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11 June 2021

• 14:5714:57, 11 June 2021 diff hist +3 There are many devotees who are engaged in the propagation of Krsna consciousness, and they require help. So, even if one cannot directly practice the regulated principles of bhakti-yoga, he can try to help such work. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:5714:57, 11 June 2021 diff hist +3,541 N There are many devotees who are engaged in the propagation of Krsna consciousness, and they require help. So, even if one cannot directly practice the regulated principles of bhakti-yoga, he can try to help such work. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are many devotees who are engaged in the propagation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and they require help. So, even if on..."
• 14:5314:53, 11 June 2021 diff hist +2 One should be sympathetic to the propagation of Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:5214:52, 11 June 2021 diff hist +2,966 N One should be sympathetic to the propagation of Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should be sympathetic to the propagation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|undefined}} {{complete|ALL}..."
• 14:5114:51, 11 June 2021 diff hist +3,172 N How to do this work (for the Supreme Lord) has already been explained in the fifty-fifth verse of the Eleventh Chapter. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"How to do this work has already been explained in the fifty-fifth verse of the Eleventh Chapter"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharm..." current
• 14:4114:41, 11 June 2021 diff hist +4,261 N Practice of bhakti-yoga, under the rules and regulations, with the direction of a spiritual master, will surely bring one to the stage of love of God. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"practice of"|"bhakti-yoga"|"under the rules and regulations, with the direction of a spiritual master, will surely bring one t..."
• 14:4014:40, 11 June 2021 diff hist +4,450 N One should constantly hear Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam from pure devotees. This practice can help anyone to rise to the level of love of God, and then he is sure of his progress into the spiritual kingdom of God. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one should constantly hear"|"Bhagavad-gītā"|"Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"|"from pure devotees. This practice can help anyone to ris..."
• 14:3514:35, 11 June 2021 diff hist +3 To practice the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga one should collect flowers to offer to the Deity, cook foodstuffs to offer to the Deity, take prasadam, and so on. There are various rules and regulations which one should follow. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 11 June 2021 diff hist +4,406 N To practice the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga one should collect flowers to offer to the Deity, cook foodstuffs to offer to the Deity, take prasadam, and so on. There are various rules and regulations which one should follow. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"collect flowers to offer to the Deity, cook foodstuffs to offer to the Deity, take prasādam, and so on. There are various rul..."
• 14:2014:20, 11 June 2021 diff hist +3,846 N The material association has to be purified, and that dormant, natural love for Krsna has to be revived. That is the whole process. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the material association has to be purified, and that dormant, natural love for Kṛṣṇa has to be revived. That is the who..."
• 14:1914:19, 11 June 2021 diff hist +4,079 N This love of God is now in a dormant state in everyone's heart. And, there, love of God is manifested in different ways, but it is contaminated by the material association. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This love of God is now in a dormant state in everyone's heart. And, there, love of God is manifested in different ways, but i..." current
• 14:1314:13, 11 June 2021 diff hist +4,245 N For spiritual life, one must be elevated to the pure stage of love. That stage of love can be achieved by practice of devotional service, performed with the present senses. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"for spiritual life, one must be elevated to the pure stage of love. That stage of love can be achieved by practice of devotion..." current
• 14:0814:08, 11 June 2021 diff hist +4,188 N In this material existence, I may be engaged in some service to some master, but I don't really lovingly serve my master. And the master also is not in love; he takes service from me and pays me. So there is no question of love. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"And the master also is not in love; he takes service from me and pays me. So there is no question of love"}} {{notes|}} {{comp..."
• 14:0614:06, 11 June 2021 diff hist +4,179 N In this material existence, I may be engaged in some service to some master, but I don't really lovingly serve my master. I simply serve to get some money. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this material existence, I may be engaged in some service to some master, but I don't really lovingly serve my master. I si..." current
• 13:5313:53, 11 June 2021 diff hist +4,625 N The other (process of bhakti-yoga) is for one who has not developed an attachment for the Supreme Person by transcendental love. For this second class there are different prescribed rules and regulations, which one can follow. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the other is for one who has not developed an attachment for the Supreme Person by transcendental love. For this second class..."
• 13:5013:50, 11 June 2021 diff hist +4,514 N In this verse (of BG 12.9), two different processes of bhakti-yoga are indicated. The first applies to one who has actually developed an attachment for Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by transcendental love. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse, two different processes"|"of bhakti-yoga"|"are indicated. The first applies to one who has actually developed a..." current
• 13:4113:41, 11 June 2021 diff hist +4 The devotee becomes Krsna-ized by eating the remnants (of foods offered to Krsna). One who does not engage in such service cannot understand how this is so, although this is a process recommended in the Gita & in other Vedic literatures. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 13:4013:40, 11 June 2021 diff hist +2,827 N The devotee becomes Krsna-ized by eating the remnants (of foods offered to Krsna). One who does not engage in such service cannot understand how this is so, although this is a process recommended in the Gita & in other Vedic literatures. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the devotee becomes Kṛṣṇa-ized by eating the remnants. One who does not engage in such service cannot understand how thi..."
