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07:24, 17 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We have to purify our consciousness in order to understand that consciousness is eternal. If we can do this, our lives will be successful (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We have to purify our consciousness in order to understand that consciousness is eternal. If we can do this, our lives will be...")
07:22, 17 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We feel pleasure and pain because consciousness is present, and Krsna advises us that it is this consciousness that is eternal, not the body (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We feel pleasure and pain because consciousness is present, and Krsna advises us that it is this consciousness that is eternal...")
07:17, 17 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Because the soul is in the body, the body feels pleasure and pain. When the soul leaves the body, the body can be hacked to pieces, and yet it will not protest. This is because the consciousness is gone (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because the soul is in the body, the body feels pleasure and pain. When the soul leaves the body, the body can be hacked to pi...")
07:12, 17 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page This Krsna consciousness movement is also concerned with the soul, and therefore we have used the word "consciousness" because consciousness belongs to the soul. Consciousness is the symptom of the soul's presence (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is also concerned with the soul, and therefore we have used the word "consciousness" b...")
04:34, 17 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The real subject matter for a wise man to contemplate is the salvation of the soul. Therefore Sri Krsna first explained the distinction between the body and the soul (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The real subject matter for a wise man to contemplate is the salvation of the soul. Therefore Śrī Kṛṣṇa first explaine...")
04:31, 17 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Arjuna was lamenting for the body, thinking that it was horrible that his relatives would be killed in war. This was not the proper subject matter for him to be contemplating (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Arjuna was lamenting for the body, thinking that it was horrible that his relatives would be killed in war. This was not the p...")
04:26, 17 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Krsna essentially told Arjuna that he was fool number one for lamenting for those things for which one should not lament (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa essentially told Arjuna that he was fool number one for lamenting for those things for which one should not lament...")
04:22, 17 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Of course, it has become a fashion to accept a guru in this way, but this will not help anyone. As soon as Krsna became Arjuna's guru, Krsna immediately chastised him (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Of course, it has become a fashion to accept a guru in this way, but this will not help anyone. As soon as Krsna became Arjuna...")
04:04, 17 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Surrender means that one will accept whatever the guru says. It is not that one thinks, "I do not care for my guru's order. Still I am a disciple." That is not actually accepting a guru (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Surrender means that one will accept whatever the guru says. It is not that one thinks, "I do not care for my guru's order. St...")
03:47, 17 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page It is not that one should accept just any person as a guru. The guru must be the representative of Krsna; then one can surrender oneself (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not that one should accept just any person as a guru. The guru must be the representative of Kṛṣṇa; then one can s...")
03:39, 17 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page These are the instructions we get from Bhagavad-gita, and whoever reads Bhagavad-gita has to accept Krsna as the guru. We have to render service to a guru and surrender ourselves (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These are the instructions we get from Bhagavad-gītā, and whoever reads Bhagavad-gītā has to accept Kṛṣṇa as the gur...")
03:30, 17 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page He (Arjuna) therefore told Krsna at the beginning of Bhagavad-gita (2.7), sisyas te 'ham sadhi mam tvam prapannam - Now I am Your disciple and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He therefore told Kṛṣṇa at the beginning of Bhagavad-gītā (2.7), śiṣyas te 'haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam:...")
03:21, 17 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Arjuna understood that although Krsna was his friend, He was the Supreme Personality of Godhead and therefore the proper person to be his guru (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Arjuna understood that although Kṛṣṇa was his friend, He was the Supreme Personality of Godhead and therefore the proper...")
03:06, 17 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In the Eleventh Chapter, after having seen the universal form, Arjuna tells Krsna - I have in the past addressed You as 'O Krsna,' 'O Yadava,' 'O my friend,' without knowing Your glories. Please forgive whatever I may have done in madness or in love (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Eleventh Chapter, after having seen the universal form, Arjuna tells Krsna"|"I have in the past addressed You as 'O Krs...")
02:46, 17 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We should read Bhagavad-gita as it is and understand the philosophy as Arjuna understood it. Arjuna was a friend of Krsna's. He was sitting with Krsna and speaking to Him as a friend speaks to a friend (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We should read Bhagavad-gītā as it is and understand the philosophy as Arjuna understood it. Arjuna was a friend of Kṛṣ...")
02:33, 17 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page They (yogis and svamis) have simply presented a hodgepodge of Indian philosophy. No one has actually presented Vedic culture as it is (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They have simply presented a hodgepodge of Indian philosophy. No one has actually presented Vedic culture as it is"}} {{notes|...")
