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08:2908:29, 17 June 2022 diff hist +36,251 N When we buy a ticket, we have faith that the airline company will take us to our destination. Without faith we cannot even live in the material world, what to speak of making spiritual progress Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When we buy a ticket, we have faith that the airline company will take us to our destination. Without faith we cannot even liv..."
08:2308:23, 17 June 2022 diff hist +36,063 N For those who are hesitant and have no faith, Krsna consciousness is very difficult. Even in our daily affairs a certain amount of faith is required Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For those who are hesitant and have no faith, Krsna consciousness is very difficult. Even in our daily affairs a certain amoun..."
08:1808:18, 17 June 2022 diff hist +36,425 There may be some discouragement at first, but the word kalena, meaning "in due course of time," indicates that if we simply persevere we will be successful. Faith is required, as stated in the verse - BG 4.39 No edit summary current
08:1608:16, 17 June 2022 diff hist +36,441 N There may be some discouragement at first, but the word kalena, meaning "in due course of time," indicates that if we simply persevere we will be successful. Faith is required, as stated in the verse - BG 4.39 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There may be some discouragement at first, but the word kalena, meaning "in due course of time," indicates that if we simply p..."
08:1008:10, 17 June 2022 diff hist +36,160 N By becoming perfect in Krsna consciousness, knowledge and wisdom are found in due course of time Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By becoming perfect in Krsna consciousness, knowledge and wisdom are found in due course of time"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soha..."
04:1204:12, 17 June 2022 diff hist +35,969 N For want of knowing what real spiritual activity is, we take up material activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"for want of knowing what real spiritual activity is, we take up material activities"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soham}} {{complet..." current
04:0504:05, 17 June 2022 diff hist +36,401 N The hospital-making business is being conducted by the government; it is the duty of a sannyasa to make hospitals whereby people can actually get rid of their material bodies, not patch them up Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The hospital-making business is being conducted by the government; it is the duty of a sannyasa to make hospitals whereby peop..."
03:5803:58, 17 June 2022 diff hist +36,573 N It is not uncommon in India for a man to give up all material engagements, to leave his home & family & take the renounced order, sannyasa, & after meditating for some while, begin doing philanthropic work by opening some hospitals or engaging in politics Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not uncommon in India for a man to give up all material engagements, to leave his home and family and take the renounced..." current
03:4803:48, 17 June 2022 diff hist +36,272 N We are like mischievous children, and therefore we must have spiritual engagement. Simply understanding that we are spirit soul will not help. Understanding that we are spirit, we have to sustain the spirit by spiritual engagement Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We are like mischievous children, and therefore we must have spiritual engagement. Simply understanding that we are spirit sou..." current
03:4203:42, 17 June 2022 diff hist +36,246 N Our nature is such that we want some engagement. A child may commit mischief, but he cannot refrain from mischief unless he is given some engagement. When he is given some toys, his attention is diverted and his mischievous activities stop Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Our nature is such that we want some engagement. A child may commit mischief, but he cannot refrain from mischief unless he is..." current
03:3903:39, 17 June 2022 diff hist +36,041 N As soon as we engage ourselves in the service of Krsna, there is no longer any chance of falling down again into the material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As soon as we engage ourselves in the service of Krsna, there is no longer any chance of falling down again into the material..."
03:3503:35, 17 June 2022 diff hist +36,496 N We may rise very high in the sky, but if we have no shelter there, if we do not land on some planet, we will again fall down. A simple understanding of the brahma-bhutah stage will not help us unless we take to the shelter of Krsna's lotus feet Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We may rise very high in the sky, but if we have no shelter there, if we do not land on some planet, we will again fall down...."
03:2403:24, 17 June 2022 diff hist +36,399 N Even if we rise to this stage (brahma-bhutah) and do not take to the loving service of Krsna, there is the possibility of falling down again into the material whirlpool Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"even if we rise to this stage and do not take to the loving service of Krsna, there is the possibility of falling down again i..."
03:1803:18, 17 June 2022 diff hist +36,366 N In the brahma-bhutah stage one no longer identifies with matter. The first symptom of one's having become established on the brahma-bhutah platform is that one becomes jolly (prasannatma). On that platform, there is neither lamentation nor hankering Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the brahma-bhūtaḥ stage one no longer identifies with matter. The first symptom of one's having become established on th..."
03:1003:10, 17 June 2022 diff hist +4 The transcendental position begins with the realization aham brahmasmi - "I am not this matter, but spirit." But even this position is unsettled. More is required No edit summary current
03:0903:09, 17 June 2022 diff hist +36,260 N The transcendental position begins with the realization aham brahmasmi - "I am not this matter, but spirit." But even this position is unsettled. More is required Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The transcendental position begins with the realization aham brahmasmi - "I am not this matter, but spirit." But even this pos..."
