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15:5615:56, 9 April 2022 diff hist +14 If he (the living entity) again misses the opportunity (of the human form of life), he is again put into the cycle of birth and death, going sometimes higher and sometimes lower, turning on the samsara-cakra, the wheel of material existence No edit summary current
15:5515:55, 9 April 2022 diff hist +5,006 If despite this opportunity (for spiritual realization) for human life we are unable to revive our natural affection for the Lord, we must know that we are wasting our life for nothing No edit summary current
15:5115:51, 9 April 2022 diff hist +3,710 Human life, he is given the opportunity to go towards God, but he does not take this opportunity. He goes towards the animal No edit summary current
15:3715:37, 9 April 2022 diff hist +3,984 An intelligent man should utilize good opportunities. The first opportunity is the human form of life, and the second opportunity is to take birth in a suitable family where there is cultivation of spiritual knowledge No edit summary current
15:3415:34, 9 April 2022 diff hist +14 Actually it is a fact that this life is meant for preparation for the next life; by evolution one has come through many species, or forms, and this human form of life is an opportunity to promote oneself to a better life No edit summary current
15:0115:01, 9 April 2022 diff hist +31 Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is the ultimate goal of knowledge (vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah (BG 15.15)), one who is not a pure devotee and who is not engaged in the service of the Lord cannot understand Him No edit summary current
15:0015:00, 9 April 2022 diff hist +21,257 Any book which deals with the subject matter indicated by all the Vedas is called Vedanta. For example, Bhagavad-gita is Vedanta because in Bhagavad-gita the Lord says that the ultimate goal of all Vedic research is Krsna No edit summary current
12:5812:58, 9 April 2022 diff hist +14,220 Omkara is the basic principle of all Vedic mantras, for it is a representation of Lord Krsna, understanding of whom is the ultimate goal of the Vedas No edit summary current
12:5512:55, 9 April 2022 diff hist +14,297 Mayavadi philosophers cannot understand these simple facts (that understanding Krsna is the ultimate goal of the Vedas) explained in the Bhagavad-gita, and yet they are very proud of being Vedantis No edit summary current
09:2809:28, 9 April 2022 diff hist −17 The six philosophical theses are (1) Vaisesika, propounded by Kanada Rsi, (2) Nyaya, propounded by Gautama Rsi, (3) Yoga, or mysticism, propounded by Patanjali Rsi, (4) the philosophy of Sankhya, propounded by Kapila Rsi No edit summary current
09:2809:28, 9 April 2022 diff hist +4,913 The difference between the six philosophical paths put forward by the renowned sages above mentioned and that of Sukadeva, as presented in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, is that all the six sages mentioned above speak the facts according to their own thinking No edit summary current
09:2709:27, 9 April 2022 diff hist +3 There are six kinds of philosophical processes in India No edit summary current
09:2609:26, 9 April 2022 diff hist +2,022 Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya perfectly knows the six philosophical theses. He is therefore the spiritual master of the entire world in teaching the six paths of philosophy. He is the best of devotees No edit summary current
09:2509:25, 9 April 2022 diff hist +3,197 Candrasekhara continued, "There is no talk at Varanasi other than discussions on the six philosophical theses. Nonetheless, Tapana Misra has been very kind to me, for he speaks about topics relating to Lord Krsna" No edit summary current
09:2509:25, 9 April 2022 diff hist +6,916 By studying the six philosophical theories, one cannot reach the Absolute Truth. It is therefore our duty to follow the path of the mahajanas, the authorities. Whatever they say should be accepted as the supreme truth No edit summary current
09:2409:24, 9 April 2022 diff hist +3 Besides Vyasadeva, there are other sages who are the authors of six different philosophical systems, namely Gautama, Kanada, Kapila, Patanjali, Jaimini and Astavakra No edit summary current
09:2309:23, 9 April 2022 diff hist +1,368 After studying the six philosophical theses, Vyasadeva completely summarized them all in the aphorisms of Vedanta philosophy No edit summary current
09:0109:01, 9 April 2022 diff hist +5,351 Study of the Vedas is not meant for the recreation of armchair speculators, but for the formation of character. After this training, the brahmacari is allowed to enter into household life and marry. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
08:5808:58, 9 April 2022 diff hist +10,904 This whole Vedic civilization is made just to train how you can be detached from this so-called family affection. This is Vedic training. First of all brahmacari. Brahmacari means to lead the life of austerity No edit summary current
06:1006:10, 9 April 2022 diff hist +5,496 First birth is sudra. The next birth, when he is trained up by the guru in Vedic knowledge, that is real birth No edit summary current
04:5804:58, 9 April 2022 diff hist +2,548 When I thus expressed my heartfelt desires unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the lotus-eyed Lord instructed me about His transcendental situation No edit summary current
04:5604:56, 9 April 2022 diff hist +4,342 The mild wind blowing through the gardens of fruits and flowers in Vrndavana appeared very much pleasing to all - all but the gopis, who were always overtaken by heartfelt sorrow in the absence of Krsna No edit summary current
04:5504:55, 9 April 2022 diff hist +14,939 The God of the monists, or Mayavadis, cannot eat, see, or hear. Such a concocted, formless God can never bring peace to the world. How can a God who has no sensory organs see the miseries of the people or hear their heartfelt prayers? No edit summary current
04:5404:54, 9 April 2022 diff hist +7,205 Sudama thought, "How can there be any comparison between me, a poor, sinful brahmana, & the S.L Krsna, who is the only shelter of the goddess of fortune? considering me a brahmana, with heartfelt pleasure He embraced me in His two transcendental arms No edit summary current
04:5004:50, 9 April 2022 diff hist +7,937 He (Nanda Maharaja) gave so many cows just for the welfare of his wonderful child (Krsna), and the brahmanas in return bestowed their heartfelt blessings. And the blessings offered by the able brahmanas were never to be baffled No edit summary current
03:2803:28, 9 April 2022 diff hist +3,144 He (the living entity) is under the qualities of nature, but he falsely thinks that he is the proprietor No edit summary current
03:2803:28, 9 April 2022 diff hist +7,888 He (one) falsely thinks, "I am different from my enemy, and my enemy is different from me. The enemy has done this, and therefore my duty is to kill him." This misconception is described in this verse (SB 7.5.12) as bheda-gatasati No edit summary current
03:1703:17, 9 April 2022 diff hist +6,900 First of all try to understand what is your interest. But that you do not know. Because you are thinking falsely that "By adjustment of this material atmosphere I shall be happy." Nationally, individually, collectively, everyone is trying No edit summary current