• 13:3513:35, 11 June 2021 diff hist +2,376 When he (a devotee) offers Krsna food, Krsna directly accepts these eatables. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 13:2613:26, 11 June 2021 diff hist +2,590 The holy name of the Lord and the Lord are nondifferent; therefore when a devotee chants Hare Krsna, Krsna and His internal potency are dancing on the tongue of the devotee. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 13:0313:03, 11 June 2021 diff hist +2,501 N One who is engaged in Lord Krsna's devotional service lives in a direct relationship with the Supreme Lord, so there is no doubt that his position is transcendental from the very beginning. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who is engaged in Lord Kṛṣṇa's devotional service lives in a direct relationship with the Supreme Lord, so there is..."
• 12:5812:58, 11 June 2021 diff hist +5,351 One should not futilely try to deliver himself in spiritual realization. Let everyone take shelter of the supreme omnipotent Godhead Krsna. That is the highest perfection of life. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:5612:56, 11 June 2021 diff hist +6,504 N There is no need for one to consider the sinful actions of his past life because the Supreme Lord fully takes charge of him. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is no need for one to consider the sinful actions of his past life because the Supreme Lord fully takes charge of him"}}..." current
• 12:5212:52, 11 June 2021 diff hist +6,990 One should give up all other processes of self-realization and simply execute devotional service in Krsna consciousness. That will enable one to reach the highest perfection of life. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:3312:33, 11 June 2021 diff hist +6,559 N Simply by chanting the holy name of Krsna, a devotee of the Lord can approach the supreme destination easily and happily, but this destination cannot be approached by any other process of religion. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a devotee of the Lord can approach the supreme destination easily and happily, but this destination cannot be approached by an..."
• 12:2812:28, 11 June 2021 diff hist +6,678 N One who is devoted to the Supreme Personality can attain all the benefits derived from other yogic processes, speculation, rituals, sacrifices, charities, etc. That is the specific benediction of devotional service. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who is devoted to the Supreme Personality can attain all the benefits derived from other yogic processes, speculation, rit..."
• 12:1512:15, 11 June 2021 diff hist +7,232 m One simply has to practice the easy process of Krsna consciousness and fully engage himself in devotional service. Any intelligent man should always prefer the process of devotional service to all other paths. BG 1972 purports SharmisthaK moved page One simply has to practice the easy process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and fully engage himself in devotional service. Any intelligent man should always prefer the process of devotional service to all other paths. BG 1972 purports to One simply has to practice the easy process of Krsna consciousness and fully engage himself in devotional service. Any intelligent man should always prefer the process of devotional service to all other paths. BG 1972 purports current
• 12:0412:04, 11 June 2021 diff hist +6,363 N The Lord picks up the devotee from this material existence. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Lord picks up the devotee from this material existence"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|202..." current
• 12:0112:01, 11 June 2021 diff hist +6,806 N Although a man who has fallen in the ocean may struggle very hard and may be very expert in swimming, he cannot save himself. But if someone comes and picks him up from the water, then he is easily rescued. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although a man who has fallen in the ocean may struggle very hard and may be very expert in swimming, he cannot save himself...."
• 09:1709:17, 11 June 2021 diff hist +6,835 A devotee does not need to endeavor to transfer himself by yoga practice to other planets. Rather, the Supreme Lord, by His great mercy, comes at once, riding on His bird carrier Garuda, delivers the devotee from this material existence. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
• 09:1109:11, 11 June 2021 diff hist +6,355 N A child is completely cared for by his parents, and thus his position is secure. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A child is completely cared for by his parents, and thus his position is secure"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{compl..."
• 09:0709:07, 11 June 2021 diff hist +6,767 A devotee does not need to practice astanga-yoga in order to transfer his soul to the spiritual planets. The responsibility is taken by the Supreme Lord Himself. He clearly states here that He Himself becomes the deliverer. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
• 09:0409:04, 11 June 2021 diff hist +6,789 N As far as the devotee is concerned, it is clearly stated here (in BG 12.6-7) that the Lord Himself takes him. He does not need to wait to become very experienced in order to transfer himself to the spiritual sky. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"as far as the devotee is concerned, it is clearly stated here that the Lord Himself takes him. He does not need to wait to bec..."
• 08:1208:12, 11 June 2021 diff hist +6,749 N The Supreme Lord herein (BG 12.6-7) promises that He will without delay deliver a pure devotee thus engaged from the ocean of material existence. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Lord herein promises that He will without delay deliver a pure devotee thus engaged from the ocean of material exi..."