03:0303:03, 17 June 2022 diff hist +36,564 N The man in the mode of goodness becomes a first class prisoner &, becoming happy in the prison house, wants to stay there. What to speak of those in the modes of passion and ignorance. The point is that we have to transcend even the quality of goodness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The man in the mode of goodness becomes a first class prisoner &, becoming happy in the prison house, wants to stay there. Wha..."
02:5602:56, 17 June 2022 diff hist +6 Goodness is also a kind of contamination. In goodness one becomes aware of his position and transcendental subjects, etc, but his defect is in thinking, "Now I have understood everything. Now I am all right." He wants to stay here No edit summary current

14:4014:40, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,481 N Goodness is also a kind of contamination. In goodness one becomes aware of his position and transcendental subjects, etc, but his defect is in thinking, "Now I have understood everything. Now I am all right." He wants to stay here Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Goodness is also a kind of contamination. In goodness one becomes aware of his position and transcendental subjects, etc, but..."
14:3514:35, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,019 N Here everything is contaminated by the modes of material nature - goodness, passion and ignorance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Here everything is contaminated by the modes of material nature - goodness, passion and ignorance"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|und..." current
14:2714:27, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,191 N What is that sublime and pure knowledge? It is the knowledge that we are part and parcel of God and that we are to dovetail our consciousness with the Supreme Consciousness. This is the purest knowledge in the material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"What is that sublime and pure knowledge? It is the knowledge that we are part and parcel of God and that we are to dovetail ou..." current
14:2314:23, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,347 N If, by this process (chanting Hare Krsna), we can kindle the fire of knowledge, all of the reactions of our activities will be reduced to ashes, and we will be purified Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If, by this process, we can kindle the fire of knowledge, all of the reactions of our activities will be reduced to ashes, and..." current
14:1914:19, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,075 N The process for this age is the process of Krsna consciousness, the chanting of Hare Krsna, which was inaugurated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The process for this age is the process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, which was inaugurated..." current
14:1714:17, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,356 N In former ages people underwent so many penances and austerities to acquire knowledge, but in this age this process is not possible because our lives are very short and we are always disturbed Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In former ages people underwent so many penances and austerities to acquire knowledge, but in this age this process is not pos..."
14:1214:12, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,046 N We should cultivate our spiritual potencies by knowledge. The knowledge is already there; we simply have to accept it Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we should cultivate our spiritual potencies by knowledge. The knowledge is already there; we simply have to accept it"}} {{not..."
10:4910:49, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,212 N We spend millions and millions of dollars constructing spaceships without knowing that we have the ability to travel wherever we want free of charge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We spend millions and millions of dollars constructing spaceships without knowing that we have the ability to travel wherever..."
10:4410:44, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,346 N Actually we have no idea how powerful we are as spiritual sparks. Instead we are very much satisfied staying on this earth and sending up a few spaceships, thinking that we have become greatly advanced in material science Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually we have no idea how powerful we are as spiritual sparks. Instead we are very much satisfied staying on this earth and..."
10:3410:34, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,289 N In the Siddhalokas there are perfected beings or yogis who can travel wherever they want without the aid of airplanes or other mechanical contrivances. Once we are liberated from material conditioning, we can become very powerful Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Siddhalokas there are perfected beings or yogis who can travel wherever they want without the aid of airplanes or other..."
10:2010:20, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,433 N We want freedom, and we want to travel all over the world and all over the universe. Indeed, that is our right as spirit soul. The spirit soul in Bhagavad-gita is called sarva-gatah, which means that he has the ability to go wherever he likes Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We want freedom, and we want to travel all over the world and all over the universe. Indeed, that is our right as spirit soul...." current
10:1310:13, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,330 N Even if we accumulate a million dollars, we must leave it all behind when we leave this body. We need to come to understand that in the material world whatever we are doing is being defeated by the influence of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even if we accumulate a million dollars, we must leave it all behind when we leave this body. We need to come to understand th..."
08:5508:55, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,344 N We consider economic development to be the most important thing, forgetting how long we shall live here in this material world. Economic development or no economic development, at the end of sixty or a hundred years our life will be finished Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We consider economic development to be the most important thing, forgetting how long we shall live here in this material world..." current
08:4808:48, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,025 N These are the major problems (birth, death, old age and disease) of human existence, but we ignore them and concentrate on solving very minor problems Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These are the major problems of human existence, but we ignore them and concentrate on solving very minor problems"}} {{notes|..." current
08:4008:40, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,304 When one is awakened to knowledge, he thinks, - Oh, I am not happy. I want freedom, but there is no freedom. I don't want to die, but there is death. I don't want to grow old, but there is old age. I don't want diseases, but there are diseases No edit summary current
08:3908:39, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,301 N When one is awakened to knowledge, he thinks, - Oh, I am not happy. I want freedom, but there is no freedom. I don't want to die, but there is death. I don't want to grow old, but there is old age. I don't want diseases, but there are diseases Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when one is awakened to knowledge, he thinks, "Oh, I am not happy. I want freedom, but there is no freedom. I don't want to di..."
