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13 February 2022

• 13:5413:54, 13 February 2022 diff hist +12,176 Although the energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead interact within the cosmic manifestation, each keeps its separate individual existence. Merging with the material or spiritual energies, therefore, does not involve loss of individuality No edit summary current
• 07:4007:40, 13 February 2022 diff hist +4,938 If at any stage of life the grossly foolish miscreants described in the Gita decide to render devotional service to Lord Krsna, they can escape the ferris wheel of karma No edit summary current
• 07:3907:39, 13 February 2022 diff hist +13,358 (1) grossly foolish persons, (2) the lowest of mankind, (3) the deluded speculators, and (4) the professed atheists, never surrender unto the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead in spite of all scriptural and authoritative advice. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
• 07:2707:27, 13 February 2022 diff hist +2,928 Those who are associated with the Lord in the Vaikuntha planets achieve all the bodily features of the Lord and appear to be the same as Lord Visnu. Such liberation is called sarupya-mukti, which is one of the five kinds of liberation No edit summary current
• 07:2707:27, 13 February 2022 diff hist +4,175 There are five different stages of liberation. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 06:1206:12, 13 February 2022 diff hist +1,767 There are five kinds of liberation: salokya, samipya, sarupya, sarsti and sayujya No edit summary current
• 06:1106:11, 13 February 2022 diff hist +6,717 There are five kinds of liberation, and one is called sayujya-mukti, or merging into the existence of the Supreme, or the impersonal Brahman effulgence No edit summary current
• 06:1106:11, 13 February 2022 diff hist +5,298 The liberation of the bhakta, which is called not just mukti but vimukti, surpasses the five other kinds of liberation - sayujya, sarupya, salokya, sarsti and samipya No edit summary current
• 06:1006:10, 13 February 2022 diff hist +1,676 Pure devotees reject the five kinds of liberation; indeed, for them liberation is very insignificant because they see it as hellish No edit summary current
• 06:0806:08, 13 February 2022 diff hist +6,809 As long as the living entity is in material existence, actions performed by him are rewarded in the next life, or even in the present life. Similarly, in his spiritual life also actions are rewarded by the Lord by the five kinds of liberation No edit summary current
• 05:4605:46, 13 February 2022 diff hist +3,787 A devotee, not to speak of rejecting material sense gratification, does not even want any of the five kinds of liberation No edit summary

12 February 2022

• 06:1806:18, 12 February 2022 diff hist +2,785 O best among men (Arjuna), the person who is not disturbed by happiness and distress and is steady in both is certainly eligible for liberation. BG 2.15 - 1972 No edit summary current
• 06:1806:18, 12 February 2022 diff hist +3,172 In Bhagavad-gita we are warned: O best among men (Arjuna), the person who is not disturbed by happiness and distress and is steady in both is certainly eligible for liberation - BG 2.15 No edit summary current
• 06:1806:18, 12 February 2022 diff hist +3,074 Clear understanding of material nature, the Supersoul, the individual soul and their interrelation makes one eligible to become liberated and turn to the spiritual atmosphere without being forced to return to this material nature. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 06:1806:18, 12 February 2022 diff hist +15 As stated in Bhagavad-gita (2.15): "O best among men (Arjuna), the person who is not disturbed by happiness and distress and is steady in both is certainly eligible for liberation." No edit summary current
• 06:1806:18, 12 February 2022 diff hist +4,202 Anyone who knows that this material body, made of the five gross elements, the sense organs, the working senses and the mind, is simply supervised by the fixed soul is eligible to be liberated from material bondage No edit summary current
• 06:1706:17, 12 February 2022 diff hist +3,075 Anyone who is steady in his determination for the advanced stage of spiritual realization and can equally tolerate the onslaughts of distress and happiness is certainly a person eligible for liberation. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 06:0606:06, 12 February 2022 diff hist +6,598 Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be. BG 2.12 - 1972 No edit summary current
• 05:2105:21, 12 February 2022 diff hist +14,076 When they (yogis and jnanis who in the beginning take to the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra as a way to begin their various practices) falsely think that they have attained release from the bondage of material existence, they give up chanting No edit summary current
• 05:2105:21, 12 February 2022 diff hist +4,709 They (Krsna and Arjuna) would all continue to be individual personalities in the future also, even after the annihilation of the present body and even after being liberated from the bondage of material existence No edit summary current
• 05:0805:08, 12 February 2022 diff hist +3,248 There are four objectives in human life - namely, religiosity (dharma), economic development (artha), sense gratification (kama), and liberation (moksa) from the bondage of material existence No edit summary current
• 05:0605:06, 12 February 2022 diff hist +4,982 Their (those in mundane goodness) impersonal conception of the self as distinct from the body keeps them in goodness within material nature, and unless they are attracted by krsna-katha, they will never be liberated from the bondage of material existence No edit summary current
• 05:0605:06, 12 February 2022 diff hist +6,121 The Lord can award anyone and everyone liberation (mukti) from the bondage of material existence, yet He rarely awards the privilege of love of Godhead, as confirmed by Narada (muktim dadhati karhicit sma na bhakti-yogam) No edit summary current
• 05:0505:05, 12 February 2022 diff hist +7,527 The living being is eternal by nature, but due to his bondage in material existence he has to change his body over and over No edit summary current
• 05:0405:04, 12 February 2022 diff hist +4,126 No one can become one with or equal to God. To imagine this is to continue one's bondage in material existence No edit summary current
• 05:0305:03, 12 February 2022 diff hist +7,109 He (The Supreme Lord) is the Supersoul, the master of all transcendental qualities, and He is the master of this cosmic manifestation in regard to bondage to the conditional state of material existence and liberation from that bondage No edit summary current
• 05:0005:00, 12 February 2022 diff hist +5,905 Although the mind may be engrossed in fruitive activities and influenced by ignorance, one must develop a love for devotional service to Vasudeva. Only then can one have the opportunity to get out of the bondage of material existence. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 04:5904:59, 12 February 2022 diff hist +3,304 All the Vedic literatures are put into systematic order for the benefit of the fallen souls, and it is the duty of the fallen souls to take advantage of such literatures and be freed from the bondage of material existence No edit summary current

