User contributions for SharmisthaK

6 March 2021

• 15:0015:00, 6 March 2021 diff hist +9,380 N Material scientists and philosophers suppose that material energy acts automatically, and therefore they are frustrated, like an illusioned person who tries to get milk from the nipplelike bunches of skin on the neck of a goat Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Material scientists and philosophers conditioned by the spell of material nature suppose that material energy acts automatical..." current
• 14:5614:56, 6 March 2021 diff hist +9,299 N Material scientists and philosophers conditioned by the spell of material nature suppose that material energy acts automatically, and therefore they are frustrated Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Material scientists and philosophers conditioned by the spell of material nature suppose that material energy acts automatical..."
• 14:5314:53, 6 March 2021 diff hist +9,241 N The material energy, which is a perverted form of the spiritual energy, presents everything pervertedly, thus causing misconceptions and duality Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The material energy, which is a perverted form of the spiritual energy, presents everything pervertedly, thus causing misconce..." current
• 14:4314:43, 6 March 2021 diff hist +9,682 N A person who is engaged in devotional service in full KC and who is already situated in the spiritual energy can understand that the material energy has no independent powers: whatever actions are going on are due to the help of the spiritual energy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a person who is engaged in devotional service in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness and who is therefore already situated in the s..." current
• 13:2613:26, 6 March 2021 diff hist +9,678 N When covered by the cloud of material energy, the living entity, who is also a spiritual energy of the Supreme PG, forgets about the activities of the spiritual energy and considers all that happens in the material manifestation to be wonderful Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When covered by the cloud of material energy, the living entity, who is also a spiritual energy of the Supreme Personality of..." current
• 13:1713:17, 6 March 2021 diff hist +9,181 N Krsna invests His spiritual energy into material energy, and then it can act, just as iron can act like fire after being heated by fire. The material energy can act only when empowered by the spiritual energy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa invests His spiritual energy into material energy, and then it can act, just as iron can act like fire after being..." current
• 12:5112:51, 6 March 2021 diff hist +9,400 N Originally the energy of Krsna is spiritual, but it works in diverse ways, like electrical energy, which can exhibit the functions of refrigerating or heating through its manifestations in different ways Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Originally the energy of Kṛṣṇa is spiritual, but it works in diverse ways, like electrical energy, which can exhibit the..." current
• 12:4912:49, 6 March 2021 diff hist +9,221 N Material nature appears to be just the opposite of the spiritual energy. The fact is that the material energy can work only when in contact with the spiritual energy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Material nature appears to be just the opposite of the spiritual energy. The fact is that the material energy can work only wh..." current
• 12:4412:44, 6 March 2021 diff hist +9,049 N This misconception (of the living entity that he is not energy but the energetic) of his own existence leads him to the attitude of lording it over material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This misconception of his own existence leads him to the attitude of lording it over material nature"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|..." current
• 12:1912:19, 6 March 2021 diff hist +9,640 N When the living entity is enlightened by the grace of the Supreme Lord or His pure devotee and becomes inclined to revive his original state of loving service, he is on the most auspicious platform of eternal bliss and knowledge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when the living entity is enlightened by the grace of the Supreme Lord or His pure devotee and becomes inclined to revive his..."
• 12:1512:15, 6 March 2021 diff hist +9,303 N The conditioned state is caused by misuse of the individual independence of the spiritual platform, for this separates the living entity from the association of the spiritual energy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The conditioned state is caused by misuse of the individual independence of the spiritual platform, for this separates the liv..." current
• 12:0912:09, 6 March 2021 diff hist +9,101 N Under the control of the material energy, the living entities have been wandering in forgetfulness within the material world since time immemorial Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"under the control of the material energy, the living entities have been wandering in forgetfulness within the material world s..."
• 12:0512:05, 6 March 2021 diff hist +4,564 In the conditioned state the living entities of the marginal energy are a mixture of spiritual and material energies. The marginal energy is originally under the control of the spiritual energy No edit summary current
• 12:0312:03, 6 March 2021 diff hist +9,234 N The Absolute Truth is identical with His spiritual energy. Only when contacted by the spiritual energy can the material energy work and the temporary material manifestations thus appear active Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Absolute Truth is identical with His spiritual energy. Only when contacted by the spiritual energy can the material energy..." current
• 11:5711:57, 6 March 2021 diff hist +9,062 N The energy of the Absolute Truth is exhibited in three ways: spiritual, material and marginal Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The energy of the Absolute Truth is exhibited in three ways: spiritual, material and marginal"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmis..." current
• 11:5511:55, 6 March 2021 diff hist +9,340 N The Vedic conclusion is that the cosmic manifestation visible to the eyes of the conditioned soul is caused by the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, through the exertion of His specific energies Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedic conclusion is that the cosmic manifestation visible to the eyes of the conditioned soul is caused by the Absolute Tr..." current
• 11:4611:46, 6 March 2021 diff hist +5,036 N The attempt of the atheistic Sankhya philosophers to consider material nature the source of these elements (earth, water, fire, etc.), forgetting Krsna, is useless, like trying to get milk from the nipplelike bumps of skin hanging on the neck of a goat Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the attempt of the atheistic Sāṅkhya philosophers to consider material nature the source of these elements, forgetting Kṛ..."
