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• 18:07, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The word agadha-bodham, meaning full of unlimited knowledge, is significant in this verse.- SB 10.13.61 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word agadha-bodham, meaning"|"full of unlimited knowledge"|"is significant in this verse"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmist...")
• 17:40, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Without KC, happiness is impossible; one may struggle, but one cannot have happiness. We are therefore trying to give human society the opportunity for a life of happiness, good health, peace of mind and all good qualities through God consciousness (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"without Krsna consciousness, happiness is impossible; one may struggle, but one cannot have happiness. We are therefore trying...")
• 17:28, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page All the devotees here (in Durban, South Africa) are very active in the service of Lord Krsna, and the results are obvious to see: happiness, good health, peace of mind, and the development of all good qualities. This is the nature of Vrndavana (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All the devotees here are very active in the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and the results are obvious to see: happiness, good...")
• 17:25, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In an article about the temple of the Hare Krsna movement in Durban, South Africa, the Durban Post reported, All the devotees here are very active in the service of Lord Krsna, and the results are obvious to see: happiness (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in an article about the temple of the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement in Durban, South Africa, the Durban Post reported"|"All the de...")
• 17:18, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In the material world one may collect funds all over the world in order to distribute food freely, yet those to whom the food is given may not even feel appreciative. The value of Krsna consciousness, however, will gradually be very much appreciated (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world one may collect funds all over the world in order to distribute food freely, yet those to whom the food...")
• 15:48, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The inhabitants of Vrndavana think, Whatever is given by Krsna, let us divide it as prasada and eat. This mentality cannot appear all of a sudden, but it will gradually develop with Krsna consciousness; by sadhana, one can come to this platform (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The inhabitants of Vṛndāvana think"|"Whatever is given by Kṛṣṇa, let us divide it as prasāda and eat"|"This mentalit...")
• 15:44, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One may sometimes think that the monkeys in Vrndavana are envious, because they cause mischief and steal food, but in Vrndavana we find that the monkeys are allowed to take butter, which Krsna Himself distributes (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One may sometimes think that the monkeys in Vṛndāvana are envious, because they cause mischief and steal food, but in Vṛn...")
• 15:40, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Krsna personally demonstrates that everyone has the right to live. This is Vrndavana life. Why should I live and you die? No. That is material life (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa personally demonstrates that everyone has the right to live. This is Vṛndāvana life. Why should I live and you...")
• 15:31, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In Vrndavana everyone is happy. The calf is happy, the cat is happy, the dog is happy, the man is happy - everyone. Everyone wants to serve Krsna in a different capacity, and thus there is no envy (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Vṛndāvana everyone is happy. The calf is happy, the cat is happy, the dog is happy, the man is happy"|"everyone. Everyon...")
• 15:28, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Whether a gosvami or a tiger or other ferocious animal, everyone's business is the same - to please Krsna. Even the tigers are also devotees. This is the specific qualification of Vrndavana (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Whether a gosvāmī or a tiger or other ferocious animal, everyone's business is the same—to please Kṛṣṇa. Even the ti...")
• 15:25, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page We are horrified to hear the name of vana, the forest, but in Vrndavana there is no such horror. Everyone there is happy by pleasing Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We are horrified to hear the name of vana, the forest, but in Vṛndāvana there is no such horror. Everyone there is happy by...")
• 15:21, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The sadhus keep cows and supply milk to the tigers, saying, Come here and take a little milk. Thus envy and malice are unknown in Vrndavana. That is the difference between Vrndavana and the ordinary world (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The sadhus keep cows and supply milk to the tigers, saying"|"Come here and take a little milk"|"Thus envy and malice are unkno...")
• 15:18, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Even in this material world, the animals in Vrndavana are not envious of the sadhus who live there (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even in this material world, the animals in Vrndavana are not envious of the sadhus who live there"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sh...")
• 15:11, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Even in this material world, in the forest the animals live together, and when they go to drink water they do not attack anyone (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even in this material world, in the forest the animals live together, and when they go to drink water they do not attack anyon...")
• 15:09, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The word vana means forest. We are afraid of the forest and do not wish to go there, but in Vrndavana the forest animals are as good as demigods, for they have no envy (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word vana means"|"forest"|"We are afraid of the forest and do not wish to go there, but in Vṛndāvana the forest animals...")
• 15:02, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Trees and vegetables provide the real means of livelihood recommended for everyone. Sarva-kama-dugha mahi (SB 1.10.4). Trees and vegetables, not industry, provide the real means of life (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Trees and vegetables provide the real means of livelihood recommended for everyone. Sarva-kāma-dughā mahī"|"Trees and veget...")
