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29 June 2021

• 10:1210:12, 29 June 2021 diff hist 0 m The Lord is not impersonal; He has His eyes, legs, hands and everything else, and because we are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord we also have these things. But His hands, legs, eyes and senses are not contaminated by material nature. BG 1972 purports Alankrutha moved page The Lord is not impersonal; He has His eyes, legs, hands and everything else, and because we are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord we also have these things. But His hands, legs, eyes and senses are not contaminated by material nature to [[The Lord is not impersonal; He has His eyes, legs, hands and everything else, and because we are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord we also have these things. But His hands, legs, eyes and senses are not contaminated by material... current
• 10:1110:11, 29 June 2021 diff hist 0 m It is said that the Supreme Lord has no legs like us, but He can travel throughout space because He has spiritual legs. BG 1972 purports Alankrutha moved page It is said that the Supreme Lord has no legs like us, but He can travel throughout space because He has spiritual legs to It is said that the Supreme Lord has no legs like us, but He can travel throughout space because He has spiritual legs. BG 1972 purports current
• 10:0910:09, 29 June 2021 diff hist 0 m He (God) lives within the heart of the living being, and He knows what we have done in the past, what we are doing now, and what is awaiting us in the future. BG 1972 purports Alankrutha moved page He (God) lives within the heart of the living being, and He knows what we have done in the past, what we are doing now, and what is awaiting us in the future to He (God) lives within the heart of the living being, and He knows what we have done in the past, what we are doing now, and what is awaiting us in the future. BG 1972 purports current
• 10:0210:02, 29 June 2021 diff hist 0 m The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no hands which are materially contaminated, but He has His hands and accepts whatever sacrifice is offered to Him. That is the distinction between the conditioned soul and the Supersoul. BG 1972 purports Alankrutha moved page The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no hands which are materially contaminated, but He has His hands and accepts whatever sacrifice is offered to Him. That is the distinction between the conditioned soul and the Supersoul to The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no hands which are materially contaminated, but He has His hands and accepts whatever sacrifice is offered to Him. That is the distinction between the conditioned soul and the Supersoul. BG 1972 purports current
• 10:0110:01, 29 June 2021 diff hist 0 m It should be understood that His senses are not exactly like ours. Although He is the source of all our sensual activities, He has His transcendental senses which are uncontaminated. BG 1972 purports Alankrutha moved page It should be understood that His senses are not exactly like ours. Although He is the source of all our sensual activities, He has His transcendental senses which are uncontaminated to It should be understood that His senses are not exactly like ours. Although He is the source of all our sensual activities, He has His transcendental senses which are uncontaminated. BG 1972 purports current
• 10:0010:00, 29 June 2021 diff hist 0 m The Supreme Lord's senses are not so covered. His senses are transcendental and are therefore called nirguna. Guna means the material modes, but His senses are without material covering. BG 1972 purports Alankrutha moved page The Supreme Lord's senses are not so covered. His senses are transcendental and are therefore called nirguna. Guna means the material modes, but His senses are without material covering to The Supreme Lord's senses are not so covered. His senses are transcendental and are therefore called nirguna. Guna means the material modes, but His senses are without material covering. BG 1972 purports current
• 09:5809:58, 29 June 2021 diff hist 0 m The Supreme Lord, although the source of all the senses of the living entities, doesn't have material senses like they have. BG 1972 purports Alankrutha moved page The Supreme Lord, although the source of all the senses of the living entities, doesn't have material senses like they have to The Supreme Lord, although the source of all the senses of the living entities, doesn't have material senses like they have. BG 1972 purports current
• 09:4509:45, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,111 N Philosophical speculations and artificial attempts to control the senses by the so-called practice of yogic postures can never help a man toward spiritual life. He must be trained in Krsna consciousness by higher intelligence. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"philosophical speculations and artificial attempts to control the senses by the so-called practice of yogic postures can never..."
• 09:3309:33, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,309 N One may not give up work and prescribed duties all of a sudden; but by gradually developing KC, one can be situated in a transcendental position without being influenced by the material senses and directed toward one's pure identity. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One may not give up work and prescribed duties all of a sudden; but by gradually developing Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one can..."