• 11:4311:43, 6 March 2021 diff hist +4,746 N This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (9.10): mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate sa-caracaram. Prakrti, the total material energy, works under the superintendence of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā"|"mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram. Prakṛti, the total materia..." current
• 11:3611:36, 6 March 2021 diff hist +231 Pradhana cannot be independent of the superintendence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 11:3311:33, 6 March 2021 diff hist +4,765 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the origin of all manifestations. Material nature can supply only when it is activated by the glance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the origin of all manifestations. Material nature can supply only when it is activated b..." current
• 11:2911:29, 6 March 2021 diff hist +4,642 N All of them (the material elements, the living entities and material nature) together are recipients of power from the Supreme Personality of Godhead and are thus able to manifest their individual capacities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"all of them together are recipients of power from the Supreme Personality of Godhead and are thus able to manifest their indiv..." current
• 11:2211:22, 6 March 2021 diff hist +4,823 The material elements (earth, water, fire, etc.) are like smoke, the living entities are like sparks, and material nature as pradhana is like the flaming wood No edit summary current
• 11:2011:20, 6 March 2021 diff hist +4,626 N Although smoke, flaming wood, and sparks are all considered together as ingredients of a fire, the flaming wood is nevertheless different from the fire, and the smoke is different from the flaming wood Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although smoke, flaming wood, and sparks are all considered together as ingredients of a fire, the flaming wood is nevertheles..."
• 10:2510:25, 6 March 2021 diff hist +4,812 N Material nature cannot independently become an agent for supplying the material ingredients. This is more clearly explained by Sri Kapiladeva, an incarnation of Godhead, in Srimad-Bhagavatam - SB 3.28.40 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Material nature cannot independently become an agent for supplying the material ingredients. This is more clearly explained by..."
• 10:2210:22, 6 March 2021 diff hist +4,752 N Lord Visnu activates material nature by the power of His glance, and then the ironlike material nature becomes a material-supplying agent just as iron made red-hot becomes a burning agent Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Viṣṇu activates material nature by the power of His glance, and then the ironlike material nature becomes a material-..."
• 10:1710:17, 6 March 2021 diff hist +5,055 N Iron has no power to heat or burn, but after coming in contact with fire the iron becomes red-hot and can then diffuse heat and burn other things. Material nature is like iron, for it has no independence to act without the touch of Visnu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"iron has no power to heat or burn, but after coming in contact with fire the iron becomes red-hot and can then diffuse heat an..." current
• 10:1310:13, 6 March 2021 diff hist +2 Inert material nature is not the actual cause of the material manifestation, for Karanarnavasayi, Maha-Visnu, the plenary expansion of Krsna, activates all the ingredients. It is in this way that material nature has the power to supply the ingredients No edit summary current
• 10:1210:12, 6 March 2021 diff hist +5,039 N Inert material nature is not the actual cause of the material manifestation, for Karanarnavasayi, Maha-Visnu, the plenary expansion of Krsna, activates all the ingredients. It is in this way that material nature has the power to supply the ingredients Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Inert material nature is not the actual cause of the material manifestation, for Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī, Mahā-Viṣṇu, th..."
• 10:0310:03, 6 March 2021 diff hist +231 The word avyakta, referring to the nonmanifested, is another name of pradhana No edit summary current
• 10:0110:01, 6 March 2021 diff hist +4,449 The material ingredients are a manifestation of maya as pradhana. In other words, when the three qualities of maya are in a dormant stage, they exist as prakrti, avyakta or pradhana No edit summary current
• 10:0010:00, 6 March 2021 diff hist +4,383 Although the living entity is primarily related to the causal portion of maya, he is nevertheless conducted by the ingredients of maya. Three forces work in the causal portion of maya: knowledge, desire and activity No edit summary current
• 09:5809:58, 6 March 2021 diff hist +3,847 N My dear Lord, You can save me from this cycle of cause and effect. I worship Your lotus feet Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear Lord, You can save me from this cycle of cause and effect. I worship Your lotus feet"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmist..." current
• 09:5609:56, 6 March 2021 diff hist +4,008 N The body is generated from activity, and activity is generated from the body, just as a tree is generated from a seed that is generated from a tree. This reciprocal cause and effect is called maya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The body is generated from activity, and activity is generated from the body, just as a tree is generated from a seed that is..." current
• 09:5109:51, 6 March 2021 diff hist +4,421 N The conditioned vital force, the subtle material ingredients (the dravya), and material nature, the eleven senses and five elements (earth, water, fire, air & ether), which are the sixteen ingredients of the body - these are the ingredient aspect of maya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The conditioned vital force, the subtle material ingredients called the dravya, and material nature (which is the field of act..."
