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08:2308:23, 10 June 2021 diff hist +4,246 N One should approach the spiritual master with all humility and offer him all services so that he will be pleased to bestow his blessings upon the disciple. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should approach the spiritual master with all humility and offer him all services so that he will be pleased to bestow his..."
08:2008:20, 10 June 2021 diff hist +4,108 N As for acceptance of the spiritual master, that is essential, because without the instruction of a bona fide spiritual master, one cannot progress in the spiritual science. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As for acceptance of the spiritual master, that is essential, because without the instruction of a bona fide spiritual master,..."
08:0808:08, 10 June 2021 diff hist +3,993 N Simplicity means that without diplomacy one should be so straightforward that he can disclose the real truth even to an enemy. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Simplicity means that without diplomacy one should be so straightforward that he can disclose the real truth even to an enemy"..."

09:2609:26, 9 June 2021 diff hist +4,698 N For making advancement in spiritual knowledge, there may be many impediments, but we should be tolerant and continue our progress with determination. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"So, for making advancement in spiritual knowledge, there may be many impediments, but we should be tolerant and continue our p..."
09:2309:23, 9 June 2021 diff hist +4,937 N Even Prahlada, who, only 5 years old, was engaged in the cultivation of spiritual knowledge, was endangered when his father became antagonistic to his devotion. The father tried to kill him in so many ways, but Prahlada tolerated him. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even a boy like Prahlāda, who, only five years old, was engaged in the cultivation of spiritual knowledge, was endangered whe..."
09:1909:19, 9 June 2021 diff hist +4,231 N If one is engaged in the advancement of spiritual knowledge, there will be so many insults and much dishonor from others. This is expected because material nature is so constituted. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one is engaged in the advancement of spiritual knowledge, there will be so many insults and much dishonor from others. This..."
09:1609:16, 9 June 2021 diff hist +4,092 N Tolerance means that one should be practiced to bear insult and dishonor from others. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Tolerance means that one should be practiced to bear insult and dishonor from others"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{comp..."
09:0409:04, 9 June 2021 diff hist +5,140 N One should try his best to distribute real knowledge to the people, so that they may become enlightened and leave this material entanglement. That is nonviolence. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should try his best to distribute real knowledge to the people, so that they may become enlightened and leave this materia..."
09:0109:01, 9 June 2021 diff hist +4,404 N People in general are trapped by ignorance in the material concept of life, and they perpetually suffer material pains. So, unless one elevates people to spiritual knowledge, one is practicing violence. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"People in general are trapped by ignorance in the material concept of life, and they perpetually suffer material pains. So, un..."
08:5108:51, 9 June 2021 diff hist +4,316 N As for actual advancement in spiritual science, one should have a test to see how far he is progressing. He can judge by these items. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As for actual advancement in spiritual science, one should have a test to see how far he is progressing. He can judge by these..."
08:4408:44, 9 June 2021 diff hist +5,135 N People are very anxious to be famous for their religion, and consequently sometimes it is found that without understanding the principles of religion, one enters into some group, which is not actually following religious principles. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"People are very anxious to be famous for their religion, and consequently sometimes it is found that without understanding the..."
08:3408:34, 9 June 2021 diff hist +5,037 N As for the knowledge outlined here, the items may be analyzed as follows: Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As for the knowledge outlined here, the items may be analyzed as follows: Humility means that one should not be anxious to hav..."
08:2608:26, 9 June 2021 diff hist +4,633 N Transcendental life begins when one accepts a bona fide spiritual master. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna, clearly states here that this process of knowledge is the actual path. Anything speculated beyond this is nonsense. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Transcendental life begins when one accepts a bona fide spiritual master. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇ..."
08:2308:23, 9 June 2021 diff hist +4,388 N The principle of accepting a spiritual master, as mentioned in the seventh verse, is essential. Even for one who takes to devotional service, it is most important. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The principle of accepting a spiritual master, as mentioned in the seventh verse, is essential. Even for one who takes to devo..."
08:1808:18, 9 June 2021 diff hist +4,292 N If one takes to devotional service in full Krsna consciousness, the other nineteen items automatically develop within him. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But, if one takes to devotional service in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the other nineteen items automatically develop with..."
08:0908:09, 9 June 2021 diff hist +4,330 N If one does not approach, or is not able to approach, the transcendental service of the Lord, then the other nineteen items are of no particular value. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one does not approach, or is not able to approach, the transcendental service of the Lord, then the other nineteen items ar..."
08:0008:00, 9 June 2021 diff hist +4,638 N Of all the descriptions of the process of knowledge, the most important point is described in the first line of the tenth verse: The process of knowledge terminates in unalloyed devotional service to the Lord. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Of all the descriptions of the process of knowledge, the most important point is described in the first line of the tenth vers..."
07:5207:52, 9 June 2021 diff hist +4,387 N This process of knowledge is sometimes misunderstood by less intelligent men as being the interaction of the field of activity. But actually this is the real process of knowledge. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This process of knowledge is sometimes misunderstood by less intelligent men as being the interaction of the field of activity..."

