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25 April 2021
- 14:2814:28, 25 April 2021 diff hist +2,751 N Although the living entities are constitutionally spiritual, they come under the influence of the potency of nescience Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although the living entities are constitutionally spiritual, they come under the influence of the potency of nescience"}} {{no..." current
- 14:2514:25, 25 April 2021 diff hist +3,504 Although this avidya-sakti (material energy, or nescience) is also an energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it is especially intended to keep the living entities in a state of forgetfulness. This is due to their rebellious attitude toward the Lord No edit summary current
- 14:2214:22, 25 April 2021 diff hist +3,178 N The living entities in the material world are forgetful of their eternal relationship with the SP of Godhead. This forgetfulness is called avidya, or nescience. The avidya-sakti, the avidya potency of the material world, provokes fruitive activity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living entities in the material world are forgetful of their eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead...." current
24 April 2021
- 16:5916:59, 24 April 2021 diff hist +2,849 N In the Bhagavad-gita, in Sri Krsna’s discourse on the ksetra and the ksetra-jna, it is clearly stated that the ksetra-jna is the living entity, who knows his field of activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Bhagavad-gītā, in Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s discourse on the kṣetra and the kṣetra-jña, it is clearly stated that th..." current
- 16:5516:55, 24 April 2021 diff hist +1,606 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu quotes four verses from the Visnu Purana (6.7.61-63 and 1.12.69) to explain the different potencies of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu now quotes four verses from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (6.7.61-63 and 1.12.69) to explain the differen..."
- 16:5216:52, 24 April 2021 diff hist +2,288 N In the Svetasvatara Upanisad (6.8) it is clearly said, parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate: (CC Madhya 13.65, purport) "The Absolute Truth has multipotencies" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the Svetasvatara Upanisad (6.8) it is clearly said, parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate"|"The Absolute Truth has multipotenci..." current
- 16:4916:49, 24 April 2021 diff hist +2,538 N Actually, the Supreme Lord has an eternal personal form full of all opulence. The Mayavadi philosophers try to interpret the Absolute Truth as being without potency Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually, the Supreme Lord has an eternal personal form full of all opulence. The Māyāvādī philosophers try to interpret t..." current
- 16:4616:46, 24 April 2021 diff hist +2,807 N If the SP of Godhead is formless, how can He be said to walk very fast and accept everything offered to Him? Rejecting the direct meaning of the Vedic mantras, the Mayavadi philosophers interpret them and try to establish the Absolute Truth as formless Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If the Supreme Personality of Godhead is formless, how can He be said to walk very fast and accept everything offered to Him?..."
- 16:3716:37, 24 April 2021 diff hist +3,846 N One has to approach a bona fide spiritual master and surrender to him. Only then can one understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a person - BG 4.34 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One has to approach a bona fide spiritual master and surrender to him. Only then can one understand the Supreme Personality of..." current
- 16:3316:33, 24 April 2021 diff hist +3,922 N The less intelligent class of men cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead without being favored by His devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The less intelligent class of men cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead without being favored by His devotee"}}..." current
- 16:3016:30, 24 April 2021 diff hist +4,148 N Unless one is favored by a devotee, he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Arjuna also confirms this in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 10.14): My Lord, it is very difficult to understand Your personality Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless one is favored by a devotee, he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Arjuna also confirms this in the..."
- 16:2616:26, 24 April 2021 diff hist +3,952 N It is not possible to understand Krsna simply by studying the Vedas perfectly. One must have the mercy of a devotee - yat-padam Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not possible to understand Kṛṣṇa simply by studying the Vedas perfectly. One must have the mercy of a devotee (yat..."