• 14:58, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Trees and vegetables are essential, and they give happiness all year round, in all seasons. That is the arrangement in Vrndavana. It is not that in one season the trees are pleasing and in another season not pleasing (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"trees and vegetables are essential, and they give happiness all year round, in all seasons. That is the arrangement in Vrndava...")
• 14:50, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The Krsna consciousness movement wants to stop koti-janma, repeated birth and death. In one birth, one should rectify everything and come to permanent life. This is Krsna consciousness (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement wants to stop koṭi-janma, repeated birth and death. In one birth, one should rectify...")
• 14:47, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One should come to the spiritual platform, and then one's activities will be permanent. Krta-punya-punjah: (SB 10.12.11) this stage is attained after one accumulates the results of pious activities for many, many lives (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should come to the spiritual platform, and then one's activities will be permanent. Kṛta-puṇya-puñjāḥ: (SB 10.12.1...")
• 14:45, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page As explained by Bhaktivinoda Thakura, mayara vase, yaccha bhese, khaccha habudubu bhai: My dear brothers, why are you being washed away by the waves of maya (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As explained by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, māyāra vaśe, yāccha bhese"|"khāccha hābuḍubu bhāi"|"My dear brothers, why ar...")
• 14:40, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In the human life, if we prepare ourselves by beginning the activity of our spiritual life, we return to our real life and attain perfection. Otherwise, according to karma, svabhava, prakrti and so on, our varieties of life and activity continue (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the human life, if we prepare ourselves by beginning the activity of our spiritual life, we return to our real life and att...")
• 14:38, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Suppose we die. "Die" means that we become inert for some time and then again begin our activities. This takes place life after life, according to our karma, or activities, and svabhava, or nature by association (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Suppose we die"|"Die"|"means that we become inert for some time and then again begin our activities. This takes place life aft...")
• 14:13, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page At night we sleep, and all our activities stop, but as soon as we arise, our memory immediately returns, and we think, Oh, where am I? What do I have to do? This is called suptotthita-nyaya (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At night we sleep, and all our activities stop, but as soon as we arise, our memory immediately returns, and we think"|"Oh, wh...")
• 14:11, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page We actually do not die. At death, we are merely kept inert for some time, just as during sleep (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We actually do not die. At death, we are merely kept inert for some time, just as during sleep"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmi...")
• 14:04, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Krsna says, It is (the soul) not burned by fire. Therefore, one has to imagine what it is that is not burned by fire. This is a negative definition (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa says"|"It is not burned by fire"|"Therefore, one has to imagine what it is that is not burned by fire. This is a n...")
• 14:02, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In the beginning the soul is difficult to understand, and therefore Krsna has given negative definitions: The soul can never be cut into pieces by any weapon, nor can it be burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the beginning the soul is difficult to understand, and therefore Krsna has given negative definitions"|"The soul can never...")
• 13:56, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page It is (the soul) unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying and primeval. It is not slain when the body is slain (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying and primeval. It is not slain when the body is slain"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sh...")
• 13:53, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In Bhagavad-gita, Krsna explains the soul by giving negative definitions. Na jayate mriyate va: It is not born, nor does it die. You can hardly understand more than this. But what is it? It is eternal (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa also explains the soul by giving negative definitions. Na jāyate mriyate vā"|"It is not born...")
• 13:47, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In describing a pencil, one may say, It is not this; it is not that, but this does not tell us what it is. This is called definition by negation. In Bhagavad-gita, Krsna also explains the soul by giving negative definitions (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In describing a pencil, one may say"|"It is not this; it is not that"|"but this does not tell us what it is. This is called de...")
• 13:38, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Brahman is sometimes described as asthulam ananv ahrasvam adirgham, that which is not large and not small, not short and not long. (Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad 5.8.8) Neti neti: It is not this, it is not that. But what is it (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahman is sometimes described as asthūlam anaṇv ahrasvam adīrgham"|"that which is not large and not small, not short and...")
• 13:27, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page This submission (to Krsna) marks the difference between Krsna-ites and Mayavadis (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This submission marks the difference between Kṛṣṇa-ites and Māyāvādīs"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{compl...")
• 13:24, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Everyone wants to take pleasure in his own knowledge, thinking, I know something. But in the presence of Krsna this conception cannot stand, for one cannot bring Krsna within the limitations of prakrti. One must submit. There is no alternative (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone wants to take pleasure in his own knowledge, thinking"|"I know something"|"But in the presence of Kṛṣṇa this co...")
• 13:22, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Brahma adopted the aroha-pantha. He wanted to understand Krsna's mystic power by his own limited, conceivable power, and therefore he himself was mystified (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahmā, however, adopted the āroha-panthā. He wanted to understand Kṛṣṇa's mystic power by his own limited, conceivab...")
