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• 04:29, 27 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page If one chants Hare Krsna throughout his life, he will not grow tired of the names, but if one chants a material name over and over, he will soon become disgusted. The more one chants the names of Krsna, the more he becomes attached (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one chants Hare Kṛṣṇa throughout his life, he will not grow tired of the names, but if one chants a material name ove...")
• 04:25, 27 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Once one has attained the spiritual platform, it is material service that actually becomes disgusting (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Once one has attained the spiritual platform, it is material service that actually becomes disgusting"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler...")
• 04:22, 27 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page This is indicated by Krsna in Bhagavad-gita: That which in the beginning may be just like poison, but at the end is like nectar, and which awakens one to self-realization, is said to be happiness in the mode of goodness - BG 18.37 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is indicated by Kṛṣṇa in Bhagavad-gītā"|"That which in the beginning may be just like poison, but at the end is l...")
• 04:16, 27 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page As one makes progress in Krsna's service, however, he will find it pleasing. This is indicated by Krsna in Bhagavad-gita: yat tad agre visam iva, pariname 'mrtopamam, atma-buddhi-prasada-jam - BG 18.37 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As one makes progress in Kṛṣṇa's service, however, he will find it pleasing. This is indicated by Kṛṣṇa in Bhagava...")
• 17:23, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page One who is always engaged in Krsna's service never becomes disgusted (bhajatam priti-purvakam). Service must be rendered with love, but in the beginning this may be difficult, and so one may become disgusted (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who is always engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service never becomes disgusted (bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam). Service must be ren...")
• 14:24, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page There are nine processes of devotional service - serving the Lord as friend, and sacrificing everything for Him - and one should always keep engaged in at least one of these nine processes (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are nine processes of devotional service"|"serving the Lord as friend, and sacrificing everything for Him - and one shou...")
• 14:20, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page There are nine processes of devotional service - hearing, chanting, remembering, serving, worshiping the Deity in the temple, praying, carrying out orders - and one should always keep engaged in at least one of these nine processes (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are nine processes of devotional service - hearing, chanting, remembering, serving, worshiping the Deity in the temple,...")
• 14:14, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page It is not that we should meditate for fifteen minutes and then engage in all kinds of nonsense. The more we serve, the more dedicated to Krsna we become; therefore a person should utilize whatever talents he has for Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not that we should meditate for fifteen minutes and then engage in all kinds of nonsense. The more we serve, the more de...")
• 14:10, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The program of devotional service to the Lord is executed from morning to night. Indeed, Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita that one must engage in devotional service to Him twenty-four hours a day (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The program of devotional service to the Lord is executed from morning to night. Indeed, Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā t...")
• 14:05, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page One cannot simply say, "Now I have dedicated my life to Krsna. Let me remain seated in samadhi." The standard of surrender must be maintained by nisevaya, serving. As one serves the Supreme Lord, the Lord reveals Himself within the heart (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One cannot simply say"|"Now I have dedicated my life to Kṛṣṇa. Let me remain seated in samādhi"|"The standard of surren...")
• 13:57, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page One should not think, that this state (of samadhi) is simply a state of trance whereby one remains seated in lotus position in a corner for days on end. No, liberation means serving (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should not think, however, that this state is simply a state of trance whereby one remains seated in lotus position in a c...")
• 13:47, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page A Vaisnava bestows the priceless gift of the mahamantra, Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Simply by chanting this mantra, one can remain in a liberated state (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A Vaiṣṇava bestows the priceless gift of the mahāmantra, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Har...")
• 13:43, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page It is stated, vanca-kalpa-tarubhyas ca krpa-sindhubhya eva ca: A Vaisnava or devotee of Krsna is an ocean of mercy to others. He gives the greatest gift to society, for society is in dire need of God consciousness (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is stated, vāñcā-kalpa-tarubhyaś ca krpā-sindhubhya eva ca: A Vaisnava or devotee of Kṛṣṇa is an ocean of mercy...")
• 13:39, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Harav abhaktasya kuto mahad-guna mano-rathenasati dhavato bahih. One who has developed Krsna consciousness will manifest all the good qualities of the demigods (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Harāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇā mano-rathenāsati dhāvato bahih. One who has developed Kṛṣṇa consciousness will ma...")
• 13:34, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Seeing this (universal brotherhood), one does not envy, exploit or trouble another living entity. Thus one who is a devotee of Krsna automatically develops all good qualities, for he is in the proper consciousness (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Seeing this, one does not envy, exploit or trouble another living entity. Thus one who is a devotee of Kṛṣṇa automatical...")
• 13:17, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page As soon as one understands his relationship to God, he realizes universal brotherhood, for he understands that all men and animals - indeed, all life itself - are all parts of the supreme whole and are therefore all equal (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As soon as one understands his relationship to God, he realizes universal brotherhood, for he understands that all men and ani...")