- 16:2316:23, 24 April 2021 diff hist +4,270 N One who has no Vedic knowledge, who has not studied the Vedas from a bona fide spiritual master, does not know Krsna. Therefore he is a mudha. Such fools take Krsna to be an ordinary person (param bhavam ajanantah) They do not actually know what Krsna is Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who has no Vedic knowledge, who has not studied the Vedas from a bona fide spiritual master, does not know Kṛṣṇa. Th..." current
- 16:1516:15, 24 April 2021 diff hist +4,180 N The purusam mahantam mentioned in the verse from the Svetasvatara Upanisad is Sri Krsna. His hands and legs are not mundane but are completely transcendental. However, when He comes, fools take Him to be an ordinary person Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the puruṣaṁ mahāntam mentioned in the verse from the Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad is Śrī Kṛṣṇa. His hands and legs..." current
- 16:0716:07, 24 April 2021 diff hist +4,231 m This Vedic mantra (of Svetasvatara Upanisad (3.19)) clearly states, purusam mahantam. The word purusa means "person." In the BG 10.12 Arjuna confirms that this person is Krsna when he addresses Krsna as purusam sasvatam: "You are the original person" Alankrutha moved page This Vedic mantra (Svetasvatara Upanisad (3.19)) clearly states, purusam mahantam. The word purusa means "person." In the BG 10.12 Arjuna confirms that this person is Krsna when he addresses Krsna as purusam sasvatam: "You are the original person" to [[This Vedic mantra (of Svetasvatara Upanisad (3.19)) clearly states, purusam mahantam. The word purusa means "person." In the BG 10.12 Arjuna confirms that this person is Krsna when he addresses Krsna as purusam sasvata... current
- 16:0216:02, 24 April 2021 diff hist +4,256 N This Vedic mantra (of Svetasvatara Upanisad (3.19)) clearly states, purusam mahantam. The word purusa means "person." In the BG 10.12 Arjuna confirms that this person is Krsna when he addresses Krsna as purusam sasvatam: "You are the original person" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This Vedic mantra clearly states, puruṣaṁ mahāntam. The word puruṣa means"|"In the Bhagavad-gītā"|"Arjuna confirms th..."
- 15:5215:52, 24 April 2021 diff hist +1,482 N This (CC Madhya 6.149) quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 10.14.32) is spoken by Lord Brahma Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"|"is spoken by Lord Brahmā"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{complete|ALL}} {{..."
- 15:4715:47, 24 April 2021 diff hist +5,383 N When reading Vedic literature, we must take the path traversed by great acaryas: maha-jano yena gatah sa panthah. Unless one follows the path traversed by great acaryas, he cannot understand the real purport of the Vedas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when reading Vedic literature, we must take the path traversed by great ācāryas: mahā-jano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ. Unle..."
- 15:4215:42, 24 April 2021 diff hist +5,186 N That literature which does not conform to Vedic literature is simply misleading Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"That literature which does not conform to Vedic literature is simply misleading"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{comple..." current
- 15:3115:31, 24 April 2021 diff hist +5,850 The Rg Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, Atharva Veda, Mahabharata, Pancaratra and the original Valmiki Ramayana are all Vedic literatures. Any literature following the conclusive statements of these Vedic literatures is also to be considered Vedic literature No edit summary current
23 April 2021
- 16:4016:40, 23 April 2021 diff hist +5,548 N Actually, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is vedesu durlabham (untraceable in the Vedas), but when the Vedas are properly understood or when Vedic knowledge is received from devotees, one can understand that all Vedic knowledge leads to Sri Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is vedeṣu durlabham (untraceable in the Vedas), but when the Vedas are properly..."
- 16:3116:31, 23 April 2021 diff hist +5,638 The great sages present the Puranas in order to make the Vedic mantras understandable for common men No edit summary current
- 16:2916:29, 23 April 2021 diff hist +5,678 A person with mundane senses cannot fully understand the name, qualities, form and pastimes of Sri Krsna. The Puranas are therefore meant to explain and supplement Vedic knowledge No edit summary current
- 16:2616:26, 23 April 2021 diff hist +5,697 A person may think that there is no direct statement about Krsna in the Upanisads, but the fact is that the Vedic mantras cannot be understood by people with mundane senses No edit summary
- 16:1416:14, 23 April 2021 diff hist +5,492 N Before the creation of the cosmic manifestation, the Supreme Personality of Godhead possessed His totally transcendental mind and eyes. That Supreme Personality of Godhead is Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Before the creation of the cosmic manifestation, the Supreme Personality of Godhead possessed His totally transcendental mind..."
