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• 16:09, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page There are always two: Brahman and Para-brahman, atma and Paramatma, isvara and Paramesvara, the individual living being and the supreme living being, nitya and nityanam, cetanas and cetananam (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are always two: Brahman and Para-brahman, ātmā and Paramātmā, īśvara and Parameśvara, the individual living being...")
• 16:00, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page It is all right for one to understand oneself as Brahman (aham brahmasmi), but what is our relationship with the Para-brahman (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is all right for one to understand oneself as Brahman (aham brahmasmi), but what is our relationship with the Para-brahman"...")
• 15:52, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page As stated in this verse, sadrso 'sti sivah pantha. Para-brahman is Krsna, and brahma-siddhaye means understanding our relationship with Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated in this verse, sadrso 'sti sivah pantha. Para-brahman is Krsna, and brahma-siddhaye means understanding our relation...")
• 15:08, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page All this (render bhakti to demigod, family, country, society, wife, cat, dog) is not really bhakti but imitation bhakti. It is actually lustful desire. If we can develop bhakti for Krsna, KC, our lives will be successful. Actually there is no alternative (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All this is not really bhakti but imitation bhakti. It is actually lustful desire. If we can develop bhakti for Kṛṣṇa, K...")
• 14:56, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page It is not that one should accept this rascal or that rascal as Bhagavan. Nor should one render bhakti to this demigod or that demigod, to one's family, country, society, wife, cat, dog or whatever (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not that one should accept this rascal or that rascal as Bhagavān. Nor should one render bhakti to this demigod or that...")
• 14:48, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If one is isvara, he must be present in everyone's heart. Krsna is present in everyone's heart (sarvasya caham hrdi sannivistah (BG 15.15)). All this should be scrutinizingly studied (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one is īśvara, he must be present in everyone's heart. Kṛṣṇa is present in everyone's heart (sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛ...")
• 14:33, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page It is not that one should render bhakti unto an imitation Bhagavan. If one says that he is Bhagavan, we should ask, - Are you present in everyone's heart? Can you tell me what I am thinking now (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not that one should render bhakti unto an imitation Bhagavan. If one says that he is Bhagavan, we should ask, "Are you p...")
• 14:17, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page People have bhakti for their family, country, Goddess Durga, other demigods and so on. However, that kind of bhakti will not do. Therefore it is said, bhaktir bhagavati. Bhakti must be rendered unto the Supreme (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"people have bhakti for their family, country, Goddess Durgā, other demigods and so on. However, that kind of bhakti will not...")
• 14:08, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page When we mention bhakti, some people say, - I render bhakti to my wife. I love her very much and take care of her. If I do not see her, I become mad (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When we mention bhakti, some people say, "I render bhakti to my wife. I love her very much and take care of her. If I do not s...")
• 14:02, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In order to be completely free of the material modes, one has to come not only to the platform of jnana and vairagya, but to bhakti also (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In order to be completely free of the material modes, one has to come not only to the platform of jñāna and vairāgya, but t...")
• 13:46, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We should not think that all these planets are floating in space without any arrangement having been made. There is definitely an arrangement (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We should not think that all these planets are floating in space without any arrangement having been made. There is definitely...")
• 13:41, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page This universe is existing due to the Garbhodakasayi Visnu. There is not only one universe, but there are many millions, and they are all working very nicely because the Garbhodakasayi Visnu is present (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This universe is existing due to the Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. There is not only one universe, but there are many millions,...")
• 13:32, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhutah (Bs. 5.37). Krsna is always in Goloka Vrndavana, yet He is andantara-stha-paramanu-cayantara-stham (Bs. 5.35). He is within every atom of this universe (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūtaḥ (Bs. 5.37). Kṛṣṇa is always in Goloka Vṛndāvana, yet He is aṇḍāntara-st...")
• 13:02, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page It is not that because Krsna is in one place, He cannot be in others. Since we are conditioned, when we sit in our office we cannot be at home. Krsna is not like this (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not that because Krsna is in one place, He cannot be in others. Since we are conditioned, when we sit in our office we c...")
• 12:57, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Sri Bhagavan is not alone. He is not only localized, but is everywhere. Although Krsna has a particular place, He is everywhere (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Bhagavān is not alone. He is not only localized, but is everywhere. Although Kṛṣṇa has a particular place, He is...")
• 12:30, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Simply realizing Brahman, realizing one's identity as spirit soul, is insufficient. We must realize that Bhagavan is everywhere (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"simply realizing Brahman, realizing one's identity as spirit soul, is insufficient. We must realize that Bhagavān is everywhe...")
• 12:26, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page They claim that all the Vedic mantras and hymns stop when one is completely Brahman-realized. In other words, the Buddhists and Mayavadis claim that the material world is false, mithya, and that we should somehow or other make it zero (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"they claim that all the Vedic mantras and hymns stop when one is completely Brahman-realized. In other words, the Buddhists an...")
