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18 February 2021

• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 That which is relative, temporary and far away from the Absolute Truth is called maya, or ignorance. This illusion is exhibited in two ways, as explained in the Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 The Supreme Lord has arranged for sunshine and moonshine. But in His abode, as described in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 15.6), there is no necessity for lighting by sunshine, moonshine or electricity because everything is self-effulgent No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 The Vedic literature directs us not to be captivated by the dark regions (tamah) but to try to reach the shining regions of the Absolute - yogi-dhama No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 When the material manifestation appears very wonderful, this is due to a perverted reflection of the supreme sunshine, the Absolute Truth, as confirmed in the Vedanta-sutra. Whatever one can see here has its substance in the Absolute No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 Neither darkness nor reflection has an independent existence. Darkness comes when the sunshine is blocked. For example, if one stands facing the sun, his back will be in darkness No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +5,608 The real nature of maya, the illusory existence of the material manifestation, is clearly explained in Srimad-Bhagavatam. The Absolute Truth is substance, and the relative truth depends upon its relationship with the Absolute for its existence No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 The relative truth, which is called maya, or material nature, is explained here (in CC Adi 1.54). Maya has no independent existence No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 15.6) it is said, yad gatva na nivartante tad dhama paramam mama - The abode from which no one returns to this material world is the supreme abode of the Lord No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +9,670 The Lord says - I am everything - because everything is His energy and is therefore nondifferent from Him No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +9,705 The cosmic manifestation and the living entities are energies of the Lord, and they are considered to be simultaneously one with and different from Him No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +9,334 Since the energy of the Lord is not different from Him, in fact everything that exists is Krsna in His impersonal feature. Sunshine, sunlight and heat are not different from the sun, and yet simultaneously they are distinct energies of the sun No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +9,247 The material elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego) display the inferior energy of the Lord, and the living entities are His superior energy No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +9,039 In the Bhagavad-gita it is said, aham krtsnasya jagatah prabhavah: the cosmic manifestation is a display of the energy of the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +9,015 Goloka eva nivasati: although He is perfectly and eternally present in Goloka Vrndavana in Vaikuntha, He is nevertheless all-pervading (akhilatma-bhutah). The all-pervading feature of the Lord is called the Supersoul No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 During the creation the Lord also exists as He is in the Vaikunthas, and He also exists as the Supersoul within the material universes. This is confirmed in the Brahma-samhita - BS 5.38 No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 The words (of CC Adi 1.53) pascad aham indicate that the Lord exists after the dissolution of the cosmic manifestation. When the material world is dissolved, the Lord still exists personally in the Vaikunthas No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +9,488 In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 10.8) the Lord says, aham sarvasya prabhavah - I am the fountainhead of all emanations - The material cosmos, being temporary, is sometimes manifest and sometimes unmanifest, but its energy emanates from the Supreme Absolute Lord No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 Neither cause nor effect existed in the beginning; they emanated from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as did the energy of time. This is stated in the Vedanta-sutra - janmady asya yatah No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 Sat means - effect, asat means - cause, and param refers to the ultimate truth, which is transcendental to cause and effect. The cause of the creation is called the mahat-tattva, or total material energy, and its effect is the creation itself No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 The Absolute Truth is the Supreme Person, Bhagavan, as Srimad-Bhagavatam explains No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +8,754 The effulgent bodily luster of the Supreme Lord is the cause of the creation of infinite universes No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 From the Brahman energy the creation appears, just as a cloud appears in sunshine. From the cloud comes rain, from the rain comes vegetation, and from the vegetation come fruits and flowers, which are the basis of subsistence for many other forms of life No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +8,840 In the Brahma-samhita it is said, tad brahma niskalam anantam asesa-bhutam: the Brahman effulgence expands unlimitedly No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 The word yat (of CC Adi 1.53) refers to Brahman, the impersonal effulgence of the Lord No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 When the Lord says aham it is to be understood that He exists with full potency, including all opulences No edit summary current