• 09:2809:28, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,051 N Desire for overlording and sense gratification are the greatest enemies of the conditioned soul; but by the strength of Krsna consciousness, one can control the material senses, the mind and the intelligence. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Desire for overlording and sense gratification are the greatest enemies of the conditioned soul; but by the strength of Kṛ..."
• 09:2209:22, 29 June 2021 diff hist +2,973 m In the material existence of life, one is certainly influenced by propensities for lust and desire for dominating the resources of material nature. BG 1972 purports Alankrutha moved page In the material existence of life, one is certainly influenced by propensities for lust and desire for dominating the resources of material nature to In the material existence of life, one is certainly influenced by propensities for lust and desire for dominating the resources of material nature. BG 1972 purports current
• 09:1609:16, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,231 N This Third Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita is conclusively directive to Krsna consciousness by knowing oneself as the eternal servitor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without considering impersonal voidness as the ultimate end. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This Third Chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā is conclusively directive to Kṛṣṇa consciousness by knowing oneself as the ete..."
• 09:0609:06, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,401 N If by intelligence one engages one's mind in Krsna consciousness, even though the senses are very strong, like serpents, they will be no more effective than serpents with broken fangs. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"even though the senses are very strong, like serpents, they will be no more effective than serpents with broken fangs"}} {{not..."
• 09:0209:02, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,236 N A neophyte spiritualist is generally advised to keep aloof from the objects of senses. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A neophyte spiritualist is generally advised to keep aloof from the objects of senses"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{..." current
• 09:0009:00, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,624 N One has to strengthen the mind by use of intelligence. If by intelligence one engages one's mind in Krsna consciousness, by complete surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then, automatically, the mind becomes stronger. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One has to strengthen the mind by use of intelligence. If by intelligence one engages one's mind in Kṛṣṇa consciousness,..."
• 08:5308:53, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,369 N With intelligence one has to seek out the constitutional position of the soul and then engage the mind always in Krsna consciousness. That solves the whole problem. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"With intelligence one has to seek out the constitutional position of the soul and then engage the mind always in Kṛṣṇa c..."
• 08:4208:42, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,206 N Directly understanding the constitutional position of the soul is the solution of the whole problem. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"directly understanding the constitutional position of the soul is the solution of the whole problem"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|A..."
• 08:3908:39, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,316 N In the Katha Upanisad the soul has been described as mahan, the great. Therefore the soul is above all-namely, the sense objects, the senses, the mind and the intelligence. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the soul has been described as mahan, the great. Therefore the soul is above all-namely, the sense objects, the senses, the mi..."
• 08:3308:33, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,555 N If the mind is directly engaged in the service of the Lord constantly, then there is no chance of the senses becoming engaged in other ways. This mental attitude has already been explained. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If, therefore, the mind is directly engaged in the service of the Lord constantly, then there is no chance of the senses becom..."
• 08:3008:30, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,386 N In the Katha Upanisad there is a passage in which it is said that the objects of sense gratification are superior to the senses, and mind is superior to the sense objects. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is said that the objects of sense gratification are superior to the senses, and mind is superior to the sense objects"}} {{..."
• 08:2708:27, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,476 N If the soul is directly engaged with the Supreme, naturally all other subordinates, namely, the intelligence, mind and the senses, will be automatically engaged. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If, therefore, the soul is directly engaged with the Supreme, naturally all other subordinates, namely, the intelligence, mind..."
• 08:2308:23, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,243 N Above the mind there is the determination of the intelligence, and above the intelligence is the soul proper. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"above the mind there is the determination of the intelligence, and above the intelligence is the soul proper"}} {{notes|}} {{c..."