• 12:21, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The Mayavadis and Buddhists claim that if we fill an empty pitcher, the water will make some sound as long as the pitcher is not completely filled. When the pitcher is filled, there will no longer be any sound (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Māyāvādīs and Buddhists claim that if we fill an empty pitcher, the water will make some sound as long as the pitcher...")
• 12:16, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If we dismantle the house of the material body and become zero, we attain nirvana. Nirvana means the cessation of pleasure and pain (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we dismantle the house of the material body and become zero, we attain nirvāṇa. Nirvāṇa means the cessation of pleasu...")
• 11:55, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page They (Buddhists and Mayavadis) say, - Let the earth go to earth, let the water go to water, let the fire go to fire and become zero (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They say, "Let the earth go to earth, let the water go to water, let the fire go to fire and become zero"}} {{notes|}} {{compi...")
• 11:49, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We are suffering due to this material combination, and that is a fact. This body is composed of earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and ego. The Buddhists and Mayavadis advocate the annihilation of the components (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we are suffering due to this material combination, and that is a fact. This body is composed of earth, water, fire, air, ether...")
• 11:42, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Mayavadi philosophers think that it is sufficient to stop all material activity, and the Buddhist philosophers advocate nirvana, cessation of material life. Neither give more information (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mayavadi philosophers think that it is sufficient to stop all material activity, and the Buddhist philosophers advocate nirvan...")
• 11:34, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Simply realizing that one is spirit soul is not sufficient. One has to engage in spiritual activity, and that spiritual activity is bhakti (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"simply realizing that one is spirit soul is not sufficient. One has to engage in spiritual activity, and that spiritual activi...")
• 11:28, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page One's fever may be cured, but one must also regain his strength and appetite in order to be totally cured. Then one can have a normal, healthy life, free of disease (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One's fever may be cured, but one must also regain his strength and appetite in order to be totally cured. Then one can have a...")
• 08:58, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The word yoga means "to connect." Brahma-siddhaye means "self-realization," and aham brahmasmi means "I am spirit soul." Actually, realizing oneself to be spirit is not sufficient. One has to progress further (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the word yoga means "to connect." Brahma-siddhaye means "self-realization," and ahaṁ brahmāsmi means "I am spirit soul." Ac...")
• 08:52, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Bhakti-yoga begins when jnana and vairagya are complete. Jnana is knowledge, and vairagya is detachment from matter and engagement of the mind in spirit. Both of these are automatically attained when we engage in devotional service to Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhakti-yoga begins when jñāna and vairāgya are complete. Jñāna is knowledge, and vairāgya is detachment from matter and...")
• 08:47, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page One becomes transcendental to all pious and impious activities when one serves Krsna. After all, piety and impiety are within the material modes. Krsna's service is transcendental to good and bad, pious and impious (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One becomes transcendental to all pious and impious activities when one serves Krsna. After all, piety and impiety are within...")
• 08:42, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs deleted page Although it actually appeared immoral for the gopis to dance with Krsna, Caitanya Mahaprabhu states that their relation with Krsna is the highest form of worship (content was: "#REDIRECT Although it actually appeared immoral for the gopis to dance with Krsna, Caitanya Mahaprabhu states that their relation with Krsna is the highest form of worship. This is actually transcendental knowledge", and the only contributor was "Soham" (talk))
• 08:42, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs moved page Although it actually appeared immoral for the gopis to dance with Krsna, Caitanya Mahaprabhu states that their relation with Krsna is the highest form of worship to Although it actually appeared immoral for the gopis to dance with Krsna, Caitanya Mahaprabhu states that their relation with Krsna is the highest form of worship. This is actually transcendental knowledge
• 08:37, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs deleted page Although it actually appeared immoral for the gopis to dance with Krsna, Caitanya Mahaprabhu states that their relation with Krsna is the highest (content was: "#REDIRECT Although it actually appeared immoral for the gopis to dance with Krsna, Caitanya Mahaprabhu states that their relation with Krsna is the highest form of worship", and the only contributor was "Soham" (talk))
• 08:37, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs moved page Although it actually appeared immoral for the gopis to dance with Krsna, Caitanya Mahaprabhu states that their relation with Krsna is the highest to Although it actually appeared immoral for the gopis to dance with Krsna, Caitanya Mahaprabhu states that their relation with Krsna is the highest form of worship
• 08:35, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Although it actually appeared immoral for the gopis to dance with Krsna, Caitanya Mahaprabhu states that their relation with Krsna is the highest (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although it actually appeared immoral for the gopīs to dance with Kṛṣṇa, Caitanya Mahāprabhu states that their relatio...")
• 03:43, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who was so strict that no woman could even come near Him to offer respects, actually said: ramya kacid upasana vraja-vadhu-vargena ya kalpita. - What could be more wonderful than that worship conceived by the gopis (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who was so strict that no woman could even come near Him to offer respects, actually said: ramyā kācid...")
• 03:38, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page According to the sastras, it is immoral for young girls to go see a young boy in a forest in the dead of night. But this was not an impious activity because the gopis did this for Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the śāstras, it is immoral for young girls to go see a young boy in a forest in the dead of night. But this was...")