• 08:0008:00, 11 June 2021 diff hist +7,050 N The process is very simple: one can devote himself in his occupation and engage at the same time in chanting Hare Krsna. Such transcendental chanting attracts the devotee to the Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The process is very simple: one can devote himself in his occupation and engage at the same time in chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa,..." current
• 07:5607:56, 11 June 2021 diff hist +7,258 N The devotee does not desire any achievement other than pleasing the SP of Godhead. His life's mission is to please Krsna, and he can sacrifice everything for Krsna's satisfaction, just as Arjuna did in the Battle of Kuruksetra. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The devotee does not desire any achievement other than pleasing the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His life's mission is to p..."
• 05:2505:25, 11 June 2021 diff hist +6,658 N One should work only for Krsna. It does not matter in what kind of work one engages, but that work should be done only for Krsna. That is the standard of devotional service. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should work only for Kṛṣṇa. It does not matter in what kind of work one engages, but that work should be done only f..."
• 05:2305:23, 11 June 2021 diff hist +6,682 N The Supreme Lord can only be appreciated by devotional service. Therefore, one should be fully devoted. One should fix his mind fully on Krsna in order to achieve Him. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Supreme Lord can only be appreciated by devotional service. Therefore, one should be fully devoted. One should fix his min..." current
• 05:1605:16, 11 June 2021 diff hist +7,031 N In pure devotional service one comes to the realization that God is great and that the individual soul is subordinate to Him. His duty is to render service to the Lord-if not, then he will render service to maya. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In pure devotional service one comes to the realization that God is great and that the individual soul is subordinate to Him...."
• 05:1105:11, 11 June 2021 diff hist +6,899 The devotees are very fortunate to be delivered very soon from material existence by the Lord. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current

10 June 2021

• 17:3717:37, 10 June 2021 diff hist +7,321 N The process of centering attention on the unmanifested, the inconceivable, which is beyond the approach of the senses, should never be encouraged at any time, especially in this age. It is not advised by Lord Krsna. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"process of centering attention on the unmanifested, the inconceivable, which is beyond the approach of the senses, as already..."
• 17:2917:29, 10 June 2021 diff hist +7,049 N Every living soul is partially independant, and one should know for certain that this unmanifested realization is against the nature of his spiritual blissful self. One should not take up this process. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every living soul is partially independant, and one should know for certain that this unmanifested realization is against the..."
• 17:2717:27, 10 June 2021 diff hist +6,767 N An embodied soul is always in difficulty with the unmanifest, both at the time of practice and at the time of realization. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"an embodied soul is always in difficulty with the unmanifest, both at the time of practice and at the time of realization"}} {..." current
• 17:2317:23, 10 June 2021 diff hist +7,411 N A transcendentalist, highly learned in the process of jnana-yoga, may come to the point of bhakti-yoga, or devotional service. At that time, long practice in impersonalism becomes a source of trouble, because he cannot give up the idea. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a transcendentalist, highly learned in the process of"|"jñāna-yoga"|"may come to the point of"|"bhakti-yoga"|"or devotional..."
• 17:1617:16, 10 June 2021 diff hist +7,196 A living entity is eternally an individual soul, & if he wants to merge into the spiritual whole, he may accomplish the realization of the eternal & knowledgeable aspects of his original nature, but the blissful portion is not realized. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
• 17:1317:13, 10 June 2021 diff hist +7,089 N One should not take up this troublesome path of self-realization (understanding impersonal feature of the Supreme) because there is uncertainty in the ultimate result. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one should not take up this troublesome path of self-realization because there is uncertainty in the ultimate result"}} {{note..." current
• 17:0917:09, 10 June 2021 diff hist +7,321 N If one has to ultimately surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but instead takes the trouble to understand what is Brahman and what is not Brahman and spends his whole life in that way, the result is simply troublesome. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one has to ultimately surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead"|"This surrendering process is called bhakti"|" but..."
• 17:0317:03, 10 June 2021 diff hist +6,709 N The personalist, without any risk, trouble, or difficulty, approaches the Supreme Personality directly. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the personalist, without any risk, trouble, or difficulty, approaches the Supreme Personality directly"}} {{notes|}} {{compile..." current
• 17:0217:02, 10 June 2021 diff hist +6,852 N There is no doubt that the impersonalists are unnecessarily taking a troublesome path with the risk of not realizing the Absolute Truth at the ultimate end. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is no doubt that the impersonalists are unnecessarily taking a troublesome path with the risk of not realizing the Absol..."
• 16:5716:57, 10 June 2021 diff hist +7,134 N A person, simply by offering regulative obeisances unto the Deity, simply by hearing the glories of the Lord, and simply by eating the remnants of foodstuffs offered to the Lord, realizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead very easily. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"simply by offering regulative obeisances unto the Deity, simply by hearing the glories of the Lord, and simply by eating the r..."