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- 12:10, 30 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Krsna is the supreme father, and all the living entities within this material world are exactly like misled children of a wealthy man who have left home to loiter in the street (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Krsna is the supreme father, and all the living entities within this material world are exactly like misled children of a weal...")
- 11:21, 30 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page When a son who is a rascal leaves his father and goes loitering in the street, with no food and no shelter, and suffers very much, the father is always anxious to bring the boy back home (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When a son who is a rascal leaves his father and goes loitering in the street, with no food and no shelter, and suffers very m...")
- 11:12, 30 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Krsna is very much anxious to take us back home, back to Godhead, but we are stubborn and do not wish to go. Therefore He is always looking for the opportunity to take us back home. He is just like an affectionate father (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa is very much anxious to take us back home, back to Godhead, but we are stubborn and do not wish to go. Therefore H...")
- 11:03, 30 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page It is not that by our endeavor alone we can understand Krsna, but our endeavor in loving service will make us qualified, and then Krsna will reveal Himself - svayam eva sphuraty adah (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not that by our endeavor alone we can understand Kṛṣṇa, but our endeavor in loving service will make us qualified,...")
- 10:56, 30 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The tongue has two functions - to vibrate and to taste. So if one repeatedly hears and vibrates the Hare Krsna mantra and tastes prasada, food offered to Krsna, by this very simple method one will realize Vasudeva, Krsna. Krsna will reveal Himself (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The tongue has two functions - to vibrate and to taste. So if one repeatedly hears and vibrates the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra an...")
- 10:43, 30 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The process of understanding Krsna is sevonmukha - by rendering service. Sevonmukhe hi jihvadau (Brs. 1.2.234). Realization of Vasudeva is possible by rendering service, beginning with the tongue (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The process of understanding Kṛṣṇa is sevonmukha - by rendering service. Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau (Brs. 1.2.234). Realiza...")
- 10:35, 30 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The word mahatma means "broadminded." One who cannot understand Krsna is not broad-minded but cripple-minded. If one becomes broad-minded, then by the grace of Krsna one can understand Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word mahātmā means "broadminded." One who cannot understand Kṛṣṇa is not broad-minded but cripple-minded. If one b...")
- 08:53, 30 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page This realization of Vasudeva is not possible for impersonalists very easily (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This realization of Vasudeva is not possible for impersonalists very easily"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soham}} {{complete|ALL}}...")
- 15:09, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page By the grace of devotees like Kuntidevi, we can understand that the all-pervading Absolute Truth, Vasudeva, Paramatma, is present as Krsna (krsnaya vasudevaya) - SB 1.8.21 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By the grace of devotees like Kuntidevi, we can understand that the all-pervading Absolute Truth, Vasudeva, Paramatma, is pres...")
- 14:59, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We cannot approach the unlimited (Krsna) by our limited knowledge. That is not possible (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We cannot approach the unlimited by our limited knowledge. That is not possible"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soham}} {{complete|AL...")
- 14:56, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The jnanis, the impersonalists, who are attached to the Brahman effulgence, try to understand the Absolute Truth by dint of their knowledge, but they do not know that their knowledge is imperfect and limited whereas Krsna, the Absolute Truth, is unlimited (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The jñānīs, the impersonalists, who are attached to the Brahman effulgence, try to understand the Absolute Truth by dint of...")
- 14:51, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page As stated in Bhagavad-gita, this realization (interested in purusa) of the Supreme Person takes place after many, many births (bahunam janmanam ante) - BG 7.19 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, this realization of the Supreme Person takes place after many, many births (bahūnāṁ janmanā...")
- 14:43, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Those who are advanced in spiritual life are not interested in the impersonal Brahman effulgence. Rather, they are interested in purusa, the Supreme Person, Vasudeva (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"those who are advanced in spiritual life are not interested in the impersonal Brahman effulgence. Rather, they are interested...")