• 12:34, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page He (a God conscious person) does not desire anything, for he knows that all his necessities are being provided by Krsna, the supreme father (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He does not desire anything, for he knows that all his necessities are being provided by Kṛṣṇa, the supreme father"}} {{...")
• 12:29, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page A God conscious person is not subject to such misery (of hankering and lamentations). If something is lost, he knows that it is God's wish, and he thinks - God desired this, so it is all right (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A God conscious person is not subject to such misery. If something is lost, he knows that it is God's wish, and he thinks"|"Go...")
• 12:22, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page One who is surrendered to Krsna is not subject to lamentation or desire, whereas one who is not God conscious simply hankers and laments. He hankers for that which he does not possess, and he laments for that which he did possess but has lost (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who is thus surrendered to Kṛṣṇa is not subject to lamentation or desire, whereas one who is not God conscious simpl...")
• 12:15, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page When one surrenders to Krsna, he has complete faith that he is not in danger because Krsna is protecting him (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when one surrenders to Kṛṣṇa, he has complete faith that he is not in danger because Kṛṣṇa is protecting him"}} {{...")
• 12:13, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page A small child feels free as long as he knows that his father is there. He thinks - My father is standing by me, so I am free. No one can harm me (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A small child feels free as long as he knows that his father is there. He thinks"|"My father is standing by me, so I am free....")
• 12:09, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page There is no lamentation when one is in pure consciousness, for he knows that he is a small part, a spiritual spark protected by the Supreme Lord. Where then is there scope for lamentation (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is no lamentation when one is in pure consciousness, for he knows that he is a small part, a spiritual spark protected b...")
• 08:44, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Upon gaining such realization (that "I am God's eternal servant"), one attains liberation and becomes prasannatma, or jolly, for this is the constitutional position of the living entity (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Upon gaining such realization, one attains liberation and becomes prasannātmā, or jolly, for this is the constitutional posi...")
• 08:41, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The joy which follows realization arises from understanding - I was illusioned by false notions for so long. What a fool I was! I was thinking that I was God, but now I can understand that I am God's eternal servant (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The joy which follows realization arises from understanding"|"I was illusioned by false notions for so long. What a fool I was...")
• 08:28, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments, or desires to have anything; he is equally disposed to every living entity. And in that state he achieves pure devotional service unto Me (Krsna) - BG 18.54 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments, or desires to have anything;...")
• 08:21, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page One who has attained this stage (of the brahma-bhutah) is characterized by Sri Krsna in Bhagavad-gita in this way: brahma-bhutah prasannatma, na socati na kanksati, samah sarvesu bhutesu, mad-bhaktim labhate param - BG 18.54 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who has attained this stage is characterized by Śrī Kṛṣṇa in Bhagavad-gītā in this way"|"brahma-bhūtaḥ prasan...")
• 07:26, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Only when one has attained proper knowledge can he actually be liberated. The stage of liberation is also called the brahma-bhutah stage (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only when one has attained proper knowledge can he actually be liberated. The stage of liberation is also called the brahma-bh...")
• 07:23, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page One who claims to be the supreme, therefore, should be understood to have fallen to the last snare of maya. One who is thus fallen cannot even be liberated, for he is bound by false impressions (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who claims to be the supreme, therefore, should be understood to have fallen to the last snare of māyā. One who is thus...")
• 07:10, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page We are simply under the false impression that we are this or that, and this leads us to the ultimate false impression that we are God. Yet we do not consider what manner of God we are. A small bodily disorder will send us to the physician (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We are simply under the false impression that we are this or that, and this leads us to the ultimate false impression that we...")
• 07:00, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page God is great, and I am very small; He is the supreme proprietor supplying all necessities, and I am His servant. Who can challenge this? It is a fact (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"God is great, and I am very small; He is the supreme proprietor supplying all necessities, and I am His servant. Who can chall...")
• 06:53, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page It is also said in Srimad-Bhagavatam that by the acquisition of knowledge, one becomes liberated immediately. That knowledge can be very easily acquired, for it is simple: God is great, and I am very small (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is also said in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that by the acquisition of knowledge, one becomes liberated immediately. That knowledg...")
• 06:47, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Mukti means "to give up," and anyatha-rupam denotes a false conception of life. This is to say that when one is situated in his original constitutional position, having given up all false notions, he is liberated (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mukti means"|"and ānyathā-rūpam denotes a false conception of life. This is to say that when one is situated in his origina...")
• 06:44, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Liberation entails freedom from all false conceptions. It is not that upon liberation one acquires ten hands. In Srimad-Bhagavatam liberation is defined as muktir hitvanyatha-rupam (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Liberation entails freedom from all false conceptions. It is not that upon liberation one acquires ten hands. In Śrīmad-Bhā...")