• 08:2008:20, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,574 N Bodily action means the functions of the senses, and stopping the senses means stopping all bodily actions. But since the mind is active, then, even though the body may be silent and at rest, the mind will act-as it does during dreaming. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bodily action means the functions of the senses, and stopping the senses means stopping all bodily actions. But since the mind..." current
• 08:1508:15, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,645 N In Krsna consciousness the soul makes direct connection with the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore the bodily functions, as described here (BG 3.42), ultimately end in the Supreme Soul. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Kṛṣṇa consciousness the soul makes direct connection with the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore the bodily fu..." current
• 08:1108:11, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,327 N The senses are superior to the body as a whole. These outlets are not in use when there is superior consciousness, or Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the senses are superior to the body as a whole. These outlets are not in use when there is superior consciousness, or Kṛṣ..."
• 08:0808:08, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,238 N The senses are different outlets for the activities of lust. Lust is reserved within the body, but it is given vent through the senses. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The senses are different outlets for the activities of lust. Lust is reserved within the body, but it is given vent through th..." current
• 08:0108:01, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,052 N From any stage of life, or from the time of understanding its urgency, one can begin regulating the senses in KC, devotional service of the Lord, and turn the lust into love of Godhead - the highest perfectional stage of human life. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"from any stage of life, or from the time of understanding its urgency, one can begin regulating the senses in Kṛṣṇa cons..."
• 07:5607:56, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,085 N When love of God deteriorates into lust, it is very difficult to return to the normal condition. Nonetheless, KC is so powerful that even a late beginner can become a lover of God by following the regulative principles of devotional service. BG 1972 pur Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When love of God deteriorates into lust, it is very difficult to return to the normal condition. Nonetheless, Kṛṣṇa cons..." current
• 07:5107:51, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,928 N Lust is only the perverted reflection of the love of God which is natural for every living entity. But if one is educated in Krsna consciousness from the very beginning, that natural love of God cannot deteriorate into lust. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lust is only the perverted reflection of the love of God which is natural for every living entity. But if one is educated in K..."
• 07:4207:42, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,030 N BG gives us that knowledge (of the self & the Supreme Self), specifically knowledge of the self. The living entities are parts and parcels of the Lord, and therefore they are simply meant to serve the Lord. This consciousness is called KC. BG 1972 pur Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"us that knowledge, specifically knowledge of the self. The living entities are parts and parcels of the Lord, and therefore th..."
• 07:1807:18, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,845 N The knowledge of the self and the Supreme Self is very confidential and mysterious, being veiled by maya, but such knowledge and specific realization can be understood if it is explained by the Lord Himself. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The knowledge of the self and the Supreme Self is very confidential and mysterious"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{com..."
• 07:1407:14, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,700 N Vijnanam refers to specific knowledge of the spirit soul and knowledge of one's constitutional position and his relationship to the Supreme Soul. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"refers to specific knowledge of the spirit soul and knowledge of one's constitutional position and his relationship to the Sup..." current
• 07:1107:11, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,617 N Jnanam refers to knowledge of self as distinguished from non-self, or, in other words, knowledge that the spirit soul is not the body. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"refers to knowledge of self as distinguished from non-self, or, in other words, knowledge that the spirit soul is not the body..."
• 07:0707:07, 29 June 2021 diff hist +4,051 N The Lord advised Arjuna to regulate the senses from the very beginning so that he could curb the greatest sinful enemy, lust, which destroys the urge for self-realization, and specifically, knowledge of the self. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord advised Arjuna to regulate the senses from the very beginning so that he could curb the greatest sinful enemy, lust,..."
• 07:0007:00, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,396 N A human being who considers the land of birth as worshipable, and who goes to the place of pilgrimage simply to take a bath rather than meet men of transcendental knowledge there, is to be considered as an ass or a cow. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"who considers the land of birth as worshipable, and who goes to the place of pilgrimage simply to take a bath rather than meet..."
• 06:5606:56, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,159 N A human being who identifies this body made of three elements with his self, and who considers the by-products of the body to be his kinsmen, is to be considered as an ass or a cow. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A human being who identifies this body made of three elements with his self, who considers the by-products of the body to be h..."
• 06:5106:51, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,380 N Lusty intelligence influences the spirit soul to acquire the false ego and identify itself with matter, and thus with the mind and senses. The spirit soul becomes addicted to enjoying the material senses and mistakes this as true happiness. BG 1972 pur Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lusty intelligence influences the spirit soul to acquire the false ego and identify itself with matter, and thus with the mind..."