• 18:2118:21, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 If one thinks of a king, he automatically thinks of his secretaries, ministers, military commanders, palaces and so on. Since a king has such opulences, one can simply try to imagine the opulences of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 18:2118:21, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 It is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita that although the creation is periodically dissolved, there is another abode, which is never dissolved No edit summary current
• 18:2118:21, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 Aham has a specific meaning; it is not a vague term that can be whimsically interpreted. Aham, when spoken by Krsna, refers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and nothing else No edit summary current
• 18:2118:21, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 The Personality of Godhead, speaking to Brahma, uses aham while describing His own transcendental form No edit summary current
• 18:2118:21, 18 February 2021 diff hist +8,754 The Mayavadi philosophers interpret this word aham as referring to the impersonal Brahman No edit summary current
• 18:2118:21, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 Aham means - I; therefore the speaker who is saying aham, - I, must have His own personality No edit summary current
• 18:2118:21, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 The Supreme Truth is a transcendental person, free from all tinges of the material elements No edit summary current
• 18:2118:21, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 Krsna entering the rasa dance with the damsels of Vraja, expanding Himself in as many forms as there were damsels in the dance - these and innumerable other uncommon acts and attributes are all mysteries No edit summary current
• 18:2118:21, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 His (Krsna's) uncommon activities like lifting Govardhana Hill, marrying more than sixteen thousand queens at Dvaraka these and innumerable other uncommon acts and attributes are all mysteries No edit summary current
• 18:2118:21, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 His qualities, as the responsive PG to pure devotees and as impersonal Brahman to dry speculators - these & innumerable other uncommon acts & attributes are all mysteries, one aspect of which is presented in the scientific knowledge of the Bhagavad-gita No edit summary
• 18:2118:21, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 The innumerable forms of the Lord, such as Syamasundara, Narayana, Rama and Gaurasundara; the colors of these forms (white, red, yellow, cloudlike syama and others) - these and innumerable other uncommon acts and attributes are all mysteries No edit summary current
• 18:2118:21, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 The Lord said to Brahma that since He was pleased with him, by His grace the mystery (of transcendental knowledge about Him) was being revealed No edit summary current
• 18:2118:21, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 Hearing, chanting, remembering, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, worshiping, praying, assisting, fraternizing with the Lord, and sacrificing everything for Him are different parts of the same devotional service, which is full of transcendental mystery No edit summary current
• 17:5417:54, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 In time, material scientists may also know how we can communicate with the Vaikuntha world No edit summary current
• 17:5417:54, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 Refraining from sensual enjoyment, one should voluntarily accept all sorts of difficulties for spiritual realization. This is called tapasya. An enjoyer of the senses can never realize God, godliness or the science of theistic knowledge No edit summary current
• 17:5417:54, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 Exchanges of thoughts in regard to Krsna give pleasure to the Lord, who therefore favors such devotees with all enlightenment No edit summary current
• 17:5417:54, 18 February 2021 diff hist +3,407 Pure devotees, always merged in knowledge of Krsna and absorbed in Krsna consciousness, exchange thoughts and realizations as great scientists exchange their views and discuss the results of their research in scientific academies No edit summary current
• 17:5417:54, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 The Lord declares that by enlightenment in theistic knowledge He awards attachment for Him to those who constantly engage in His transcendental loving service No edit summary current
• 17:5417:54, 18 February 2021 diff hist +2,745 This verse (CC Adi 1.49) of the Bhagavad-gita (BG 10.10) clearly states how Govindadeva instructs His bona fide devotee No edit summary current
• 17:5417:54, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 Srila Gopinatha is the ultimate attraction in spiritual realization No edit summary current
• 17:5417:54, 18 February 2021 diff hist +4,648 The initiating spiritual master is a personal manifestation of Srila Madana-mohana vigraha, whereas the instructing spiritual master is a personal representative of Srila Govindadeva vigraha. Both of these Deities are worshiped at Vrndavana No edit summary current
• 17:5417:54, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 Even though one may be unable to travel on the field of Vrndavana due to forgetfulness of his relationship with the SP of Godhead, he can get an adequate opportunity to stay in Vrndavana and derive all spiritual benefits by the mercy of Sanatana Gosvami No edit summary current
• 17:5417:54, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 Srila Sanatana Gosvami is the ideal spiritual master, for he delivers one the shelter of the lotus feet of Madana-mohana No edit summary current
• 17:5417:54, 18 February 2021 diff hist +65 If one foolishly discriminates between them (the Supreme Lord, the initiating spiritual master and the instructing spiritual master), he commits an offense in the discharge of devotional service No edit summary current
• 17:5417:54, 18 February 2021 diff hist +4,710 The acarya in the true sense of the term, who is authorized to deliver Krsna, enriches the disciple with full spiritual knowledge and thus awakens him to the activities of devotional service No edit summary current