11 February 2022

• 17:4517:45, 11 February 2022 diff hist +3,730 The much advertised bliss of brahmananda is like a fig for the devotee who is in the midst of the transcendental ocean of bliss No edit summary current
• 17:4517:45, 11 February 2022 diff hist +11 The conclusion is that the transcendental bliss experienced in the service of the Lord must be superior to brahmananda, the bliss derived from realizing the impersonal Brahman No edit summary current
• 17:4417:44, 11 February 2022 diff hist +4,821 The bliss of self-realization, brahmananda, cannot be equated with devotional service No edit summary current
• 17:4417:44, 11 February 2022 diff hist +9 The bliss enjoyed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot be of material composition, like the impersonalist conception of the bliss of Brahman No edit summary current
• 17:4317:43, 11 February 2022 diff hist +3,932 Brahman bliss is enjoyed by living entities after liberation from material bondage. But Parabrahman, the Personality of Godhead, enjoys eternally a bliss of His own potency, which is called the hladini potency No edit summary current

10 February 2022

• 06:4406:44, 10 February 2022 diff hist −10 When a city is attacked and bombarded by enemies, the citizens generally leave, and the city ceases to exist No edit summary current
• 06:4406:44, 10 February 2022 diff hist +5,316 We are attracted by things which will cease to exist. The beginning of such attraction is the temporary body No edit summary current
• 06:4406:44, 10 February 2022 diff hist +4,330 Under the spell of material nature, we are becoming servants and masters, but if we agree to be controlled by the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His eternal servants, this temporary condition ceases to exist No edit summary current
• 06:4406:44, 10 February 2022 diff hist +4,254 The demon continued: When You fall dead with Your skull smashed by the mace hurled by my arms, the demigods and sages who offer You oblations and sacrifice in devotional service will also automatically cease to exist, like trees without roots No edit summary current
• 06:4306:43, 10 February 2022 diff hist −10 In a dream we form a society of friendship and love, and when we awaken we see that it has ceased to exist. Similarly, one's gross society, family and love are also a dream, and this dream will be over as soon as one dies No edit summary current
• 06:2306:23, 10 February 2022 diff hist +5,458 As soon as one's heart is cleansed, the blazing fire of material existence is immediately extinguished. Our hearts are meant for the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 06:2206:22, 10 February 2022 diff hist +11,398 As soon as one is liberated from the blazing fire of material existence, he can relish the taste of transcendental life No edit summary current

9 February 2022

• 14:0514:05, 9 February 2022 diff hist +6,622 When one is found shedding tears by hearing of the pastimes of the Lord, it is to be understood that the blazing fire of material existence will be extinguished by such watering No edit summary current
• 14:0514:05, 9 February 2022 diff hist +4,609 Thus (by glorifying the Lord constantly) the blazing fire of material existence is immediately extinguished - bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam No edit summary current
• 14:0514:05, 9 February 2022 diff hist +6,534 This is both easy and beneficial. By chanting the holy name of the Lord, one is immediately freed from the blazing fire of material existence No edit summary current
• 14:0514:05, 9 February 2022 diff hist +4,642 These instructions are like the cooling showers of peace on the blazing forest fire of material existence. Ordinary human activities are quite different from the activities recommended in the Srimad Bhagavad-gita No edit summary current
• 14:0414:04, 9 February 2022 diff hist +7,476 The human life is meant for extinguishing the blazing fire of material existence. But we are not in regulative principles. We have lost everything, our sanatana-kula-dharma, everything No edit summary current
• 14:0414:04, 9 February 2022 diff hist +4,210 The conditioned souls, purified by chanting the holy name, are liberated from the blazing fire of material existence. In this way, spiritual benefit grows increasingly full, like the waxing moon in the sky No edit summary current
• 14:0314:03, 9 February 2022 diff hist +4,461 The blazing fire of material existence is due to false ego, but as soon as the false ego is removed, one can understand his real identity No edit summary current
• 14:0214:02, 9 February 2022 diff hist +6,475 Sridhara Swami continued, "I have been cracked to pieces by the smashing wheel of material existence, and because of my various sinful activities while existing in this material world, I am burning in the blazing fire of material reactions" No edit summary current
• 14:0114:01, 9 February 2022 diff hist +22 Material existence is something like a blazing fire in the forest, which can be extinguished by the mercy of the Lord Sri Krsna No edit summary current
• 14:0014:00, 9 February 2022 diff hist +2,649 Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of Lord Krsna, which can cleanse the mirror of the heart and stop the miseries of the blazing fire of material existence No edit summary current