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• 05:56, 25 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page When we stand beside a reservoir of water, we see the tree reflected upside down. We also have the experience of a mirage in the material world. We think that there is water, but actually there is none (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When we stand beside a reservoir of water, we see the tree reflected upside down. We also have the experience of a mirage in t...")
• 05:51, 25 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Life in this material world is simply a shadow of that (spiritual) life. In the Fifteenth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita this material world is likened to a banyan tree with its roots above and branches below. This means that it is like a shadow (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Life in this material world is simply a shadow of that life. In the Fifteenth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita this material world is...")
• 05:46, 25 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Mayavadis think that in the spiritual world there are no relationships. However, in the sastras it is stated that in the spiritual world there is real life (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mayavadis think that in the spiritual world there are no relationships. However, in the sastras it is stated that in the spiri...")
• 05:21, 25 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Nothing here is permanent; therefore everything is called illusory. Actually we do not understand this; we take all this as permanent. The fact is, however, that only Krsna is permanent. Krsna's material energy is not permanent (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nothing here is permanent; therefore everything is called illusory. Actually we do not understand this; we take all this as pe...")
• 05:05, 25 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In this material world we aspire for a nice house, good property, children, friends and riches, but ultimately all of these will be destroyed, including ourselves (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this material world we aspire for a nice house, good property, children, friends and riches, but ultimately all of these wi...")
• 15:15, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Spiritual life is eternal; it cannot be destroyed. Whatever we have here in the material world is subject to destruction (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Spiritual life is eternal; it cannot be destroyed. Whatever we have here in the material world is subject to destruction"}} {{...")
• 15:02, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The inhabitants of the temple are actually in Vaikuntha. Lord Kapiladeva next explains the nature of the special opulences of the devotees (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The inhabitants of the temple are actually in Vaikuṇṭha. Lord Kapiladeva next explains the nature of the special opulence...")
• 14:57, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Superior to living in the forest is living in the temple because the temple is nirguna, above all the gunas, even sattva-guna. (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"superior to living in the forest is living in the temple because the temple is nirguṇa, above all the guṇas, even sattva-g...")
• 14:52, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The word vana means "forest." Before taking sannyasa, a man would leave his family and go to the forest to begin practicing austerities. Vanam gato yad dharim asrayeta - SB 7.5.5 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word vana means "forest." Before taking sannyāsa, a man would leave his family and go to the forest to begin practicing a...")
• 14:43, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Formerly, when people were aspiring for spiritual realization, they left the cities and went to the forests. That was the vanaprastha stage (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Formerly, when people were aspiring for spiritual realization, they left the cities and went to the forests. That was the vān...")
• 14:24, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In the sastras it is said that the forest is characterized by sattva-guna, goodness, and the city is characterized by rajo-guna, passion, because in the city there is a great deal of illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the śāstras it is said that the forest is characterized by sattva-guṇa, goodness, and the city is characterized by rajo...")
• 14:19, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Nor are the devotees interested in attaining the mystic yoga siddhis. They do not need to be able to create a planet, for they can create Vaikuntha by worshiping Krsna in the temple. The temple is nirguna, transcendental to the gunas (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nor are the devotees interested in attaining the mystic yoga siddhis. They do not need to be able to create a planet, for they...")
• 14:13, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The devotees do not aspire for all this opulence. Their only aspiration is to engage in the service of the Lord. In this way, they get everything (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the devotees do not aspire for all this opulence. Their only aspiration is to engage in the service of the Lord. In this way,...")
• 14:05, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In Vrndavana, the cowherd boys do not know that Krsna is God. They look on Krsna as an equal. This is the opulence of their devotional position (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Vṛndāvana, the cowherd boys do not know that Kṛṣṇa is God. They look on Kṛṣṇa as an equal. This is the opule...")
• 13:57, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In the Vaikuntha planets, everyone is four-handed like Narayana, and everyone is equally opulent. In Goloka Vrndavana, Krsna and the cowherd boys are equally opulent (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Vaikuṇṭha planets, everyone is four-handed like Nārāyaṇa, and everyone is equally opulent. In Goloka Vṛndāva...")
• 13:51, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In the Vaikuntha planets one attains opulence like Krsna or Narayana. There are five kinds of mukti, liberation, and one is sarsti. This kind of liberation brings one opulence equal to the Lord (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Vaikuntha planets one attains opulence like Krsna or Narayana. There are five kinds of mukti, liberation, and one is sa...")
• 13:43, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page After death, they (theists) render the same service; thus there is no difference between Vaikuntha and a temple, for a devotee. In either case, his business is the same. Why, then, should he aspire to go to Vaikuntha? (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After death, they render the same service; thus there is no difference between Vaikuṇṭha and a temple, for a devotee. In e...")
