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• 19:13, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page As stated before, after attaining the highest stage of self-realization, one becomes situated in devotional service to the Lord. The perfection of devotional service is to attain love of God (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated before, after attaining the highest stage of self-realization, one becomes situated in devotional service to the Lor...")
• 16:58, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Only when a person is perfectly situated in the realization that he isn't the body but a spirit soul can he begin the process of bhakti, or devotional service (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only when a person is perfectly situated in the realization that he is not the body but a spirit soul can he begin the process...")
• 16:51, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The word brahma-jijnasa refers to inquiry into the Supreme AT, and it is recommended for those who have been elevated from the lower stage of addiction to the karma-kanda portion of the Vedas to the position of interest in the jnana-kanda portion (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word brahma-jijñāsā refers to inquiry into the Supreme Absolute Truth, and it is recommended for those who have been el...")
• 16:44, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The word "therefore" (in NBS 1) indicates that this process of devotional service is for the self-realized soul, one who is already liberated. Similarly, the Vedanta-sutra begins athato brahma jijnasa (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"indicates that this process of devotional service is for the self-realized soul, one who is already liberated. Similarly, the...")
• 16:39, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page It is for this reason (one who is in the bodily concept of existence cannot understand the process of devotional service) that the Narada-bhakti-sutra begins - Now, therefore, I (Narada Muni) shall try to explain the process of devotional service (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is for this reason that the Nārada-bhakti-sūtra begins"|"Now, therefore, I shall try to explain the process of devotional...")
• 16:29, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The conclusion is that one can begin the process of devotional service, or bhakti, when one is actually self-realized. One who is in the bodily concept of existence cannot understand the process of devotional service (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The conclusion is that one can begin the process of devotional service, or bhakti, when one is actually self-realized. One who...")
• 16:20, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Perfection for a jnani lies in attaining the stage of brahma-bhuta, or self-realization. Only after self-realization is attained does the stage of understanding devotional service begin (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Perfection for a jñānī lies in attaining the stage of brahma-bhūta, or self-realization. Only after self-realization is at...")
• 16:16, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Out of many millions of such worshipers (of demigods), some may actually engage in the process of understanding the Supreme, the Absolute Truth. They are called jnanis (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Out of many millions of such worshipers, some may actually engage in the process of understanding the Supreme, the Absolute Tr...")
• 16:08, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The strict followers of the karma-kanda portions of the Vedas perform various sacrifices for worship of different demigods in order to achieve particular material results (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The strict followers of the karma-kāṇḍa portions of the Vedas perform various sacrifices for worship of different demigod...")
• 16:03, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Even among this small (followers of Vedas), exclusive number, most are addicted to the processes described in the Vedas' karma-kanda section, by which one can elevate oneself to the perfectional stage of economic development (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"even among this small, exclusive number, most are addicted to the processes described in the Vedas' karma-kāṇḍa section,...")
• 15:29, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Fortunate are those who are attracted to the Vedic cultural life (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Fortunate are those who are attracted to the Vedic cultural life"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nabakumar}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first...")
• 15:27, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The highest perfectional stage of understanding Vedic culture is explained in the Bhagavad-gita, in the Fifteenth Chapter (15.15), where the Lord says that the purpose of all the Vedas is to understand Him - Lord Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The highest perfectional stage of understanding Vedic culture is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā, in the Fifteenth Chapter"|"...")
• 15:19, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The Vedic culture is respected all over the world, and there are people everywhere eager to understand it. The highest perfectional stage of understanding Vedic culture is explained in the Bhagavad-gita, in the Fifteenth Chapter - 15.15 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedic culture is respected all over the world, and there are people everywhere eager to understand it. The highest perfect...")
• 15:15, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page From the historical point of view, the Aryans are the most civilized section of human beings, and among the Aryans, the Indians are especially highly cultured. And among the Indians, the brahmanas are the most expert in knowledge of the Vedas (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From the historical point of view, the Āryans are the most civilized section of human beings, and among the Āryans, the Indi...")
• 15:05, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page All living entities can be divided into two divisions: those that can move and those that are stationary, such as trees. But there are also many further divisions. Some species fly in the air, some live in the water, and some live on the ground (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All living entities can be divided into two divisions: those that can move and those that are stationary, such as trees. But t...")
• 15:01, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The humans are the least numerous species of all - only 400,000 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the humans are the least numerous species of all"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nabakumar}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2021-12-20T15:0...")
• 14:57, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page In the Padma Purana it is said that there are 900,000 species of life in the water, 2,000,000 species of plants, 1,100,000 species of insects and reptiles, 1,000,000 species of birds, 3,000,000 species of beasts, and only 400,000 species of human beings (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Padma Purāṇa it is said that there are 900,000 species of life in the water, 2,000,000 species of plants, 1,100,000...")
