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09:5609:56, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,918 N The difference is always there between God & the part-&-parcel living entities, but by the influence of God's internal potency, the understanding is covered. We can attain that position after many, many lives of pious activities. That is stated in the SB Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the difference is always there between God and the part-and-parcel living entities, but by the influence of God's internal pot..."
09:3809:38, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,914 N When Krsna is defeated in play, He has to take His friend on His shoulder and carry him. The friends do not know who is God and who is not God. So that is the advanced spiritual conception Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Kṛṣṇa is defeated in play, He has to take His friend on His shoulder and carry him. The friends do not know who is..." current
08:2408:24, 12 April 2022 diff hist +35 In the spiritual world there often seems to be no difference between the master and the servant. For instance, Krsna's friends the cowherd boys - they do not know that Krsna is God. They play with Him on equal terms No edit summary current
08:2108:21, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,932 N In the spiritual world there often seems to be no difference between the master and the servant. For instance, Krsna's friends the cowherd boys - they do not know that Krsna is God. They play with Him on equal terms Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the spiritual world there often seems to be no difference between the master and the servant. For instance, Kṛṣṇa's f..."
08:0608:06, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,683 N The Vaisnava philosophy teaches that we can remain in our natural position but act as a servant of God. That is perfect. But if the servant tries to become the master, that is artificial Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vaiṣṇava philosophy teaches that we can remain in our natural position but act as a servant of God. That is perfect. B..."
07:5207:52, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,757 N The Mayavadis are trying to become God, but that is impossible. Let them try to become godly. Godly means "servant of God." That will make them perfect Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Mayavadis are trying to become God, but that is impossible. Let them try to become godly. Godly means "servant of God." Th..."
07:4407:44, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,758 N If the living entity is eternally a fragmental part, how can he become one with the whole? The part is never equal to the whole. That is an axiomatic truth. So it is a wrong conception to try to become equal to God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if the living entity is eternally a fragmental part, how can he become one with the whole? The part is never equal to the whol..."
07:3207:32, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,806 N If they remain unreasonably stuck up in their own concocted philosophy, then it is difficult. But it is a fact that the living entity is eternally one with and different from God. Find this verse: mamaivamso jiva-loke - BG 15.7 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If they remain unreasonably stuck up in their own concocted philosophy, then it is difficult. But it is a fact that the living..."
07:2707:27, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,538 On the platform of this philosophy, everyone can come together, if they are reasonable No edit summary current
07:1707:17, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,746 N On the platform of this philosophy, everyone can come together, if they are reasonable Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"on the platform of this philosophy, everyone can come together, if they are reasonable. If they remain unreasonably stuck up i..."
07:0507:05, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,809 N God is great, and we are minute. In that way we are different. That is why Caitanya Mahaprabhu enunciated this philosophy of acintya-bhedabheda: inconceivable, simultaneous oneness with and difference from God. That is real philosophy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"God is great, and we are minute. In that way we are different. That is why Caitanya Mahāprabhu enunciated this philosophy of..."
06:5906:59, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,443 N If God were gold, the living entity would also be gold. That is oneness in quality Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if God were gold, the living entity would also be gold. That is oneness in quality"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soham}} {{complete..." current
06:4506:45, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,779 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's philosophy is acintya-bhedabheda: the living entities are simultaneously one with and different from the Lord. The living entity is one in the sense that he is part and parcel of God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's philosophy is acintya-bhedābheda: the living entities are simultaneously one with and different..." current
06:3306:33, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,574 N The predominated living entities are part and parcel of God, in quality they are one with God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the predominated living entities are part and parcel of God, in quality they are one with God"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soham}}..." current
06:2806:28, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,724 N The difference between the two (God and living entities) is that God maintains all the other living entities. That is a fact. We are maintained, and God is the maintainer. We are predominated - we are not independent - and God is the predominator Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the difference between the two is that God maintains all the other living entities. That is a fact. We are maintained, and God..." current
04:4004:40, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,620 N In the Vedas it is said, nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam (Katha Upanisad 2.2.13): both God and His creatures are living entities, though God is the chief Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the Vedas it is said, nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13): both God and His creatures are l..." current
04:1404:14, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,771 N The Dvaitans stress that one is utterly different from God, that God is separate from the living entity. But actually, from the Bhagavad-gita we understand that the living entities are part and parcel of God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Dvaitans stress that one is utterly different from God, that God is separate from the living entity. But actually, from th..."
03:5303:53, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,969 N The Advaitan wrongly thinks that he is absolutely one with God, that he himself is God. That is wrong. How can you become God? God is sad-aisvarya-purnam, full in six opulences - all power, all wealth, all beauty, all fame, all knowledge, & renunciation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Advaitan wrongly thinks that he is absolutely one with God, that he himself is God. That is wrong. How can you become God?..."