• 12:39, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Krsna comes before such atheists as death and takes everything away - all power, opulence, money - everything. The theists worship God while they are living, and their only business in this life is serving God (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa comes before such atheists as death and takes everything away - all power, opulence, money - everything. The theis...")
• 12:30, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Krsna presents Himself to atheists as death. He appeared in this way before Hiranyakasipu, who said, - I am God. All the demigods are afraid of me. I am very powerful (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa presents Himself to atheists as death. He appeared in this way before Hiraṇyakaśipu, who said, "I am God. All t...")
• 12:25, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Brahma may live millions of years, but he ultimately has to die. Whether we go to the highest planet or the lowest planet, whether we are in the body of a Brahma or a cat, we ultimately have to die (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahmā may live millions of years, but he ultimately has to die. Whether we go to the highest planet or the lowest planet, wh...")
• 12:11, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page There are some living entities that live only a few seconds, or, at most, a night. By the morning, they are all dead. Any life in the material world is comparable to that (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are some living entities that live only a few seconds, or, at most, a night. By the morning, they are all dead. Any life...")
• 12:05, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In the spiritual world, Krsna and His devotees are friends, and they play together as cowherd boys. They are not interested in Brahmaloka or Candraloka, for these planets will ultimately be annihilated (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the spiritual world, Kṛṣṇa and His devotees are friends, and they play together as cowherd boys. They are not interes...")
• 12:01, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page A devotee is simply interested in the supreme eternal, Sri Krsna. The Supreme Lord is the supreme leader of the nityas, the eternal living entities. We are all nityas, eternal, and Krsna guides and plays with us (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A devotee is simply interested in the supreme eternal, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The Supreme Lord is the supreme leader of the nityas...")
• 11:50, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Even if we are promoted to the highest planet, Brahmaloka, the planet where Lord Brahma lives, our situation there is still not eternal. So why should a devotee be interested in such a place (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even if we are promoted to the highest planet, Brahmaloka, the planet where Lord Brahmā lives, our situation there is still n...")
• 11:40, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The idea is that one will be able to enjoy himself more, have a longer life span, more opulence, more beautiful women, nice gardens and so on. Actually this is the case, but a devotee is not at all interested in these things because he accepts Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The idea is that one will be able to enjoy himself more, have a longer life span, more opulence, more beautiful women, nice ga...")
• 11:08, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Generally people are interested in going to the higher planetary systems in order to become more opulent. This is the process of karma-kandiya, and people perform yajnas and pious activities in order to be elevated to higher planets (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Generally people are interested in going to the higher planetary systems in order to become more opulent. This is the process...")
• 10:54, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The durations of these breaths, which constitute a life of a Brahma, are described in BG as many trillions of earth years. One may say that this is all fictitious and imaginary, but unless one believes it, one has no right to touch BG (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The durations of these breaths, which constitute a life of a Brahmā, are described in Bhagavad-gītā as many trillions of ea...")
• 10:44, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page When He exhales, all the universes are created, and when He inhales, they all return into His body. In this way so many universes and Brahmas are coming and going (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When He exhales, all the universes are created, and when He inhales, they all return into His body. In this way so many univer...")
• 10:35, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page It is stated that from the skin pores of the Maha-Visnu, all the universes are emanating. In each universe there is a Brahma, a supervisor, who is the supreme creature and manager. These managers live only as long as the Maha-Visnu exhales (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is stated that from the skin pores of the Mahā-Viṣṇu, all the universes are emanating. In each universe there is a Bra...")
• 10:30, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Just as Sri Krsna explains in Bhagavad-gita in so many ways that the entire material creation is resting on one of His portions, Brahma-samhita explains the same subject (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Just as Śrī Kṛṣṇa explains in Bhagavad-gītā in so many ways that the entire material creation is resting on one of H...")
• 10:22, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We therefore accept Brahma-samhita as authorized scripture, for it was authorized by the Supreme Person, Caitanya Mahaprabhu (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We therefore accept Brahma-saṁhitā as authorized scripture, for it was authorized by the Supreme Person, Caitanya Mahāprab...")
• 10:15, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page At any rate, when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned from South India with a copy of Brahma-samhita, He gave it to His disciples and told them that it was a summary of the Vedanta and the Srimad-Bhagavatam (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At any rate, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned from South India with a copy of Brahma-saṁhitā, He gave it to His dis...")
• 10:10, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page One should not consider Bhagavad-gita or Srimad-Bhagavatam to be ordinary books, and one should take care of them just as carefully as one takes care of the Deity (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should not consider Bhagavad-gita or Srimad-Bhagavatam to be ordinary books, and one should take care of them just as care...")