• 06:25, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page God is the center of all creation, of the whole universal body; He is the enjoyer, and we are His servitors. As this conception becomes clear, we become liberated (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"God is the center of all creation, of the whole universal body; He is the enjoyer, and we are His servitors. As this conceptio...")
• 06:13, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page By knowing ourselves as minute particles, part and parcel of God, we can understand that our duty is to serve God (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By knowing ourselves as minute particles, part and parcel of God, we can understand that our duty is to serve God"}} {{notes|}...")
• 06:07, 26 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Our knowledge is perfect when we come to know that we are very small particles of spiritual sparks, and that God, the supreme, the greatest spiritual identity, supplies all our necessities - eko bahunam yo vidadhati kaman (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Our knowledge is perfect when we come to know that we are very small particles of spiritual sparks, and that God, the supreme,...")
• 19:29, 25 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Liberation means knowing perfectly well that one's self is separate from the body. Therefore Sukadeva Gosvami said, prayascittam vimarsanam: Develop your knowledge; that will give you relief (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Liberation means knowing perfectly well that one's self is separate from the body. Therefore Śukadeva Gosvāmī said, prāya...")
• 19:24, 25 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page As long as we are not making puffed up egocentered claims, we are already liberated. There is no need to actually seek liberation. But as long as one thinks, "I am this body," he is not liberated (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As long as we are not making puffed up egocentered claims, we are already liberated. There is no need to actually seek liberat...")
• 19:20, 25 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page One's position is safe only in so far as he does not falsely declare himself to be God or proprietor. It has become fashionable to claim to be God, and fools accept such claims, but from the Vedic literatures we understand that God is not so cheap (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One's position is safe only in so far as he does not falsely declare himself to be God or proprietor. It has become fashionabl...")
• 19:15, 25 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Simply by His (God's) breathing, millions of universes are created and dissolved. If this is the case, then how can the living entities claim proprietorship over anything (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Simply by His breathing, millions of universes are created and dissolved. If this is the case, then how can the living entitie...")
• 19:11, 25 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page In Brahma-samhita it is stated, yasyaika-nisvasita-kalam athavalambya jivanti loma-vila-ja jagad-anda-nathah: many millions of universes come out of God's body when He exhales, and they again disappear when He inhales (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Brahma-saṁhitā it is stated, yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vila-jā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ:...")
• 19:08, 25 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Since the living entities and Krsna, the Supreme Lord, are both spirit, they are qualitatively one. Quantitatively, however, the Lord is great and the living entities are small. This fact can be accepted immediately on the basis of Vedic information (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since the living entities and Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord, are both spirit, they are qualitatively one. Quantitatively, howe...")
• 19:03, 25 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page It is said that the spirit soul is smaller than an atom - anor aniyamsam (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is said that the spirit soul is smaller than an atom (aṇor aṇīyāṁsam)"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nabakumar}} {{comple...")
• 19:01, 25 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page As living entities, we are very minute, infinitesimal, and God is infinite. Indeed, the magnitude of the individual spirit soul is so microscopic that it cannot be seen. One cannot even imagine it with his material senses (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As living entities, we are very minute, infinitesimal, and God is infinite. Indeed, the magnitude of the individual spirit sou...")
• 18:58, 25 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page As far as we can conceive, the space which contains the universe is the greatest, but Krsna has shown millions of universes in His mouth. The greatness of God cannot be comprehended by the living entities, who are part and parcel of God (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As far as we can conceive, the space which contains the universe is the greatest, but Kṛṣṇa has shown millions of univer...")
• 18:56, 25 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page We understand from Vedic literature that Brahman, or the spirit, is anor aniyamsam, smaller than an atom, and mahato mahiyamsam, greater than the greatest (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We understand from Vedic literature that Brahman, or the spirit, is aṇor aṇīyāṁsam, smaller than an atom, and mahato m...")
• 18:51, 25 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The smallest is not false, and the greatest is not false, but when the small thinks that he is great, that is false (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The smallest is not false, and the greatest is not false, but when the small thinks that he is great, that is false"}} {{notes...")
• 18:49, 25 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The tendency is there to want to become the greatest of all, but the fact remains that God is the greatest and the living entity is small compared to Him (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The tendency is there to want to become the greatest of all, but the fact remains that God is the greatest and the living enti...")
• 18:45, 25 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Everyone desires to be master or proprietor of something, then minister, then president, and then God. When everything else fails, the living entity wants to become God (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone desires to be master or proprietor of something, then minister, then president, and then God. When everything else fa...")
• 18:42, 25 February 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page What is false is the claim to the property, which is based upon a puffed up false consciousness that the individual is the proprietor, the master, or God (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"What is false is the claim to the property, which is based upon a puffed up false consciousness that the individual is the pro...")