• 12:35, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One must accept the parampara system. And the best parampara is that which extends from Krsna (evam parampara-praptam (BG 4.2)). What Krsna says, we should accept (imam rajarsayo viduh). This is called the avaroha-pantha (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one must accept the paramparā system. And the best paramparā is that which extends from Kṛṣṇa (evaṁ paramparā-prāp...")
• 12:31, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The materialist wants to understand everything by the aroha-pantha - by argument and reason - but transcendental matters cannot be understood in this way. Rather, one must follow the avaroha-pantha, the process of descending knowledge (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The materialist wants to understand everything by the aroha-pantha"|"by argument and reason"|"but transcendental matters canno...")
• 12:28, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page This path of acceptance is called avaroha-pantha The word avaroha is related to the word avatara, which means that which descends (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This path of acceptance is called avaroha-pantha The word avaroha is related to the word avatara, which means"|"that which des...")
• 12:22, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page When Krsna says, This is superior, and this is inferior, we accept what He says. It is not that we argue, Why is this superior and that inferior? If one argues, for him the knowledge is lost (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Kṛṣṇa says"|"This is superior, and this is inferior"|"we accept what He says. It is not that we argue"|"Why is this...")
• 12:15, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page That which is acintya cannot be ascertained by argument. People generally argue, but our process is not to argue but to accept the Vedic knowledge as it is (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"That which is acintya cannot be ascertained by argument"|"People generally argue, but our process is not to argue but to accep...")
• 12:11, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page We say that the words of sastra should be taken as they are, without change, since they are beyond our arguments (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we say that the words of śāstra should be taken as they are, without change, since they are beyond our arguments"}} {{notes|...")
• 12:09, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Acintya refers to that which we cannot contemplate but have to accept. Srila Jiva Gosvami has said that unless we accept acintya in the Supreme, we cannot accommodate the conception of God. This must be understood (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Acintya refers to that which we cannot contemplate but have to accept. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has said that unless we accept...")
• 12:00, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page With one's limited senses, one cannot argue about that which is inconceivable. Therefore the inconceivable is called acintya, that which is beyond cintya, our thoughts and arguments (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"With one's limited senses, one cannot argue about that which is inconceivable. Therefore the inconceivable is called acintya,...")
• 11:57, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Brahma was mystified about Krsna's opulence (nija-mahimani) because this opulence was atarkya, or inconceivable (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahmā was mystified about Kṛṣṇa's opulence (nija-mahimani) because this opulence was atarkya, or inconceivable"}} {{no...")
• 11:52, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The ahladini-sakti is manifested as Radharani, but Krsna and Radharani are the same, although one is potent and the other is potency (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The āhlādinī-śakti is manifested as Rādhārāṇī, but Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī are the same, although one is pot...")
• 11:47, 17 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Each is an individual potency (samvit, sandhini and ahladini potencies). The ahladini potency is Radharani (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Each is an individual potency. The āhlādinī potency is Rādhārāṇī"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|AL...")
• 18:33, 15 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Vividha means - varieties. There is unity in variety. Thus yogamaya and mahamaya are among the varied individual parts of the same one potency, and all of these individual potencies work in their own varied ways (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vividhā means"|"varieties"|"There is unity in variety. Thus yogamāyā and mahāmāyā are among the varied individual parts...")
• 18:31, 15 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Krsna's power is variegated, and thus the same sakti, or potency, works in variegated ways (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa's power is variegated, and thus the same śakti, or potency, works in variegated ways"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sha...")
• 18:24, 15 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One wheel runs this way, another wheel runs that way, functioning naturally in such a way that the work of the machine goes on. Consequently we give different names to the different parts of the machine, saying, This is a wheel, This is a screw and so on (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One wheel runs this way, another wheel runs that way, functioning naturally in such a way that the work of the machine goes on...")
• 18:21, 15 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One who does not know how the machine is working may say that it is all iron; nonetheless, in spite of its being iron, the machine has different elements, all working differently to accomplish the purpose for which the machine was made (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who does not know how the machine is working may say that it is all iron; nonetheless, in spite of its being iron, the mac...")
• 18:13, 15 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In a machine all the parts may be iron, but the machine includes varied activities. Although the whole machine is iron, one part works in one way, and other parts work in other ways (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in a machine all the parts may be iron, but the machine includes varied activities. Although the whole machine is iron, one pa...")
• 18:11, 15 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page There is unity in variety. For example, in one tree, there are varieties of leaves, fruits and flowers. Varieties of energy are required for performing the varieties of activity within the creation (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is unity in variety. For example, in one tree, there are varieties of leaves, fruits and flowers. Varieties of energy ar...")