- 14:28, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If one were an inhabitant of the sun, what interest would he have in the sunshine? That would be most insignificant for him (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one were an inhabitant of the sun, what interest would he have in the sunshine? That would be most insignificant for him"}}...")
- 14:23, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Those who are interested in bhakti-yoga have no interest in the impersonal Brahman effulgence, which is for common men (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who are interested in bhakti-yoga have no interest in the impersonal Brahman effulgence, which is for common men"}} {{no...")
- 14:20, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Krsna, the original person, exists in three features: as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as the all-pervading Paramatma (the Supersoul), and as the impersonal Brahman effulgence (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa, the original person, exists in three features: as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as the all-pervading Param...")
- 14:13, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati: (BG 18.61) Krsna, the Supreme Lord, is present in everyone's heart. Thus He is all-pervading (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati: (BG 18.61) Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord, is present in every...")
- 14:09, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Kuntidevi says, krsnaya vasudevaya (SB 1.8.21). The word vasudeva is sometimes understood to mean "the all-pervading." The impersonalists have this conception of Vasudeva, and therefore Kuntidevi points out, - That Vasudeva, the all-pervading, is Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kuntīdevī says, kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya (SB 1.8.21). The word vāsudeva is sometimes understood to mean "the all-pervadi...")
- 13:57, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Yet He is a person, and now by the grace of Kunti we can understand that this Supreme Person, although alaksyam, invisible, has now visibly appeared as Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Yet He is a person, and now by the grace of Kuntī we can understand that this Supreme Person, although alakṣyam, invisible,...")
- 13:52, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Why should God be a person of this material world? Therefore in the beginning Kuntidevi cleared away this misunderstanding by saying that the Lord is prakrteh param, beyond this material creation (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Why should God be a person of this material world? Therefore in the beginning Kuntīdevī cleared away this misunderstanding b...")
- 13:48, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The poor fund of knowledge held by the impersonalists cannot accommodate how the Supreme Absolute Truth can be a person, because whenever they think of a person they think of a person of this material world. That is their defect (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The poor fund of knowledge held by the impersonalists cannot accommodate how the Supreme Absolute Truth can be a person, becau...")
- 13:42, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page He (God) is a person, but He is not a person of this material world or this material creation, and He does not have a material body. This is to be understood (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is a person, but He is not a person of this material world or this material creation, and He does not have a material body....")
- 13:32, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In the beginning Kuntidevi gave us the understanding that God is the supreme purusa, the Supreme Person. He is not impersonal (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the beginning Kuntidevi gave us the understanding that God is the supreme purusa, the Supreme Person. He is not impersonal"...")
- 13:25, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Category:Teachings of Queen Kunti Chapter 04 - Approaching Krsna, the All-pervading Truth (Created page with "Category:Teachings of Queen Kunti Chapters 03 to 26 Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes")
- 13:23, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In the beginning of her prayers, Kuntidevi said, namasye purusam tvadyam isvaram prakrteh param: (SB 1.8.18) - I offer my obeisances unto the person, purusa, who is prakrteh param, beyond this material manifestation (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the beginning of her prayers, Kuntīdevī said, namasye puruṣaṁ tvādyam īśvaraṁ prakṛteḥ param: (SB 1.8.18) "I...")
- 12:15, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page She (Kunti) understands everything, she still takes the position of an ordinary woman and says, "How can I understand You?" This is humility (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"she understands everything, she still takes the position of an ordinary woman and says, "How can I understand You?" This is hu...")
- 11:39, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Kuntidevi humbly submits, - You are meant for the paramahamsas and munis, those who are cleansed in heart and are engaged in bhakti-yoga. But what are we? We are simply women. We are in a lower class. How can we understand You (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kuntīdevī humbly submits, "You are meant for the paramahaṁsas and munis, those who are cleansed in heart and are engaged i...")