17:3417:34, 8 April 2022 diff hist +7,508 Don't think yourself, that you are very man of knowledge. Because our knowledge is very limited, so we should not be puffed up with false thinking that I am very learned man. No. Just become a little gentle and submissive No edit summary current
17:1817:18, 8 April 2022 diff hist +4,520 A living entity is constitutionally part and parcel of the Supreme Being, but he forgets that he has to render service to the Supreme and diverts his attention to serving others; this is called maya. By serving others he falsely thinks that he is master No edit summary
17:0317:03, 8 April 2022 diff hist +13,051 A conditioned soul falsely thinks himself happy in the material world, but if he is favored by the instructions of an unalloyed devotee, he gives up his desire for material enjoyment and becomes enlightened in Krsna consciousness No edit summary
17:0117:01, 8 April 2022 diff hist +4,819 Although a living entity is forced to act by the material energy, he falsely thinks that he is the all-in-all and the supreme enjoyer No edit summary current
16:5616:56, 8 April 2022 diff hist +3,304 A foolish, senseless person cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although always dependent, he falsely thinks himself the Supreme No edit summary
12:5412:54, 8 April 2022 diff hist +5,040 The Vaisnavas know that the Absolute Truth is the Supreme Person and that the Brahman effulgence is based on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita: brahmano hi pratisthaham No edit summary current
12:5012:50, 8 April 2022 diff hist +11,011 Vedic process does not accept that one should endeavor to know the ultimate truth by exertion of our present senses, which are conditioned by so many ways No edit summary current
12:4912:49, 8 April 2022 diff hist +14,070 Vyasadeva agrees or accepts that he knows Brahman, the Absolute Truth, but he does not know the Absolute Truth's ultimate feature, the Personality of Godhead. That he admits. Absolute Truth in the beginning is impersonal No edit summary current
12:4912:49, 8 April 2022 diff hist +4,589 We know that You are the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, who manifests His transcendental form in the uncontaminated mode of pure goodness No edit summary current
12:4412:44, 8 April 2022 diff hist +8,065 The Sankhyites, or jnanis, deny the material form, and the devotees also know very well that the Absolute Truth, Bhagavan, has no material form No edit summary current
12:4212:42, 8 April 2022 diff hist +9,731 The real tattva, or truth, consists of Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan. As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.2.11): "Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Paramatma or Bhagavan" No edit summary current
12:1312:13, 8 April 2022 diff hist +31 The devotees know this truth (God knows past,present & future) and therefore they discharge their duties sincerely, without being overly anxious for rewards. Besides that, one cannot estimate the Lord's reactions, either by speculation or by scholarship No edit summary current
12:1012:10, 8 April 2022 diff hist +31 There are different types of transcendentalists, called tattvavit, who know the Absolute Truth No edit summary current
04:2204:22, 8 April 2022 diff hist +16,047 One should be humble and know that he is subordinate to the Supreme Lord. Due to rebellion against the Supreme Lord, one becomes subordinate to material nature. One must know and be convinced of this truth. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
04:2104:21, 8 April 2022 diff hist +31 One can know the Supreme Truth if one has unflinching faith in the bona fide spiritual master as well as in the Lord. Such a faithful person, even though illiterate in the mundane sense, can know the Lord automatically by the mercy of the Lord No edit summary current
04:1104:11, 8 April 2022 diff hist +4,510 Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth say that it is nondual knowledge and is called impersonal Brahman, the localized Paramatma and the Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
03:5703:57, 8 April 2022 diff hist +6,683 Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Paramatma or Bhagavan - SB 1.2.11 No edit summary current

17:0717:07, 7 April 2022 diff hist +2,202 Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Paramatma or Bhagavan No edit summary current
17:0717:07, 7 April 2022 diff hist +3,525 Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Bhagavan or Paramatma No edit summary current
17:0617:06, 7 April 2022 diff hist +31 In the Vedas also it is said that a person cannot know the Absolute Truth Personality of Godhead simply by dint of mundane education or intellectual gymnastics No edit summary current
17:0417:04, 7 April 2022 diff hist +9,074 In the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that if you want to know the real truth, vastavya-vastu, the one must become paramo nirmatsaram... not envious No edit summary current
17:0417:04, 7 April 2022 diff hist +6,370 In the beginning, a conditioned soul is bereft of Krsna consciousness and is always morose in his material activities. Later, by associating with a pure devotee, one becomes inquisitive to know the Absolute Truth No edit summary current

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