03:3303:33, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,479 N This Advaitan idea is artificial - to think you're able to become God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"this Advaitan idea is artificial - to think you're able to become God"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soham}} {{complete|ALL}} {{firs..."
03:1803:18, 12 April 2022 diff hist +9,730 N This is the process taught by Caitanya Mahaprabhu - to bring all the Dvaitans and Advaitans together on one platform. Everyone has to understand that he is essentially a servant of God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is the process taught by Caitanya Mahaprabhu - to bring all the Dvaitans and Advaitans together on one platform. Everyone..."

16:5316:53, 11 April 2022 diff hist +8,374 N If you chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra and give up these sinful activities, automatically you become reformed. You come to the spiritual platform. And in this way your life will become successful Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the whole thing is that if you chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and give up these sinful activities, automatically you..."
16:3416:34, 11 April 2022 diff hist +8,234 N The life of vice and the life of piety are within this material world, but when one is spiritually engaged, he is above the material plane, on the spiritual plane Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The life of vice and the life of piety are within this material world, but when one is spiritually engaged, he is above the ma..." current
15:5815:58, 11 April 2022 diff hist +10,143 Although His father was Nanda Maharaja, a village vaisya king, & although Krsna was the PG Himself, still He could not refuse. He had to go. Nicavat - just like a menial servant. This is brahmacarya, spiritual student life. This is tapasya Undo revision 1286491 by Soham (talk) current Tag: Undo
14:3514:35, 11 April 2022 diff hist +9,916 When you follow without consideration of whether it (the order of the spiritual master and the order of the sastra, or scripture) is convenient or inconvenient, simply because it must be done, that is called tapasya No edit summary current
13:5413:54, 11 April 2022 diff hist +9,550 Tapasya begins with brahmacari life, learning to control the senses - that is the beginning of life. Not "A-B-C-D" learning No edit summary current
13:4013:40, 11 April 2022 diff hist +5,772 m In His Siksastaka, Lord Caitanya describes the progressive benefits of chanting Hare Krsna. First, ceto-darpana-marjanam - CC Antya 20.12 Soham moved page In His Siksastaka, Lord Caitanya describes the progressive benefits of chanting Hare Krsna. First, ceto-darpana-marjanam (CC Antya 20.12) to In His Siksastaka, Lord Caitanya describes the progressive benefits of chanting Hare Krsna. First, ceto-darpana-marjanam - CC Antya 20.12 current
12:4912:49, 11 April 2022 diff hist +8,816 If you take the instruction of Arjuna, then you will understand the Absolute Truth. So what is the instruction of Arjuna? Find out in the tenth chapter No edit summary current
09:1509:15, 11 April 2022 diff hist +8,329 m Good and "bad," "pious" and "sinful" - these are all considerations on the material platform. But when you are on the transcendental platform, you are automatically without sin. Krsna confirms this in Bhagavad-gita - 14.26 Soham moved page "Good" and "bad," "pious" and "sinful" - these are all considerations on the material platform. But when you are on the transcendental platform, you are automatically without sin. Krsna confirms this in Bhagavad-gita - 14.26 to Good and "bad," "pious" and "sinful" - these are all considerations on the material platform. But when you are on the transcendental platform, you are automatically without sin. Krsna confirms this in Bhagavad-gita - 14.26 current
09:1409:14, 11 April 2022 diff hist +8,377 N Good and "bad," "pious" and "sinful" - these are all considerations on the material platform. But when you are on the transcendental platform, you are automatically without sin. Krsna confirms this in Bhagavad-gita - 14.26 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|""Good" and "bad," "pious" and "sinful" - these are all considerations on the material platform. But when you are on the transc..."
08:5408:54, 11 April 2022 diff hist −27 The transcendental platform means there is no sinful activity. It is above any question of "sinful." "Pious" and "sinful" activities are there only as long as you are on the material platform No edit summary current
08:5408:54, 11 April 2022 diff hist +8,213 N The transcendental platform means there is no sinful activity. It is above any question of "sinful." "Pious" and "sinful" activities are there only as long as you are on the material platform Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The transcendental platform means there is no sinful activity. It is above any question of "sinful." "Pious" and "sinful" acti..."
08:4708:47, 11 April 2022 diff hist +1 To engage oneself in devotional service under the order of the spiritual master and the sastra is the way to remain on the transcendental platform No edit summary current
08:1308:13, 11 April 2022 diff hist +8,003 N To engage oneself in devotional service under the order of the spiritual master and the sastra is the way to remain on the transcendental platform Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To engage oneself in devotional service under the order of the spiritual master and the sastra is the way to remain on the tra..."