- 16:0316:03, 23 April 2021 diff hist +5,505 N Although one may perfectly follow religious rituals and ceremonies, he is simply wasting his time (srama eva hi kevalam) if he does not attain this perfection - detached from the material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although one may perfectly follow religious rituals and ceremonies, he is simply wasting his time (śrama eva hi kevalam) if h..."
- 15:5615:56, 23 April 2021 diff hist +5,552 N Understanding Vasudeva is real knowledge. By engaging in the devotional service of Vasudeva, Krsna, one acquires perfect knowledge and Vedic understanding. Thus one becomes detached from the material world. This is the perfection of human life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Understanding Vāsudeva is real knowledge. By engaging in the devotional service of Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa, one acquires perfe..."
- 15:5215:52, 23 April 2021 diff hist +5,143 N When one has actually become wise through the study of Vedic literature, he surrenders unto Vasudeva, Bhagavan Sri Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one has actually become wise through the study of Vedic literature, he surrenders unto Vāsudeva, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣ..." current
- 15:4915:49, 23 April 2021 diff hist +5,359 N It is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.19): After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me (Krsna), knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is also confirmed elsewhere in the Bhagavad-gītā"|"After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surren..." current
- 15:4315:43, 23 April 2021 diff hist +5,064 N The ultimate object in all Vedic literature is Krsna. Everyone is searching for Him - BG 15.15 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The ultimate object in all Vedic literature is Kṛṣṇa. Everyone is searching for Him"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}..." current
- 15:3015:30, 23 April 2021 diff hist +2,483 N The Lord’s mind, eyes and other senses are all transcendental Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Lord’s mind, eyes and other senses are all transcendental"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first..." current
- 15:2615:26, 23 April 2021 diff hist +2,927 N Before the creation there were no material minds or material eyes; therefore the mind by which the Supreme Personality of Godhead desired to create is transcendental, and the eyes with which He glanced over material nature are also transcendental Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Before the creation there were no material minds or material eyes; therefore the mind by which the Supreme Personality of Godh..." current
- 15:1915:19, 23 April 2021 diff hist +2,587 N It may be noted that the Supreme Lord glanced over the material nature before the creation of this cosmic manifestation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It may be noted that the Supreme Lord glanced over the material nature before the creation of this cosmic manifestation"}} {{n..."
- 15:1415:14, 23 April 2021 diff hist +2,905 N In the Chandogya Upanisad (6.2.3), it is said, tad aiksata bahu syam prajayeya. This statement confirms the fact that when the SP of Godhead wishes to become many, the cosmic manifestation arises simply by His glancing over material energy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Chāndogya Upaniṣad (6.2.3), it is said, tad aikṣata bahu syāṁ prajāyeya. This statement confirms the fact that..." current
- 15:0315:03, 23 April 2021 diff hist +3,647 N That Brahman into which the whole cosmic manifestation merges is in the locative case - yat or yasmin Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"that Brahman into which the whole cosmic manifestation merges is in the locative case (yat or yasmin)"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler..."
- 15:0015:00, 23 April 2021 diff hist +3,827 N The Absolute Truth from which the cosmic manifestation has emanated, is in the ablative case; that Brahman by which this universal creation is maintained is in the instrumental case - yena Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Absolute Truth from which the cosmic manifestation has emanated, is in the ablative case; that Brahman by which this unive..."
- 14:5414:54, 23 April 2021 diff hist +3,939 N In the Taittiriya Upanisad (3.1): yato va imani bhutani jayante, yena jatani jivanti, yat prayanty abhisamvisanti, tad vijijnasasva tad brahma. This was the answer given by father Varuna when questioned by his son Varuni Bhrgu about the Absolute Truth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the Taittirīya Upaniṣad (3.1): yato vā imāni bhūtāni jāyante, yena jātāni jīvanti, yat prayanty abhisaṁviśant..." current
22 April 2021
- 17:5817:58, 22 April 2021 diff hist +4,040 N It is stated in SB 1.5.20: The entire universal creation is contained in the gigantic form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Everything emanates from Him, everything rests in His energy, and after annihilation everything merges into His person Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"|"The entire universal creation is contained in the gigantic form of the Supreme Personal..."
