His service and worship Him as the supreme great, and one should always offer Him obeisances Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should always be absorbed in thought of Kṛṣṇa, one should become His devotee, one should always engage in His servic..."
17:3117:31, 4 February 2021 diff hist +8,728 N Without Krsna consciousness, one's consciousness is always absorbed in temporary things. For everyone, therefore, Krsna recommends in Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.34), man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru - BG 18.65 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Without Krsna consciousness, one's consciousness is always absorbed in temporary things. For everyone, therefore, Krsna recomm..."
17:2517:25, 4 February 2021 diff hist +8,778 N The presence of the soul is perceived by consciousness, and one must purify his consciousness from material to spiritual, or, in other words, to Krsna consciousness. That which is spiritual is eternal, and that which is material is temporary Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The presence of the soul is perceived by consciousness, and one must purify his consciousness from material to spiritual, or,..."
17:1717:17, 4 February 2021 diff hist +8,460 N The Krsna consciousness movement offers a process of transcendental activities wherein the mind is fully absorbed in affairs pertaining to Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, therefore, offers a process of transcendental activities wherein the mind is fully abs..."
17:1117:11, 4 February 2021 diff hist +8,482 N If one can understand the nature of the mind (manorathena) and its thinking, feeling and willing, one can very easily understand how from the mind different types of bodies develop Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one can understand the nature of the mind (manorathena) and its thinking, feeling and willing, one can very easily understa..."
16:0616:06, 4 February 2021 diff hist +8,349 N One must understand that the process of mental speculation develops a new type of body that does not actually exist Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must understand that the process of mental speculation develops a new type of body that does not actually exist"}} {{notes..."
16:0216:02, 4 February 2021 diff hist +8,386 N The mind is the subtle substance in which the body is created, as we actually experience in our dreams and also when we are awake in contemplation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The mind is the subtle substance in which the body is created, as we actually experience in our dreams and also when we are aw..."
15:4515:45, 4 February 2021 diff hist +8,662 N When the material body is no long workable, it becomes dust: "For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." But when the body again mixes with the five material elements - earth, water, fire, air and ether - the mind continues to work Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the material body is no long workable, it becomes dust: "For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." But when th..."
15:2815:28, 4 February 2021 diff hist +8,548 N Transmigration of the soul is very clearly explained in this verse (of SB 10.1.41). One sometimes forgets his present body and thinks of his childhood body, a body of the past, and of how one was playing, jumping, talking and so on Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Transmigration of the soul is very clearly explained in this verse. One sometimes forgets his present body and thinks of his c..."
15:2315:23, 4 February 2021 diff hist +3,221 N How this transmigration of the soul takes place is very clearly explained in this verse of SB 10.1.40 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"How this transmigration of the soul takes place is very clearly explained in this verse"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}}..."
15:2115:21, 4 February 2021 diff hist +3,587 N Because of their (the so-called scientist's and philosopher's) devilish brains, they will next be forced to accept an abominable life and practically never be able to liberate themselves from the conditional life of material existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because of their devilish brains, they will next be forced to accept an abominable life and practically never be able to liber..."
12:5112:51, 4 February 2021 diff hist +3,504 N The Hare Krsna movement is trying to elevate such foolish persons (the so-called scientists, philosophers and other leaders) by enlightening their intelligence so that they will take advantage of the human body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Hare Kṛṣṇa movement is trying to elevate such foolish persons by enlightening their intelligence so that they will t..."
12:4212:42, 4 February 2021 diff hist +3,745 N At the present moment there is great opposition to the Hare Krsna movement, which is being called a "brainwashing" movement. But actually the so-called scientists, philosophers and other leaders in the Western countries have no brains at all Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At the present moment there is great opposition to the Hare Krsna movement, which is being called a"|"movement. But actually t..."
12:3112:31, 4 February 2021 diff hist +3,693 N Dull-minded persons who do not have the intelligence to understand this process of transmigration take for granted that when the gross body is finished, one's life is finished forever. Such persons have no brains Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dull-minded persons who do not have the intelligence to understand this process of transmigration take for granted that when t..."

17:1217:12, 3 February 2021 diff hist +3,541 N When higher authorities have decided what kind of gross body the living entity will have, he is forced to enter such a body, and thus he automatically gives up his previous body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When higher authorities have decided what kind of gross body the living entity will have, he is forced to enter such a body, a..."
17:0817:08, 3 February 2021 diff hist +3,375 N At the time of death, according to his mental condition, the living being is carried by the subtle body, consisting of mind, intelligence and ego, to another gross body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At the time of death, according to his mental condition, the living being is carried by the subtle body, consisting of mind, i..."
17:0517:05, 3 February 2021 diff hist +3,273 N This (the conditioned soul takes shelter of another body and then gives up the one he had before) is the process of the soul's transmigration from one body to another Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is the process of the soul's transmigration from one body to another"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{complete|ALL..."

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