• 14:45, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page According to the Vedic literature, there are 8,400,000 species of life (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the Vedic literature, there are 8,400,000 species of life"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nabakumar}} {{complete|ALL}} {...")
• 14:41, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page People are generally misled by the spell of the illusory energy of material nature. There are innumerable living entities within the material nature, and only some of them are human beings (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"People are generally misled by the spell of the illusory energy of material nature. There are innumerable living entities with...")
• 14:33, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The Bhagavad-gita teaches the process of bhakti-yoga, and therefore Lord Krsna explained it to Arjuna because he was a great devotee. As far as spiritual life is concerned, becoming a devotee of the Lord is the highest perfection (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Bhagavad-gītā teaches the process of bhakti-yoga, and therefore Lord Kṛṣṇa explained it to Arjuna because he was a...")
• 14:25, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page In the Fourth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita (4.3), where we learn that Krsna spoke the Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna simply because he was the Lord's devotee and friend (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the Fourth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā"|"where we learn that Kṛṣṇa spoke the Bhagavad-gītā to Arjuna simply beca...")
• 14:17, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page There are other mystic processes, such as karma-yoga, jnana-yoga, and dhyana-yoga, but it is not possible to understand the SG, the Personality of Godhead, except through His devotional service. This is confirmed in the Fourth Chapter of the BG - 4.3 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are other mystic processes, such as karma-yoga, jñāna-yoga, and dhyāna-yoga, but it is not possible to understand the...")
• 14:12, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page There are different processes of understanding the Absolute Truth, but if a person wants to understand the Supreme Lord as He is, he has to take to the process of bhakti-yoga (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are different processes of understanding the Absolute Truth, but if a person wants to understand the Supreme Lord as He...")
• 14:06, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Bhakti is so sublime that only through bhakti can one understand the constitutional position of the Lord. That is clearly stated in the BG (18.55): bhaktya mam abhijanati. One can understand the SG through devotional service, and by no other process (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhakti is so sublime that only through bhakti can one understand the constitutional position of the Lord. That is clearly stat...")
• 13:52, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page A learned man does not distinguish between a wise brahmana & a dog because he sees the soul within the body, not the external bodily features. Such a perfected, self-realized person becomes eligible to understand bhakti, or devotional service to the God (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a learned man does not distinguish between a wise brāhmaṇa and a dog because he sees the soul within the body, not the exte...")
• 13:43, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page A self-realized person also sees all living entities equally. For him, there is no distinction between the higher and lower species of life (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A self-realized person also sees all living entities equally. For him, there is no distinction between the higher and lower sp...")
• 13:39, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page As long as we are in material existence, we lament for the losses in our life and hanker for that which we do not have. A self-realized person is joyful because he is free from material lamentation and hankering (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As long as we are in material existence, we lament for the losses in our life and hanker for that which we do not have. A self...")
• 13:27, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page When one is self-realized he becomes joyful. In other words, he is free from the material contamination of lamentation and hankering (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one is self-realized he becomes joyful. In other words, he is free from the material contamination of lamentation and han...")
• 13:20, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is explained in the Bhagavad-gita, where the Lord says that a self-realized person is always in the transcendental state known as brahma-bhuta, which is characterized by joyfulness (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā, where the Lord says that a self-...")
• 13:16, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Now, therefore, I (Narada Muni) will try to explain the process of devotional service (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Now, therefore, I will try to explain the process of devotional service"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nabakumar}} {{complete|ALL}}...")
• 13:00, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page This is the understanding King Kulasekhara expresses in this prayer - that the spiritual knowledge a devotee possesses not only allows him to reject material existence, but it also provides him with an understanding of the reality of positive eternal SE (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is the understanding King Kulaśekhara expresses in this prayer"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nabakumar}} {{complete|ALL}} {{f...")
• 12:53, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The spiritual knowledge a devotee possesses not only allows him to reject material existence, but it also provides him with an understanding of the reality of positive, eternal spiritual existence (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the spiritual knowledge a devotee possesses not only allows him to reject material existence, but it also provides him with an...")
• 12:44, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page By contrast, a pure devotee like King Kulasekhara has complete knowledge of both matter and spirit. He does not say that everything material is false, yet he has nothing to do with anything material, from heaven down to hell (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By contrast, a pure devotee like King Kulaśekhara has complete knowledge of both matter and spirit. He does not say that ever...")