• 10:00, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Now, of course, the printing press has changed all this, but nonetheless we should always understand that the granthas, the scriptures, should be worshiped as God because they are the sound incarnation of God (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Now, of course, the printing press has changed all this, but nonetheless we should always understand that the granthas, the sc...")
• 09:54, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page These literatures were not very cheap, and only highly qualified brahmanas were able to keep them. They were worshiped in the temple as the sastra Deity. It is not that they were available everywhere (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These literatures were not very cheap, and only highly qualified brāhmaṇas were able to keep them. They were worshiped in t...")
• 09:50, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page This Brahma-samhita was accepted by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who copied it when He toured South India. Formerly there were no presses to print these literatures, and these important Vedic writings were written by hand (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This Brahma-saṁhitā was accepted by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who copied it when He toured South India. Formerly there we...")
• 09:43, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Brahma & other lords of the mundane worlds, appear from the pores of hair of Maha-Visnu, remain alive as long as the duration of His one exhalation. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, of whose subjective personality Maha-Visnu is the portion of a portion (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahmā and other lords of the mundane worlds, appearing from the pores of hair of Mahā-Viṣṇu, remain alive as long as th...")
• 09:17, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Although we are seeing only one universe, there are millions of universes, and Krsna is supporting all these millions of universes with a single fragment of Himself (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although we are seeing only one universe, there are millions of universes, and Kṛṣṇa is supporting all these millions of...")
• 06:54, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We can hardly understand or comprehend the innumerable universes. The word jagat refers to this universe, but there is more than one universe (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We can hardly understand or comprehend the innumerable universes. The word jagat refers to this universe, but there is more th...")
• 06:47, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We have to become very humble & submissive & pray to Krsna sincerely, "Krsna, it is not possible for me to know You. Kindly explain how it is I can know You, & then it will be possible." This is the way Arjuna approached Krsna in Eleventh Chapter of BG (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We simply have to become very humble and submissive and pray to Kṛṣṇa sincerely, "Kṛṣṇa, it is not possible for me...")
• 06:39, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The process of bhakti-marga is the process of submission. There is no question of subjecting God to our imagination (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The process of bhakti-mārga is the process of submission. There is no question of subjecting God to our imagination"}} {{note...")
• 06:34, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page God cannot be subjected to our imagination. Our imagination is limited, and our senses are imperfect (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"God cannot be subjected to our imagination. Our imagination is limited, and our senses are imperfect"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|...")
• 06:27, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We may have a neighbor who is very wealthy, influential, wise, strong and beautiful, and we may speculate about his opulence, but if we make friends with him, we can understand his position by listening to him speak about himself (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We may have a neighbor who is very wealthy, influential, wise, strong and beautiful, and we may speculate about his opulence,...")
• 06:22, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If we want to understand God, we have to try to understand from God Himself (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we want to understand God, we have to try to understand from God Himself"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soham}} {{complete|ALL}}...")
• 06:18, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The Atlantic Ocean, - the friend replies. "Oh, the Atlantic Ocean! Is it bigger than this well? Is it four feet? Ten feet?" Our attempt to speculate about God is very much like this (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|""The Atlantic Ocean," the friend replies. "Oh, the Atlantic Ocean! Is it bigger than this well? Is it four feet? Ten feet"|"Ou...")
• 06:11, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page There is a story of a frog in a well being approached by a friend who says, "My dear frog, I have just seen a huge body of water." "What is that water?" the frog asks (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is a story of a frog in a well being approached by a friend who says, "My dear frog, I have just seen a huge body of wat...")
• 06:04, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page It is impossible for people to understand the great opulence of Sri Krsna. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu tells us to abandon speculating about God (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is impossible for people to understand the great opulence of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu tells us to...")
• 05:55, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Arjuna was very intelligent because he simply chose Krsna, whereas Duryodhana took Krsna's soldiers. It is not possible to conquer Krsna, but the devotee can capture Krsna with bhakti, love (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Arjuna was very intelligent because he simply chose Kṛṣṇa, whereas Duryodhana took Kṛṣṇa's soldiers. It is not pos...")
• 05:46, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Although the proprietor of all opulence says, "Just surrender unto Me, & I will take care," people do not do it. Instead, they say, - I will take care of my own business. I will maintain myself. I will take care of myself, my family, friends & country (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the proprietor of all opulence says, "Just surrender unto Me, and I will take care of you," people do not do it. Inst...")
• 05:36, 24 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Most people want material opulence, but they do not know that Krsna is the proprietor of all opulence. That is their misfortune (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Most people want material opulence, but they do not know that Kṛṣṇa is the proprietor of all opulence. That is their mis...")