08:3108:31, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,052 N We may be in a miserable condition, but we accept it thinking that we are very happy. This is called ignorance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We may be in a miserable condition, but we accept it thinking that we are very happy. This is called ignorance"}} {{notes|}} {..."
08:2808:28, 16 June 2022 diff hist +12 On the Bowery, there are so many drunkards lying in the street, and they're all thinking, "We are enjoying life." But those who are passing them by are thinking, "Oh how miserable they are." That is the way of the illusory energy No edit summary current
08:2708:27, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,314 N On the Bowery, there are so many drunkards lying in the street, and they're all thinking, "We are enjoying life." But those who are passing them by are thinking, "Oh how miserable they are." That is the way of the illusory energy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"On the Bowery, there are so many drunkards lying in the street, and they're all thinking, "We are enjoying life." But those wh..."
08:2008:20, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,257 N A dog or hog cannot understand what kind of miserable life he is passing. He actually thinks that he is enjoying life, and this is called the covering or illusive influence of material energy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A dog or hog cannot understand what kind of miserable life he is passing. He actually thinks that he is enjoying life, and thi..." current
08:1608:16, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,253 N By engaging in the transcendental service of Krsna, we actually get out of the cycle of birth and death. But because the fire of knowledge is not burning in our minds, we accept material existence as happiness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By engaging in the transcendental service of Krsna, we actually get out of the cycle of birth and death. But because the fire..."
08:0908:09, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,125 N Whether we enjoy the reactions of good work or suffer the reactions of bad, we have to take on the material body and thereby undergo the material miseries Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Whether we enjoy the reactions of good work or suffer the reactions of bad, we have to take on the material body and thereby u..." current
08:0608:06, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,396 In any case birth means bondage, and one who is striving for KC is striving for liberation from the bondage of transmigration. What is the advantage of being born in a wealthy or aristocratic family if one does not get rid of his material miseries No edit summary current
07:5807:58, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,093 N In any case birth means bondage, and one who is striving for KC is striving for liberation from the bondage of transmigration. What is the advantage of being born in a wealthy or aristocratic family if one does not get rid of his material miseries Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in any case birth means bondage, and one who is striving for Kṛṣṇa consciousness is striving for liberation from the bon..."
07:5407:54, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,146 N By good work we may get a good birth in an aristocratic or wealthy family, and by bad work we may take birth even in the animal kingdom or in degraded human families Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By good work we may get a good birth in an aristocratic or wealthy family, and by bad work we may take birth even in the anima..."
07:5007:50, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,260 N If we are in the modes of passion and ignorance, however, we do bad work in passion and ignorance. But for those who are going to be Krsna conscious, there is no need of good work or bad work Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we are in the modes of passion and ignorance, however, we do bad work in passion and ignorance. But for those who are going..."
06:3606:36, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,238 N For one who wants to be liberated from this material bondage, the reactions of both good works and bad works are detrimental. In this material world we are attached to performing good works if we are situated in the modes of goodness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For one who wants to be liberated from this material bondage, the reactions of both good works and bad works are detrimental...."
06:2306:23, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,103 N The reactions to our work, or our karma, are the cause for our bondage. There are good works and bad works, and in this verse the word sarva-karmani indicates both Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The reactions to our work, or our karma, are the cause for our bondage. There are good works and bad works, and in this verse..." current
06:1906:19, 16 June 2022 diff hist +35,946 N The fire of knowledge is ignited by the spiritual master, and when it is ablaze, all the reactions to our works are turned to ashes Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The fire of knowledge is ignited by the spiritual master, and when it is ablaze, all the reactions to our works are turned to..." current
06:0006:00, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,355 N It is the fire of knowledge that burns all doubts and fruitive activities to ashes. Sri Krsna gives the following information of the results of inquiring of the truth from one who has actually seen the truth - BG 4.35-37 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is the fire of knowledge that burns all doubts and fruitive activities to ashes. Śrī Kṛṣṇa gives the following info..." current
05:5605:56, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,224 N By studying Bhagavad-gita under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master, we can remove these doubts and make definite progress Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By studying Bhagavad-gita under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master, we can remove these doubts and make definite pro..."
05:5205:52, 16 June 2022 diff hist +36,379 N If we choose, we can immediately become great souls by surrendering to Krsna, but because we have doubts whether or not Krsna is actually the Supreme we have to take time to dissipate these doubts through study of the scriptures Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we choose, we can immediately become great souls by surrendering to Krsna, but because we have doubts whether or not Krsna..."

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