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13:0313:03, 18 February 2021 diff hist +6,025 N One thinks, Why should I read Bhagavad-gita? I know everything. I have my own interpretation. Brahma, however, was able to understand that the Supreme Personality is Krsna. Isvarah paramah krsnah (BS 5.1). Another of Krsna's names is paramesvara Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One thinks"|"Why should I read Bhagavad-gītā"|"I know everything. I have my own interpretation"|"Brahmā, however, was able..."
09:5309:53, 18 February 2021 diff hist +5,736 N In the material world, everyone thinks, I am the best man in this world. I know everything Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world, everyone thinks"|"I am the best man in this world. I know everything"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmisth..." current
09:5109:51, 18 February 2021 diff hist +5,989 N The word advayam, meaning - one without a second, is also significant. Because Brahma was overcast by Krsna's maya, he was thinking himself the Supreme Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word advayam, meaning"|"one without a second"|"is also significant. Because Brahmā was overcast by Kṛṣṇa's māyā,..."
08:3808:38, 18 February 2021 diff hist +5,403 N The best course is to surrender to Krsna. Don't try to measure Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The best course, therefore, is to surrender to Kṛṣṇa. Don't try to measure Kṛṣṇa"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmist..."
06:1706:17, 18 February 2021 diff hist +5,790 N On my (Prabhupada's) passage to America, how insignificant the ship was, like a matchbox in the midst of the ocean. Krsna's intelligence resembles the ocean, for one cannot imagine how vast it is Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"On my passage to America, how insignificant the ship was, like a matchbox in the midst of the ocean. Kṛṣṇa's intelligenc..."

18:0918:09, 17 February 2021 diff hist +5,806 N The Lord's knowledge is unlimited, and therefore one cannot touch where it ends, just as one cannot measure the ocean. What is the extent of our intelligence in comparison to the vast expanse of water in the ocean Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord's knowledge is unlimited, and therefore one cannot touch where it ends, just as one cannot measure the ocean. What is..."
18:0718:07, 17 February 2021 diff hist +5,487 N 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..."
17:4017:40, 17 February 2021 diff hist +5,097 N 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..."
17:2817:28, 17 February 2021 diff hist +5,285 N 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..."
17:2517:25, 17 February 2021 diff hist +5,267 N 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..."
17:1817:18, 17 February 2021 diff hist +5,349 N 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..."
15:4815:48, 17 February 2021 diff hist +5,085 N 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..."
15:4415:44, 17 February 2021 diff hist +5,003 N 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..."
15:4015:40, 17 February 2021 diff hist +4,802 N 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..."
15:3115:31, 17 February 2021 diff hist +4,651 N 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..."
15:2815:28, 17 February 2021 diff hist +4,926 N 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..."
15:2515:25, 17 February 2021 diff hist +4,791 N 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..."
15:2115:21, 17 February 2021 diff hist +4,897 N 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..."
15:1815:18, 17 February 2021 diff hist +4,622 N 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..."
15:1115:11, 17 February 2021 diff hist +4,680 N 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..."
15:0915:09, 17 February 2021 diff hist +4,761 N 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..."
15:0215:02, 17 February 2021 diff hist +2,170 N 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..."
14:5814:58, 17 February 2021 diff hist +2,468 N 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..."
14:5014:50, 17 February 2021 diff hist +3,204 N 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..."
14:4714:47, 17 February 2021 diff hist +3,368 N 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..."
14:4514:45, 17 February 2021 diff hist +3,386 N 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..."
14:4014:40, 17 February 2021 diff hist +3,685 N 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..."
14:3814:38, 17 February 2021 diff hist +3,388 N 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..."
14:1314:13, 17 February 2021 diff hist +3,384 N 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..."
14:1114:11, 17 February 2021 diff hist +3,147 N 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..." current
14:0414:04, 17 February 2021 diff hist +9,707 N 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..."
14:0214:02, 17 February 2021 diff hist +10,023 N 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..."
13:5613:56, 17 February 2021 diff hist +9,827 N 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..."
13:5313:53, 17 February 2021 diff hist +10,141 N 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..."
13:4713:47, 17 February 2021 diff hist +10,157 N 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..."
13:3813:38, 17 February 2021 diff hist +9,967 N 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..."
13:2913:29, 17 February 2021 diff hist +9,777 The phrase atan-nirasana refers to the discarding of that which is irrelevant. (Atat means "that which is not a fact") No edit summary current
13:2713:27, 17 February 2021 diff hist +9,572 N 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..."
13:2413:24, 17 February 2021 diff hist +10,216 N 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..."
13:2213:22, 17 February 2021 diff hist +9,891 N 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..."
12:3512:35, 17 February 2021 diff hist +10,069 N 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..." current
12:3112:31, 17 February 2021 diff hist +9,957 N 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..."
12:2812:28, 17 February 2021 diff hist +9,715 N 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..."
12:2212:22, 17 February 2021 diff hist +10,022 N 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..."
12:1512:15, 17 February 2021 diff hist +9,922 N 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..."
12:1112:11, 17 February 2021 diff hist +9,725 N 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|..."
12:0912:09, 17 February 2021 diff hist +9,917 N 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..."
12:0012:00, 17 February 2021 diff hist +9,845 N 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,..."
11:5711:57, 17 February 2021 diff hist +9,577 N 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..."
11:5211:52, 17 February 2021 diff hist +9,902 N 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..."

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