- 17:5117:51, 22 April 2021 diff hist +3,698 N According to these three cases (ablative, instrumental and locative), the Absolute Truth is positively personified Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to these three cases, the Absolute Truth is positively personified"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{complete|..." current
- 17:4717:47, 22 April 2021 diff hist +4,017 N The creation subsists by the energy of the Supreme Brahman and, after annihilation, merges into the Supreme Brahman. From this we can understand that the Absolute Truth can be categorized in three cases - ablative, instrumental and locative Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The creation subsists by the energy of the Supreme Brahman and, after annihilation, merges into the Supreme Brahman. From this..."
- 17:4017:40, 22 April 2021 diff hist +3,923 N According to the injunction of the Upanisads ("the Supreme Absolute Truth is He from whom everything emanates"), it is understood that the whole cosmic manifestation emanated from Brahman, the Supreme Absolute Truth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the injunction of the Upanisads"|"the Supreme Absolute Truth is He from whom everything emanates"|"it is understo..."
- 17:3517:35, 22 April 2021 diff hist +3,136 N The Brahma-samhita (Bs 5.38) states: Due to the rays of the Lord’s bodily effulgence, millions of universes are created, just as planets are created from the sun Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Due to the rays of the Lord’s bodily effulgence, millions of universes are created, just as planets are created from the sun..."
- 17:3117:31, 22 April 2021 diff hist +3,578 N His (the Lord's) all-pervasive feature is understood to be impersonal because one does not find the form of the Lord in that all-pervasiveness. Actually, everything is resting on the rays of His bodily effulgence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"His all-pervasive feature is understood to be impersonal because one does not find the form of the Lord in that all-pervasiven..." current
- 17:2717:27, 22 April 2021 diff hist +3,423 N As confirmed in the Brahma-samhita (Bs 5.38), goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhutah: "Although the Lord always stays in His abode, Goloka Vrndavana, He is still all-pervading" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"as confirmed in the Brahma-samhita (BS 5.38), goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhutah"|"Although the Lord always stays in His abo..." current
- 17:2217:22, 22 April 2021 diff hist +3,425 N Krsna states in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.4), maya tatam idam sarvam jagad avyakta-murtina: "By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Krsna states in the Bhagavad-gita"|"maya tatam idam sarvam jagad avyakta-murtina"|"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire..."
- 17:1817:18, 22 April 2021 diff hist +3,749 N In the BG 10.8, Krsna says, aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate: "I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me." Therefore Krsna is the original Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore Krsna is the original Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead"|"I am the source of all spiritual and mate..."
- 17:1217:12, 22 April 2021 diff hist +3,363 N The Brahma-sutra begins with the verse janmady asya yatah: (SB 1.1.1) "The Absolute Truth is that from whom everything emanates." (Bs 1.1.2) That Absolute Truth is Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Brahma-sutra begins with the verse janmady asya yatah"|"The Absolute Truth is that from whom everything emanates"|"(BS 1.1..." current
- 17:0817:08, 22 April 2021 diff hist +3,315 N In the Taittiriya Upanisad (3.1) it is said, yato va imani bhutani jayante: "The entire material cosmic manifestation is born of the Supreme Brahman" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Taittiriya Upanisad (3.1) it is said, yato va imani bhutani jayante"|"The entire material cosmic manifestation is born..." current
- 17:0417:04, 22 April 2021 diff hist +1,751 N This (CC Madhya 6.142) is a quotation from Sri Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka (6.67), by Kavi-karnapura Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is a quotation from Śrī Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka (6.67), by Kavi-karṇapūra"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}..." current
- 17:0217:02, 22 April 2021 diff hist +2,979 N The impersonal descriptions in the Vedas intend to deny mundane characteristics in the Supreme Lord. They do not intend to establish the Supreme Lord as impersonal Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the impersonal descriptions in the Vedas intend to deny mundane characteristics in the Supreme Lord. They do not intend to est..." current