• 03:35, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page How could Arjuna act impiously? He could not, because Krsna's service is transcendental to pious and impious activity. At midnight, when the gopis heard the sound of Krsna's flute, they ran to the forest to join Him (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"How could Arjuna act impiously? He could not, because Kṛṣṇa's service is transcendental to pious and impious activity. A...")
• 03:14, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page There are many dharmas, or activities. Some are pious and some impious, but Krsna tells us to give up both. Arjuna was thinking that it was impious to fight with his relatives, but Krsna was insisting that he fight (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are many dharmas, or activities. Some are pious and some impious, but Kṛṣṇa tells us to give up both. Arjuna was t...")
• 03:09, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We may advertise ourselves as very great jnanis, learned personalities, but we are actually fools. That is the sastric conclusion. If we are actually jnanis, we should surrender unto Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We may advertise ourselves as very great jñānīs, learned personalities, but we are actually fools. That is the śāstric co...")
• 02:59, 29 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page As long as we do not understand Krsna, Vasudeva, we should understand that we are still fools (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As long as we do not understand Kṛṣṇa, Vāsudeva, we should understand that we are still fools"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|...")
• 14:40, 27 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Foolish people say that bhakti is meant for ajnanis, unintelligent people, but this is not the case. In Bhagavad-gita Krsna indicates that after many births, the jnani, the man in knowledge, surrenders unto Him (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Foolish people say that bhakti is meant for ajñanīs, unintelligent people, but this is not the case. In Bhagavad-gītā Kṛ...")
• 14:31, 27 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page There are many isvaras, controllers, but the supreme isvara is Krsna. As soon as one attains this realization, he has attained perfect knowledge, and he renders service in bhakti-yoga (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are many īśvaras, controllers, but the supreme īśvara is Kṛṣṇa. As soon as one attains this realization, he ha...")
• 14:26, 27 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We have already explained that being a part means serving the whole. The whole is Krsna, and the individuals are meant for Krsna's satisfaction. Isavasyam idam sarvam - ISO 1 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We have already explained that being a part means serving the whole. The whole is Kṛṣṇa, and the individuals are meant f...")
• 13:06, 27 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page As soon as one attains this knowledge (uselessly serving maya), he reaches the brahma-bhuta (SB 4.30.20) stage, Brahman realization, and he becomes prasannatma, happy. One may ask, - Why should I serve Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As soon as one attains this knowledge, he reaches the brahma-bhūta (SB 4.30.20) stage, Brahman realization, and he becomes pr...")
• 09:14, 27 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page As soon as one understands that he is uselessly serving maya in the material world in the form of society, friends, country and so forth, one reaches the stage called jnana, knowledge (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As soon as one understands that he is uselessly serving māyā in the material world in the form of society, friends, country...")
• 09:09, 27 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page A mahatma cannot be manufactured. He is under the daivi prakrti, the divine nature. There are two kinds of prakrti-para prakrti and apara prakrti. Apara prakrti is the material world, and daivi prakrti is the spiritual world (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A mahātmā cannot be manufactured. He is under the daivī prakṛti, the divine nature. There are two kinds of prakṛti-par...")
• 09:00, 27 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page He does not defy Krsna or try to become Krsna. One who does so is not a mahatma but a duratma, a rascal. What is the position and knowledge of a mahatma (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He does not defy Kṛṣṇa or try to become Kṛṣṇa. One who does so is not a mahātmā but a durātmā, a rascal. What...")
• 08:55, 27 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If one engages in the service of Vasudeva, Krsna, this knowledge comes, and one becomes a mahatma. A mahatma is one who realizes that Krsna is everything (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one engages in the service of Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa, this knowledge comes, and one becomes a mahātmā. A mahātmā is one...")
• 08:47, 27 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Kamadinam kati na katidha palita durnidesa: "There is no limit to the unwanted orders of lusty desires." (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 3.2.25) When we come to the understanding that our pleasure lies in serving Krsna only, we have attained jnana-vairagya (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kamadinam kati na katidha palita durnidesa: "There is no limit to the unwanted orders of lusty desires"|"When we come to the u...")
• 08:43, 27 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page As stated here: jnana-vairagya-yuktena. Real understanding is knowing oneself to be the servant of Krsna, no one else. Because we are under illusion, we are serving kama, lobha, moha, matsarya - lust and greed - without benefit and without pleasure (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated here: jñāna-vairāgya-yuktena. Real understanding is knowing oneself to be the servant of Kṛṣṇa, no one else...")
• 08:37, 27 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page When we come to our spiritual senses, we can understand that we are erroneously engaged in maya's service and that our duty is to engage in Krsna's service. That is self-realization (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When we come to our spiritual senses, we can understand that we are erroneously engaged in māyā's service and that our duty...")
• 05:36, 27 September 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Krsna says specifically in Bhagavad-gita that prakrti, maya, is working under His directions. Maya is the maidservant of Krsna, and if we are the servants of maya, how can we be Krsna, Bhagavan (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa says specifically in Bhagavad-gītā that prakṛti, māyā, is working under His directions. Māyā is the maidse...")