• 09:4409:44, 6 March 2021 diff hist +4,358 N The ingredients and cause of the material cosmic manifestation are described as follows: O my Lord! Time, activity, providence and nature are four parts of the causal aspect (maya) of the external energy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O my Lord"|"Time, activity, providence and nature are four parts of the causal aspect (māyā) of the external energy. The con..."
• 09:2109:21, 6 March 2021 diff hist +3,947 N Maya, the external energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is divided into two parts Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Māyā, the external energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is divided into two parts"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmist..."
• 09:0409:04, 6 March 2021 diff hist +7,135 N When one knows Him (the Personality of Godhead) perfectly, one surrenders unto Him and then becomes a mahatma Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one knows Him perfectly, one surrenders unto Him and then becomes a mahātmā"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{co..." current
• 09:0009:00, 6 March 2021 diff hist +7,288 N Scientific advancement should have a great goal to attain, and that great goal should be the Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Scientific advancement should have a great goal to attain, and that great goal should be the Personality of Godhead"}} {{notes..."
• 08:5608:56, 6 March 2021 diff hist +7,165 N Modern science has created an imperfect, godless civilization that is in gross ignorance of the ultimate cause Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"modern science has created an imperfect, godless civilization that is in gross ignorance of the ultimate cause"}} {{notes|}} {..."
• 08:5508:55, 6 March 2021 diff hist 0 Since materialistic scientists ignore the Personality of Godhead, it is as if they were concerned with the potter’s wheel and its rotation, the potter’s tools and the ingredients for the pots, but had no knowledge of the potter himself No edit summary current
• 08:5308:53, 6 March 2021 diff hist +7,478 N Since materialistic scientists ignore the Personality of Godhead, it is as if they were concerned with the potter’s wheel and its rotation, the potter’s tools and the ingredients for the pots, but had no knowledge of the potter himself Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since materialistic scientists ignore the Personality of Godhead, it is as if they were concerned with the potter's wheel and..."
• 08:4608:46, 6 March 2021 diff hist +7,888 N Without Narayana, all other causes are useless, just as the potter's wheel and tools are useless without the potter himself Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"without Nārāyaṇa, all other causes are useless, just as the potter's wheel and tools are useless without the potter himsel..." current
• 08:4308:43, 6 March 2021 diff hist +231 Narayana is the chief cause of all material creations, and the material energy supplies the ingredients of matter No edit summary current
• 07:0507:05, 6 March 2021 diff hist +7,316 N When a potter manufactures a pot from clay, the potter’s wheel, his tools and the clay are the immediate causes of the pot, but the potter is the chief cause Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When a potter manufactures a pot from clay, the potter's wheel, his tools and the clay are the immediate causes of the pot, bu..." current
• 07:0307:03, 6 March 2021 diff hist +7,255 N The modes of nature, which directly cause material actions, are originally activated by Narayana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The modes of nature, which directly cause material actions, are also originally activated by Nārāyaṇa"}} {{notes|}} {{comp..." current
• 06:5406:54, 6 March 2021 diff hist +7,507 N Behind all the jugglery of the natural laws is a great living being, who is a person like the mechanical engineer in the powerhouse. It is by His intelligence that the entire cosmic creation moves in a systematic way Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"behind all the jugglery of the natural laws is a great living being, who is a person like the mechanical engineer in the power..."
• 06:4806:48, 6 March 2021 diff hist +7,425 N The power of electricity is transmitted through the medium of copper, but this does not mean that the copper is electricity. The power is generated at a powerhouse under the control of an expert living being Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The power of electricity is transmitted through the medium of copper, but this does not mean that the copper is electricity. T..." current
• 06:4406:44, 6 March 2021 diff hist +7,582 N Although the rod is not fire, it becomes red-hot and acts like fire itself. Similarly, all the actions and reactions of material nature are not actually the work of material nature but are actions and reactions of the energy of the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although the rod is not fire, it becomes red-hot and acts like fire itself. Similarly, all the actions and reactions of materi..."
• 06:4106:41, 6 March 2021 diff hist +7,275 N To explain how maya acts by Krsna’s power, the author of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta gives the example of an iron rod in a fire Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To explain how māyā acts by Kṛṣṇa's power, the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta gives the example of an iron rod..." current
• 06:3506:35, 6 March 2021 diff hist +7,283 N Lord Caitanya appeared in order to dissipate this darkness of ignorance by igniting the spark of spiritual life that can, by His causeless mercy, enlighten the entire world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya appeared in order to dissipate this darkness of ignorance by igniting the spark of spiritual life that can, by H..."