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14:3714:37, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,345 One can please the spiritual master simply by surrendering to him and rendering service, saying, - Sir, I am your most obedient servant. Please accept me and give me instructions No edit summary current
14:3614:36, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,450 Although Arjuna was a very intimate friend of Krsna's, before receiving Srimad Bhagavad-gita he surrendered himself, saying, sisyas te 'ham sadhi mam tvam prapannam: "Now I am Your disciple and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me." - BG 2.7 No edit summary current
14:3114:31, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,367 Source is abhijna, cognizant. Matter is not cognizant; therefore the theory of modern science that life comes from matter is incorrect. The identity from whom everything emanates is abhijna, cognizant, which means He can understand No edit summary current
14:2714:27, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,391 Krsna states in Bhagavad-gita "I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me." The same conclusion is also given in Vedanta-sutra, wherein it is stated, janmady asya yatah - Brahman is He from whom everything emanates No edit summary current
14:2614:26, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,279 Everything - includes living entities and inert matter. Both matter and the living entities come from Krsna. Indeed, the whole world is a combination of matter and spirit, prakrti and the living entity No edit summary current
14:2514:25, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,186 Material energy is inferior, and spiritual energy is superior. Why? Superior energy (jiva-bhuta), the living entity, is controlling material nature. Actually he is not controlling, but is trying to utilize it No edit summary current
14:2114:21, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,025 It is not that we have to understand Krsna fully. That is not possible. We have no capacity to understand the unlimited. Advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam - Bs. 5.33 No edit summary current
14:1914:19, 17 September 2022 diff hist +19,953 With our limited knowledge we cannot understand the unlimited; indeed, even Krsna does not understand Himself No edit summary current
14:1814:18, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,166 His (Krsna's) attraction is unlimited, and to understand why He is so attractive, He became Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and took on the ecstatic emotions of Srimati Radharani - radha-bhava-dyuti No edit summary current
14:1714:17, 17 September 2022 diff hist +19,924 If we can simply understand Krsna in part, that is our perfection. Therefore Krsna says: janma karma ca me divyam evam yo vetti tattvatah - BG 4.9 No edit summary current
14:1614:16, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,286 If we misunderstand Krsna and take Him to be a human being like us, we become mudhas, fools. Krsna's body is not composed of material elements like ours, and if we think this way, we are mistaken No edit summary current
14:1514:15, 17 September 2022 diff hist +19,993 The material nature belongs to Krsna, and He is its controller. We are under the control of material nature, and that is the difference No edit summary current
14:1514:15, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,186 One who has real knowledge knows that prakrti, material nature, is working under Krsna's direction. It is not possible to understand how all this is going on, but we can understand it in summary No edit summary current
14:1414:14, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,393 Janmady asya yato 'nvayad itaratas ca: (SB 1.1.1) everything emanates from the Supreme Absolute Truth, Krsna. This much knowledge is sufficient. We can then increase this knowledge to understand just how material nature is working under Krsna's direction No edit summary current
14:1114:11, 17 September 2022 diff hist +19,939 Ksetrajna is the proprietor of the ksetra (the body). The individual soul is actually not the proprietor but the occupant No edit summary current
14:1014:10, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,091 In a house, there is a tenant and a landlord. The tenant is the occupant, and the landlord is the proprietor. Similarly, the atma is simply the occupant of the body; the proprietor is Paramatma No edit summary current
14:1014:10, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,139 When the landlord tells the tenant to leave the house, the tenant must do so. Similarly, when the Paramatma says that we have to leave the body, we have to do so No edit summary current
14:0914:09, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,519 To receive Vedic knowledge, we must approach the proper guru. The guru's qualification is given in every sastra. In Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.3.21) it is said: One should not accept a guru unless one is inquisitive to know the ultimate goal of life No edit summary current
14:0714:07, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,312 One approaches a Mahatmaji and says, "I am suffering from this disease. Please help me." And the Mahatmaji says, "Yes, I have a mantra that will heal you and give you success. Give me a little money and take it." This is not a real guru No edit summary current
14:0614:06, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,244 One should approach a guru to learn about tattva, the Absolute Truth. One should not search out a guru to cure some material disease; rather, one requires a doctor No edit summary current
14:0414:04, 17 September 2022 diff hist +19,949 The Vedic conclusion is the understanding of Krsna. Vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah: "By all the Vedas, I am to be known." - BG 15.15 No edit summary current
14:0114:01, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,268 If one receives his guru properly and seats him comfortably, and if the guru is pleased with one's behavior, the guru can speak very frankly and freely, and this will be very beneficial to the student No edit summary current
13:5913:59, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,228 The word nipat means "to fall down," and pra means "without reservation." Transcendental knowledge is based on pranipata. Therefore Krsna says: sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja. (BG 18.66) - Just surrender unto Me No edit summary current
13:5913:59, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,222 Just as we surrender unto Krsna, we have to surrender unto His representative, the spiritual master. The guru is Krsna's external representative, and the internal guru is Krsna Himself situated in everyone's heart No edit summary current
13:5813:58, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,248 It is not that Krsna is simply in Vaikuntha or Goloka Vrndavana. He is everywhere; He is even within the atom. Goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhutah (Bs. 5.37). That is the definition of Paramatma, the Supersoul No edit summary current