09:1109:11, 7 June 2021 diff hist +3,958 N The field is a nonpermanent material thing. However, the ksetrajna, the knower of the field, its proprietor, is different. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Therefore the field is a nonpermanent material thing. However, the kṣetrajña, the knower of the field, its proprietor, is d..."
09:0809:08, 7 June 2021 diff hist +4,235 N The body is the representation of all these factors, and there are changes of the body, which are six in number: the body is born, it grows, it stays, it produces by-products, then begins to decay, and at the last stage it vanishes. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The body is the representation of all these factors, and there are changes of the body, which are six in number: the body is b..."
09:0609:06, 7 June 2021 diff hist +3,867 N One who desires to know the twenty-four elements in detail along with their interactions should study the philosophy in more detail. In Bhagavad-gita, a summary only is given. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who desires to know the twenty-four elements in detail along with their interactions should study the philosophy in more d..."
09:0209:02, 7 June 2021 diff hist +3,969 N Consciousness is represented by intelligence, of which the unmanifested stage is the three modes of material nature. The unmanifested three modes of material nature is called pradhana. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Consciousness is represented by intelligence, of which the unmanifested stage is the three modes of material nature. The unman..."
09:0009:00, 7 June 2021 diff hist +3,887 N The five great elements are a gross representation of the subtle false ego. They are a representation in the material conception. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The five great elements are a gross representation of the subtle false ego. They are a representation in the material concepti..."
08:5808:58, 7 June 2021 diff hist +4,100 N The living symptoms, represented by consciousness and conviction, are the manifestation of the subtle body-mind, ego and intelligence. These subtle elements are included within the field of activities. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living symptoms, represented by consciousness and conviction, are the manifestation of the subtle body-mind, ego and intel..."
08:5408:54, 7 June 2021 diff hist +3,968 N There is desire, hatred, pleasure and pain, which are interactions, representations of the five great elements in the gross body. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Then there is desire, hatred, pleasure and pain, which are interactions, representations of the five great elements in the gro..."
08:4908:49, 7 June 2021 diff hist +3,832 N If one makes an analytical study of these twenty-four (elements) subjects, then he can very well understand the field of activity. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one makes an analytical study of these twenty-four subjects, then he can very well understand the field of activity"}} {{no..."
08:4608:46, 7 June 2021 diff hist +3,975 N Then there are the five objects of the senses: smell, taste, warmth, touch and sound. Now the aggregate of these twenty-four elements is called the field of activity. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Then there are the five objects of the senses: smell, taste, warmth, touch and sound. Now the aggregate of these twenty-four e..."
08:4208:42, 7 June 2021 diff hist +4,008 N Above the senses, there is the mind, which is within and which can be called the sense within. Therefore, including the mind, there are eleven senses altogether. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Then, above the senses, there is the mind, which is within and which can be called the sense within. Therefore, including the..."
08:3708:37, 7 June 2021 diff hist +4,426 N There are false ego, intelligence & the unmanifested stage of 3 modes of nature. Then there are 5 senses for acquiring knowledge: the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and touch. Then 5 working senses: voice, legs, hands, the anus & the genitals. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Then there are false ego, intelligence and the unmanifested stage of the three modes of nature. Then there are five senses for..."
08:3208:32, 7 June 2021 diff hist +4,131 N From all the authoritative statements of the great sages, the Vedic hymns and the aphorisms of the Vedanta-sutra, the components of this world are earth, water, fire, air and ether. These are the five great elements. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From all the authoritative statements of the great sages, the Vedic hymns and the aphorisms of the Vedānta-sūtra, the compon..."
08:2408:24, 7 June 2021 diff hist +4,993 N This is the real picture of the Supreme Lord, as supreme knower of the field, the living entity, as subordinate knower, and the nature of the field of activities. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is the real picture of the Supreme Lord, as supreme knower of the field, the living entity, as subordinate knower, and th..."
08:1208:12, 7 June 2021 diff hist +5,062 N In the Vedanta-sutra also the Supreme is called anandamayo 'bhyasat. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is by nature full of joy, and to enjoy His transcendental bliss, He expands into vijnanamaya, pranamaya, jnanamaya, and annamaya. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Vedanta-sutra also the Supreme is called anandamayo 'bhyasat. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is by nature full of j..."
08:0608:06, 7 June 2021 diff hist +5,025 N Out of these (5 stages of Brahman realization) the first 3-annamaya, pranamaya, & jnanamaya-involve the fields of activities of the living entities. Transcendental to all these fields is the Supreme Lord, who is called anandamaya. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Out of these the first three-annamaya, prāṇamaya, and jñānamaya-involve the fields of activities of the living entities...."