• 08:55, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Any relationship the Lord has with His many devotees - whether fatherhood, sonhood, or any other - is not at all material (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"any relationship the Lord has with His many devotees — whether fatherhood, sonhood, or any other — is not at all material"...")
• 08:51, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The sruti mantras say that God impregnates material nature with the seeds of living beings simply by casting His glance at her. He does not need any other kind of intercourse with mother nature to beget the living beings in her womb & become their father (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The śruti mantras say that He impregnates material nature with the seeds of living beings simply by casting His glance at her...")
• 08:47, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The Brahma-saḿhita describes each of His (God's) senses as omnipotent. The mundane eye can see but not hear, but His eyes can see, hear, eat, generate offspring, and so on (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Brahma-saḿhitā describes each of His senses as omnipotent. The mundane eye can see but not hear, but His eyes can see,...")
• 08:41, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The sruti mantras declare that although the Lord has no hands He can accept anything we offer Him with devotion, although He has no feet He can travel anywhere, and although He has no mundane eyes He can see anywhere and everywhere without hindrance (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The śruti mantras declare that although the Lord has no hands He can accept anything we offer Him with devotion, although He...")
• 08:35, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The defiance is due to the transcendental position of the Lord's form, name, qualities, pastimes, and so on (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The defiance is due to the transcendental position of the Lord's form, name, qualities, pastimes, and so on"}} {{notes|}} {{co...")
• 08:31, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page In any circumstance his (a pure devotee's) consciousness is fixed on the Lord's lotus feet, whose beauty defies the most beautiful lotus flower of the mundane world (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In any circumstance his consciousness is fixed on the Lord's lotus feet, whose beauty defies the most beautiful lotus flower o...")
• 08:26, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page He (a pure devotee of the Lord) is not afraid of going to hell for the service of the Lord, nor is he glad to live in heaven without the service of the Lord (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is not afraid of going to hell for the service of the Lord, nor is he glad to live in heaven without the service of the Lor...")
• 08:04, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page A pure devotee has nothing to do with mundane religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, or salvation, nor is he concerned whether his standard of material existence is the highest or the lowest. To him, heaven and hell are of equal value (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a pure devotee of the Lord has nothing to do with mundane religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, or salvation...")
• 07:58, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs deleted page I (King Kulashekara) pray only that at the point of death I may remember Your two lotus feet, whose beauty defies that of the lotus growing in the Sarat season (content was: "#REDIRECT I (King Kulashekara) pray only that at the point of death I may remember Your (Krsna's) two lotus feet, whose beauty defies that of the lotus growing in the Sarat season", and the only contributor was "Nabakumar" (talk))
• 07:58, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs moved page I (King Kulashekara) pray only that at the point of death I may remember Your two lotus feet, whose beauty defies that of the lotus growing in the Sarat season to I (King Kulashekara) pray only that at the point of death I may remember Your (Krsna's) two lotus feet, whose beauty defies that of the lotus growing in the Sarat season
• 07:56, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page O Lord, killer of the demon Naraka! Let me (King Kulasekhara) reside either in the realm of the demigods, in the world of human beings, or in hell, as You please (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O Lord, killer of the demon Naraka! Let me reside either in the realm of the demigods, in the world of human beings, or in hel...")
• 05:38, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Only by sincerely engaging in the service of the Lord according to the injunctions of scripture can one gradually become a qualified devotee of the Lord, and it does not matter whether it takes many repetitions of birth and death, life after life (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only by sincerely engaging in the service of the Lord according to the injunctions of scripture can one gradually become a qua...")
• 05:31, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The self-realized souls advise us to reject such pseudodevotional practices, which simply create a disturbance on the path of spiritual realization (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The self-realized souls advise us to reject such pseudodevotional practices, which simply create a disturbance on the path of...")
• 05:28, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page So-called devotional practices that have no reference to the rules and regulations set down in such books of Vedic literature as the sruti, the smrti, the Puranas, and the Pancaratras are not bona fide (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"So-called devotional practices that have no reference to the rules and regulations set down in such books of Vedic literature...")
• 05:24, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Devotional service is not a mental concoction of depraved persons but is an actual process of God realization characterized by full cognizance and detachment and based on the Vedic literature (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"devotional service is not a mental concoction of depraved persons but is an actual process of God realization characterized by...")
• 05:18, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Only one who renders devotional service to the Lord can attain this stage of indifference to the false and temporary assets of material nature (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only one who renders devotional service to the Lord can attain this stage of indifference to the false and temporary assets of...")
• 05:13, 20 December 2021 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page A person who attains the highest stage of spiritual realization - realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead - automatically prays as King Kulasekhara does here - in MM 5 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A person who attains the highest stage of spiritual realization — realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead — auto...")