02:26, 17 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Anyone can become Krsna's representative. Nonetheless, for the past two hundred years, many yogis and svamis have gone to foreign countries, but no one has spoken about Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Anyone can become Kṛṣṇa's representative. Nonetheless, for the past two hundred years, many yogīs and svāmīs have gon...")
15:54, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Krsna's representative is one who canvasses for Krsna. Krsna says, "Give up everything and surrender unto Me." Krsna's representative says, "Give up everything and simply surrender unto Krsna." This is certainly not very difficult to understand (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa's representative is one who canvasses for Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa says, "Give up everything and surrender unto Me...")
15:50, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Krsna's representative does not say, "I have become Krsna." Such a person is neither a representative nor a guru. He is simply a cheater (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa's representative does not say, "I have become Kṛṣṇa." Such a person is neither a representative nor a guru....")
15:34, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If he simply says that he is my representative and yet takes some orders but uses the money for something else, he is not really my representative (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If he simply says that he is my representative and yet takes some orders but uses the money for something else, he is not real...")
15:27, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If I am a businessman, and someone goes to canvass for my business and take orders for me, he is my representative (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If I am a businessman, and someone goes to canvass for my business and take orders for me, he is my representative"}} {{notes|...")
15:24, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Krsna tells us in Bhagavad-gita that we should search out a guru. The first guru is Sri Krsna Himself, and whoever represents Sri Krsna is also a guru (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa tells us in Bhagavad-gītā that we should search out a guru. The first guru is Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself, and who...")
13:06, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page He (Arjuna) asks Krsna to become his spiritual master and teach him. The lessons given by Sri Krsna are not simply meant for Arjuna but for everyone (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He asks Kṛṣṇa to become his spiritual master and teach him. The lessons given by Śrī Kṛṣṇa are not simply meant...")
12:49, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Human life is meant for understanding our situation, and we should take instructions from Bhagavad-gita. Arjuna is personally teaching us by accepting Krsna as his guru (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Human life is meant for understanding our situation, and we should take instructions from Bhagavad-gītā. Arjuna is personall...")
12:44, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page At the present moment everyone is a sudra, and no one is interested in understanding Brahman. People are simply interested in getting more money and going to the cinemas (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"at the present moment everyone is a śūdra, and no one is interested in understanding Brahman. People are simply interested i...")
12:40, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Previously, in India, the brahmanas were interested in understanding Brahman. Athato brahma jijnasa (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Previously, in India, the brahmanas were interested in understanding Brahman. Athato brahma jijnasa"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|S...")
09:42, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Sometimes they say, "Never mind if I become a dog. What's wrong with that? I will simply forget everything." Many university students in the Western countries speak this way. They have become so ignorant that they are described as manda (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes they say, "Never mind if I become a dog. What's wrong with that? I will simply forget everything." Many university s...")
09:16, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Sometimes if people hear that by acting in such a way they will become a tree, a dog, a cat, an insect or even a human being, they say that they do not even care to know this (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes if people hear that by acting in such a way they will become a tree, a dog, a cat, an insect or even a human being,...")
09:11, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In this age people are not even interested in reading Vedanta-sutra. People are so badly infected by the influence of maya that they do not even care to understand that there is life after death or that there are 8,400,000 life forms (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this age people are not even interested in reading Vedānta-sūtra. People are so badly infected by the influence of māyā...")
09:00, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Of course Caitanya Mahaprabhu, being the Supreme Personality of Godhead, knew all things, but at that moment He had assumed the role of an ordinary person in order to instruct an illiterate, ignorant society (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Of course Caitanya Mahāprabhu, being the Supreme Personality of Godhead, knew all things, but at that moment He had assumed t...")
06:30, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Vedanta philosophy is not meant for an ordinary person, nor even for an ordinary learned person. It requires great knowledge of Sanskrit and philosophy (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vedānta philosophy is not meant for an ordinary person, nor even for an ordinary learned person. It requires great knowledge...")
02:38, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page At the present moment in Kali-yuga, people are not well educated. They are simply engaged in earning money to fill the belly (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At the present moment in Kali-yuga, people are not well educated. They are simply engaged in earning money to fill the belly"}...")
02:32, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Prakasananda Sarasvati inquired, - Why aren't you reading Vedanta-sutra? Why are you chanting and dancing (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī inquired, "Why aren't you reading Vedānta-sūtra? Why are you chanting and dancing"}} {{notes|}} {...")