• 06:4706:47, 29 June 2021 diff hist 0 m The intelligence department becomes the capital of lustful propensities. Intelligence is the immediate next-door neighbor of the spirit soul. BG 1972 purports Alankrutha moved page The intelligence department becomes the capital of such lustful propensities. Intelligence is the immediate next-door neighbor of the spirit soul. BG 1972 purports to The intelligence department becomes the capital of lustful propensities. Intelligence is the immediate next-door neighbor of the spirit soul. BG 1972 purports current
• 06:4706:47, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,054 N The intelligence department becomes the capital of lustful propensities. Intelligence is the immediate next-door neighbor of the spirit soul. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the intelligence department becomes the capital of such lustful propensities. Intelligence is the immediate next-door neighbor..."
• 06:0606:06, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,300 N Mind is the center of all the activities of the senses, and thus the mind is the reservoir of all ideas of sense gratification; and, as a result, the mind and the senses become the repositories of lust. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mind is the center of all the activities of the senses, and thus the mind is the reservoir of all ideas of sense gratification..."
• 02:5902:59, 29 June 2021 diff hist +2,636 N While one enjoys sense gratification, it may be that there is some feeling of happiness, but actually that so-called feeling of happiness is the ultimate enemy of the sense enjoyer. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While one enjoys sense gratification, it may be that there is some feeling of happiness, but actually that so-called feeling o..."
• 02:5602:56, 29 June 2021 diff hist +2,376 N Lust is the symbol of ignorance by which the living entity is kept within the material world. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"lust is the symbol of ignorance by which the living entity is kept within the material world"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrut..." current
• 02:5102:51, 29 June 2021 diff hist +2,557 m In the ordinary prison house, criminals are kept within bars; similarly, the criminals who are disobedient to the laws of the Lord are shackled by sex life. BG 1972 purports Alankrutha moved page In the ordinary prison house, criminals are kept within bars; similarly, the criminals who are disobedient to the laws of the Lord are shackled by sex life to In the ordinary prison house, criminals are kept within bars; similarly, the criminals who are disobedient to the laws of the Lord are shackled by sex life. BG 1972 purports current
• 02:4802:48, 29 June 2021 diff hist +2,442 N In the material world, the center of all activities is sex, and thus this material world is called maithunya-agara, or the shackles of sex life. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world, the center of all activities is sex, and thus this material world is called"|"the shackles of sex life"..." current
• 02:4602:46, 29 June 2021 diff hist +2,540 N It is said in the Manu-smrti that lust cannot be satisfied by any amount of sense enjoyment, just as fire is never extinguished by a constant supply of fuel. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"lust cannot be satisfied by any amount of sense enjoyment, just as fire is never extinguished by a constant supply of fuel"}}..." current
• 02:4002:40, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,435 N In the human form of life, one can conquer the enemy, lust, by cultivation of Krsna consciousness under able guidance. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the human form of life, one can conquer the enemy, lust, by cultivation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness under able guidance"}}..."
• 02:3102:31, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,464 N The covered mirror is compared to the birds and beasts, and the smoke covered fire is compared to the human being. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The covered mirror is compared to the birds and beasts, and the smoke covered fire is compared to the human being"}} {{notes|}..." current
• 02:2902:29, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,611 N The trees are also living entities, but they have been put in such a condition of life by such a great exhibition of lust that they are almost void of all consciousness. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The trees are also living entities, but they have been put in such a condition of life by such a great exhibition of lust that..." current
• 02:2402:24, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,718 N The embryo covered by the womb is an analogy illustrating a helpless position, for the child in the womb is so helpless that he cannot even move. This stage of living condition can be compared to that of the trees. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The embryo covered by the womb is an analogy illustrating a helpless position, for the child in the womb is so helpless that h..." current
• 02:2102:21, 29 June 2021 diff hist +3,578 N The dust on the mirror refers to a cleansing process of the mirror of the mind by so many spiritual methods. The best process is to chant the holy names of the Lord. BG 1972 purports Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The dust on the mirror refers to a cleansing process of the mirror of the mind by so many spiritual methods. The best process..."