07:5807:58, 7 June 2021 diff hist +4,833 N The next and supreme stage is anandamaya, realization of the all-blissful nature. Thus there are five stages of Brahman realization, which is called brahma puccham. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The next and supreme stage is anandamaya, realization of the all-blissful nature. Thus there are five stages of Brahman realiz..."
07:5507:55, 7 June 2021 diff hist +4,805 N There is Brahman realization and the realization called vijnanamaya by which the living entity's mind and life symptoms are distinguished from the living entity himself. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Then there is Brahman realization and the realization called vijñānamaya by which the living entity's mind and life symptoms..."
07:5107:51, 7 June 2021 diff hist +4,601 N In jnanamaya the living symptom develops to the point of thinking, feeling, and willing. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In jnanamaya the living symptom develops to the point of thinking, feeling, and willing"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{c..."

09:3109:31, 6 June 2021 diff hist +4,866 N Then there is pranamaya; this means that after realizing the Supreme Absolute Truth in foodstuff, one can realize the Absolute Truth in the living symptoms, or life forms. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Then there is pranamaya; this means that after realizing the Supreme Absolute Truth in foodstuff, one can realize the Absolute..."
09:2309:23, 6 June 2021 diff hist +4,969 N There is a manifestation of the Supreme Lord's energy known as annamaya by which one depends simply upon food for existence. This is a materialistic realization of the Supreme. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is a manifestation of the Supreme Lord's energy known as annamaya by which one depends simply upon food for existence. T..."
09:1809:18, 6 June 2021 diff hist +4,795 N In the original Vedas, a distinction between the soul, the Supersoul and the body is made, especially in the Katha Upanisad. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Similarly, in the original Vedas, a distinction between the soul, the Supersoul and the body is made, especially in the Kaṭh..."
09:1509:15, 6 June 2021 diff hist +5,170 N The higher and lower natures exist due to ignorance and are being manifested in an infinite number of living entities. But the Supersoul, which is infallible, is uncontaminated by the three qualities of nature and is transcendental. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The higher and lower natures exist due to ignorance and are being manifested in an infinite number of living entities. But the..."
09:0909:09, 6 June 2021 diff hist +4,845 N Now we are fallen into the ways of the three modes of material nature according to our different karma. As such, some are on higher levels, and some are in the lower nature. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Now we are fallen into the ways of the three modes of material nature according to our different karma. As such, some are on h..."
09:0609:06, 6 June 2021 diff hist +4,907 N Vyasadeva's father, Parasara, was also a great sage, and he writes in his books of religiosity: "aham tvam ca athanye..." "We-you, I and various other living entities-are all transcendental, although in material bodies. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"And Vyāsadeva's father, Parāśara, was also a great sage, and he writes in his books of religiosity"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler..."
09:0009:00, 6 June 2021 diff hist +4,973 N As far as the sages are concerned, besides Himself, Vyasadeva, the author of the Vedanta-sutra, is a great sage, and in the Vedanta-sutra duality is perfectly explained. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As far as the sages are concerned, besides Himself, Vyasadeva, the author of the Vedanta-sutra, is a great sage, and in the Ve..."
08:5708:57, 6 June 2021 diff hist +5,232 N Krsna is explaining this most controversial point regarding the duality & non-duality of the soul & the Supersoul by referring to Scriptures, the Vedanta, which are accepted as authority. He says, this is according to different sages. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Krsna is explaining this most controversial point regarding the duality and non-duality of the soul and the Supersoul by refer..."
08:5308:53, 6 June 2021 diff hist +5,083 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is the highest authority in explaining this knowledge. Still, as a matter of course, learned scholars and standard authorities always give evidence from previous authorities. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is the highest authority in explaining this knowledge. Still, as a matter of course..."
08:4908:49, 6 June 2021 diff hist +2,864 N One should be careful not to consider the Supreme Personality of Godhead in every body and individual soul to be the jiva. This is something like equalizing the potent and the impotent. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But one should be careful not to consider the Supreme Personality of Godhead in every body and individual soul to be the jīva..."
08:4008:40, 6 June 2021 diff hist +2,665 N One just has to understand this Bhagavad-gita directly from the description given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and all this will be clarified. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One just has to understand this Bhagavad-gita directly from the description given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and a..."
08:3708:37, 6 June 2021 diff hist +2,567 N One should also know the distinction between the individual living soul and the Supersoul, the different influences, their potentials, etc. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should also know the distinction between the individual living soul and the Supersoul, the different influences, their pot..."
08:1908:19, 6 June 2021 diff hist +2,926 N One has to know how this body is constituted, the materials of which this body is made, under whose control this body is working, how the changes are taking place, wherefrom the changes are coming, what the causes are. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One has to know how this body is constituted, the materials of which this body is made, under whose control this body is worki..."
08:1208:12, 6 June 2021 diff hist +2,664 N The Lord is describing the field of activities and the knower of the field of activities in their constitutional positions. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is describing the field of activities and the knower of the field of activities in their constitutional positions"}}..."

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