07:5207:52, 11 April 2022 diff hist +7,974 N One side you have to follow restrictions, and on the other side you have to engage yourself in devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one side you have to follow restrictions, and on the other side you have to engage yourself in devotional service"}} {{notes|}..." current
07:2307:23, 11 April 2022 diff hist +8,160 N You have to avoid sinful activities like illicit sex, meat-eating, gambling, and intoxication, including tobacco, coffee, and tea. Then you'll gradually become completely sinless Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"You have to avoid sinful activities like illicit sex, meat-eating, gambling, and intoxication, including tobacco, coffee, and..."
07:1707:17, 11 April 2022 diff hist +8,045 N You cannot become a devotee unless you give up sinful activity. Therefore you have to begin by following these four prohibitions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"You cannot become a devotee unless you give up sinful activity. Therefore you have to begin by following these four prohibitio..." current
07:0907:09, 11 April 2022 diff hist +1 You must at least avoid sinful activities. Then one can practice Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
07:0907:09, 11 April 2022 diff hist +1 Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita (7.28): - Persons who have acted piously in previous lives & in this life & whose sinful actions are completely eradicated are freed from the dualities of delusion, & they engage themselves in My service with determination No edit summary current
07:0907:09, 11 April 2022 diff hist +8,562 N Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita (7.28): - Persons who have acted piously in previous lives & in this life & whose sinful actions are completely eradicated are freed from the dualities of delusion, & they engage themselves in My service with determination Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā"|""Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life and whose sinful..."
06:5706:57, 11 April 2022 diff hist +8,066 N You must at least avoid sinful activities. Then one can practice Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"You must at least avoid sinful activities. Then one can practice Krsna consciousness"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soham}} {{comple..."

20:4620:46, 10 April 2022 diff hist +8,170 N To make one a brahmana, these four things are essential: no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling. These essentials must be there; you cannot dispense with them Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"to make one a brāhmaṇa, these four things are essential: no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling. Thes..." current
20:3920:39, 10 April 2022 diff hist +8,174 N In this way they will come to the platform of devotional service, and then their life becomes successful. Is that question answered or not Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this way they will come to the platform of devotional service, and then their life becomes successful. Is that question ans..."
20:3420:34, 10 April 2022 diff hist +8,270 N Prasannatma: they'll be happy. Na socati na kanksati: there will be no lamentation or needless hankering. Samah sarvesu bhutesu: they will see everyone on the spiritual platform. And finally, mad-bhaktim labhate param - BG 18.54 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Then prasannātmā: they'll be happy. Na śocati na kāṅkṣati: there will be no lamentation or needless hankering. Samaḥ..."
20:2320:23, 10 April 2022 diff hist +8,223 N People should take to the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. Then all reformation will be there, and people will come to the spiritual platform - brahma-bhutah, the realization of Brahman Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"people should take to the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Then all reformation will be there, and people will c..."
20:2020:20, 10 April 2022 diff hist +8,270 The question was, "Should purificatory processes be revived?" They should be revived as far as necessary, but all of them cannot be revived in this age No edit summary current
20:1620:16, 10 April 2022 diff hist +8,499 N The question was, "Should purificatory processes be revived?" They should be revived as far as necessary, but all of them cannot be revived in this age Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The question was, "Should purificatory processes be revived?" They should be revived as far as necessary, but all of them cann..."
20:1120:11, 10 April 2022 diff hist +8,167 N This is the special advantage (liberated from all the bad association of material existence and eligible to go back home, back to Godhead) of chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"this is the special advantage of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soham}} {{complete|ALL}}..." current
19:4419:44, 10 April 2022 diff hist +8,298 N The reformatory processes, or samskaras, are meant for purifying a person so that he becomes mukta-sangah, liberated from all the bad association of material existence and eligible to go back home, back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The reformatory processes, or saṁskāras, are meant for purifying a person so that he becomes mukta-saṅgaḥ, liberated fr..."
19:3419:34, 10 April 2022 diff hist +8,569 N That advantage of re-engagement in our original, spiritual business is given freely in this age: kirtanad eva krsnasya mukta-sangah param vrajet (SB 12.3.51) - Simply by chanting the Lord's holy name, one achieves spiritual liberation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"that advantage of re-engagement in our original, spiritual business is given freely in this age: kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya..."
17:4717:47, 10 April 2022 diff hist +1 If one engages himself in his original, spiritual business, acting as the servant of Krsna, then all processes of purification and reformation are fulfilled No edit summary current

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