02:21, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Prakasananda Sarasvati felt that a sannyasi should devote his entire attention to the reading of Vedanta. He therefore considered Caitanya Mahaprabhu a sentimentalist, not a bona fide sannyasi (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī felt that a sannyāsī should devote his entire attention to the reading of Vedānta. He therefore...")
02:14, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Prakasananda Sarasvati was a very learned scholar, and he knew that Caitanya Mahaprabhu was also a great scholar, yet he criticized Caitanya Mahaprabhu for chanting and dancing (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī was a very learned scholar, and he knew that Caitanya Mahāprabhu was also a great scholar, yet he...")
02:05, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Even Krsna went to a guru-kula to teach us. There was no need for Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to go to a guru-kula, but He did this simply to set an example. Caitanya Mahaprabhu also accepted a guru (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even Kṛṣṇa went to a guru-kula to teach us. There was no need for Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to go...")
02:00, 16 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page When one goes to a guru-kula, he immediately becomes the menial servant of the guru. If the guru orders him to perform some lowly service, he is prepared to do it. This is the business of a brahmacari (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one goes to a guru-kula, he immediately becomes the menial servant of the guru. If the guru orders him to perform some lo...")
15:39, 15 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page When a child goes to a guru-kula, he becomes a brahmacari and works like a menial servant. He may be the son of a great brahmana or a great king; it doesn't matter (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When a child goes to a guru-kula, he becomes a brahmacārī and works like a menial servant. He may be the son of a great brā...")
15:32, 15 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page According to the Vedic system, a child is sent to a guru-kula to learn spiritual knowledge from the very beginning (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the Vedic system, a child is sent to a guru-kula to learn spiritual knowledge from the very beginning"}} {{notes|...")
14:27, 15 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page One should consider the bona fide guru in this way (one who has much knowledge), and one should not think, "I know everything. Who can teach me?" No one can say such a thing, for everyone needs instruction (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should consider the bona fide guru in this way, and one should not think, "I know everything. Who can teach me?" No one ca...")
14:19, 15 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The word guru means "heavy" or "weighty." One who has much knowledge is heavy with knowledge (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word guru means "heavy" or "weighty." One who has much knowledge is heavy with knowledge"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soham}}...")
14:13, 15 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We can speculate for many births, for many years, and yet not be able to understand the ultimate goal of life. Therefore the sastras all advise that we search out a guru (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We can speculate for many births, for many years, and yet not be able to understand the ultimate goal of life. Therefore the...")
13:01, 15 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Arjuna teaches us submission by giving up his friendly relationship with Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He says, - I have now become Your disciple. Please instruct me (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Arjuna teaches us submission by giving up his friendly relationship with Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He s...")
12:56, 15 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Friends approach one another on an equal basis, but this is not the way to approach a spiritual master. Unless one is submissive, one cannot accept sublime instructions (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Friends approach one another on an equal basis, but this is not the way to approach a spiritual master. Unless one is submissi...")
12:50, 15 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Generally we talk to a friend just to spend time, but when we approach a spiritual master, we should be submissive (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Generally we talk to a friend just to spend time, but when we approach a spiritual master, we should be submissive"}} {{notes|...")
12:46, 15 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page When Arjuna submitted to Krsna, he said, - My dear Krsna, now I no longer care to talk to You as a friend because friendly talks will not benefit me now (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Arjuna submitted to Kṛṣṇa, he said"|""My dear Kṛṣṇa, now I no longer care to talk to You as a friend because...")
09:21, 15 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In order to become free from the miseries of material nature, one should approach a bona fide spiritual master inquisitively and submissively (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in order to become free from the miseries of material nature, one should approach a bona fide spiritual master inquisitively a...")
09:20, 15 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Category:Teachings of Lord Kapila Chapter 13 - Perfect Knowledge Through Surrender (Created page with "Category:Teachings of Lord Kapila Chapters 01 to 18 Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes")
09:05, 15 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Caitanya Mahaprabhu has prescribed the most important process-sravanam. We need only hear, and that will make our lives successful (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Caitanya Mahāprabhu has prescribed the most important process-śravaṇam. We need only hear, and that will make our lives su...")
09:02, 15 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We should take this opportunity to become devotees of Krsna by following the processes of bhakti-yoga-sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam arcanam. We can take one or all of the nine processes of devotional service and make our lives successful (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We should take this opportunity to become devotees of Krsna by following the processes of bhakti-yoga-sravanam kirtanam visnoh...")

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