13:5713:57, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,253 I am atma, a spiritual soul, and you are atma. We are all situated locally, you within your body and I within mine, but the Paramatma is situated everywhere. That is the difference between atma and Paramatma No edit summary
13:5513:55, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,366 Those who are mistaken say that there is no difference between them (atma and paramatma), but there is a difference. They are one in the sense that both are cognizant and both are living entities, but they are different quantitatively No edit summary current
13:5013:50, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,209 The various yoga systems are given for the machine of the body, but the process of bhakti is transcendental to mechanical arrangements. It is therefore called tad-vijnana, transcendental to material understanding No edit summary current
10:0710:07, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,238 Brahmany upasamasrayam. According to Mundaka Upanisad (1.2.12), tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet - In order to understand that transcendental science, one must approach a bona fide spiritual master No edit summary current
10:0710:07, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,305 The Upanisads inform us that the guru is one who has received knowledge by hearing the Vedas. Srotriyam brahma-nistham (MU 1.2.12). The Vedas are called sruti, and the bona fide guru is in the line of hearing from the disciplic succession No edit summary current
10:0610:06, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,282 As stated in Bhagavad-gita (4.2), evam parampara-praptam. A bona fide guru does not impart some self-styled, concocted knowledge; his knowledge is standard and received from the parampara system No edit summary current
10:0510:05, 17 September 2022 diff hist +19,896 He (a spiritual master) is also firmly fixed in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead - brahma-nistham No edit summary current
10:0210:02, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,399 For this purpose there is the varnasrama-dharma, composed of four varnas and four asramas. Unless society is divided into these eight categories, it is simply an animal civilization. There must be some systematized, regulated arrangement No edit summary current
10:0010:00, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,170 For those who are attached to this bodily machine, the yoga system is recommended. One who is overly attached to the bodily conception is taught to concentrate the mind by some physical gymnastics No edit summary current
09:5709:57, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,130 He simply studies the mechanical arrangement of the body, which is a machine (yantra) made by nature. The body is actually stated in Bhagavad-gita (18.61) to be a machine No edit summary current
09:5609:56, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,244 The word tad-vijnana refers to transcendental knowledge, not material knowledge. A medical practitioner may have material knowledge of the body, but he has no knowledge of the spirit soul within No edit summary current
09:5509:55, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,432 If one goes to a ditchdigger to repair a dictating machine, he cannot help. He may know how to dig ditches, but not repair a machine. Therefore the sastras enjoin that if one wants transcendental knowledge, one must approach the proper person No edit summary current
09:5409:54, 17 September 2022 diff hist +20,316 Transcendental knowledge is not very difficult, but the process must be known. Sometimes a dictating machine or a typewriter may not work, but if we go to a technician who knows the machine, he can immediately repair it. The process must be known No edit summary current
09:4509:45, 17 September 2022 diff hist +22,320 First of all we must receive the information from authorities; then we can speak the truth. One first has to learn how to describe the Absolute Truth, Bhagavan - His actions, His mercy and His compassion upon all living beings No edit summary current
09:4409:44, 17 September 2022 diff hist +22,092 Sravanam kirtanam (SB 7.5.23), hearing and chanting, are the beginning of bhakti, devotional service. Therefore it is said: tani me sraddadhanasya kirtanyany anukirtaya. The word anukirtaya means to follow the parampara system No edit summary current
09:4309:43, 17 September 2022 diff hist +22,012 If one blind man tries to lead another, what is the result? If both the leaders and followers are blind, they will all fall in a ditch, for they are all bound by their nature No edit summary current
09:4109:41, 17 September 2022 diff hist +21,873 In world history we see that there have been many leaders who have died working hard. They could not adjust things properly, despite all their hard efforts No edit summary current
09:4009:40, 17 September 2022 diff hist +22,105 Today no one knows the object of human life; therefore although the foolish people of this age are trying to be happy, their hopes will never be fulfilled. Na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum durasayah - SB 7.5.31 No edit summary current
09:3809:38, 17 September 2022 diff hist +21,629 The king was worshiped because he was a rajarsi, both a king and a sage No edit summary current
08:3708:37, 17 September 2022 diff hist +22,041 The Krsna consciousness movement is intended to give society the proper understanding of the Absolute Truth. We are not presenting a manufactured, bogus philosophy No edit summary current
08:3608:36, 17 September 2022 diff hist +21,878 Why should we unnecessarily waste our time concocting some philosophy? There is so much to be learned that has already been given by the supreme authority No edit summary current
07:4207:42, 17 September 2022 diff hist +21,876 It is the duty of everyone, especially one born in the land of Bharatavarsa, India, to make his life successful by taking advantage of this Vedic literature No edit summary current
07:3907:39, 17 September 2022 diff hist +22,046 Transcendental education means learning how to gain relief from the entanglement of material life. This is made possible by learning about the Lord's transcendental activities No edit summary current

09:5309:53, 16 September 2022 diff hist +21,903 When there are dharmasya glanih, discrepancies in dharma, Krsna or His incarnation personally comes. It is therefore said: yad yad vidhatte bhagavan. Although He comes, He has no anxiety No edit summary current
09:5209:52, 16 September 2022 diff hist +22,005 Impersonalists cannot understand how everything is being carried out perfectly because they cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead: mohitam nabhijanati mam ebhyah param avyayam No edit summary current

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