- 11:32, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Viraktir anyatra ca (SB 11.2.42). This is the test - when one is free from lusty desires and greed, then he is situated in bhakti-yoga and is actually a paramahamsa (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Viraktir anyatra ca (SB 11.2.42). This is the test - when one is free from lusty desires and greed, then he is situated in bha...")
- 09:32, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Bhakti-yoga is meant for those whose hearts are cleansed, not for the lusty and greedy. Of course, those who are lusty and greedy may try to advance, and gradually they may do so, but once one is situated in bhakti-yoga there is no more lust or greed (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhakti-yoga is meant for those whose hearts are cleansed, not for the lusty and greedy. Of course, those who are lusty and gre...")
- 09:25, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page All materialistic persons are lusty and greedy, and therefore their hearts are understood to be full of dirty things, but amalatmanam refers to those who are freed from these two contaminations (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All materialistic persons are lusty and greedy, and therefore their hearts are understood to be full of dirty things, but amal...")
- 09:07, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The word amalatmanam refers to one who has no dirty things in his heart. The heart of a materialistic person is full of dirty things. What are those dirty things? Lust and greed (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the word amalātmanām refers to one who has no dirty things in his heart. The heart of a materialistic person is full of dirt...")
- 09:01, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Kuntidevi says, "You are meant for the paramahamsas, not for the rascals and fools. You are meant for the paramahamsas and munis." The word muninam refers to those who are thoughtful or to mental speculators (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kuntīdevī says, "You are meant for the paramahaṁsas, not for the rascals and fools. You are meant for the paramahaṁsas a...")
- 08:22, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita, (BG 10.8) "I am the source of everything; everything emanates from Me." So one who knows, not only theoretically but practically, that Krsna is the cause of all causes - one who is convinced of this - is a paramahamsa (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā, ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate: (BG 10.8) "I am the source of ever...")
- 07:59, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page One should know that Krsna is the real center of all activities, and one who knows this is a paramahamsa. Thus bhakti-yoga is for the paramahamsa, one who knows that Krsna is the central fact (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one should know that Kṛṣṇa is the real center of all activities, and one who knows this is a paramahaṁsa. Thus bhakti-...")
- 07:49, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page One should know that the activities of the body are due to the soul within the body. That is the real fact. The body is only the outward covering (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should know that the activities of the body are due to the soul within the body. That is the real fact. The body is only t...")
- 07:40, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The superior nature means spiritual life, and the inferior nature is material life. Thus a person who gives up the material part of this world and takes only the spiritual part is called paramahamsa (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The superior nature means spiritual life, and the inferior nature is material life. Thus a person who gives up the material pa...")
- 07:36, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If we give a swan milk mixed with water, the swan will take the milk and leave aside the water. Similarly, this material world is made of two natures - the inferior nature and the superior nature (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we give a swan milk mixed with water, the swan will take the milk and leave aside the water. Similarly, this material world...")
- 07:21, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Kuntidevi therefore says, tatha paramahamsanam: (SB 1.8.20) "You are meant to be understood by the paramahamsas." The word parama means "ultimate," and hamsa means "swan." So paramahamsa means - the perfect swan (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kuntīdevī therefore says, tathā paramahaṁsānām: (SB 1.8.20) "You are meant to be understood by the paramahaṁsas." The...")
- 07:07, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If we neglect these principles, Maya will capture us immediately. Maya is always ready. We are in the ocean, and at any moment we may be disturbed. Therefore one who is not disturbed at all is called paramahamsa (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we neglect these principles, Māyā will capture us immediately. Māyā is always ready. We are in the ocean, and at any mo...")
- 07:00, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In the beginning there will be tests by Maya, and we shall feel so many disturbances while making progress in Krsna consciousness. But if we follow the rules and regulations and chant regularly as prescribed, then we shall remain steady (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the beginning there will be tests by Maya, and we shall feel so many disturbances while making progress in Krsna consciousn...")
- 06:28, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page She tests very rigidly to see whether we have taken to Krsna consciousness to disturb Krsna or are actually serious. That is Maya's business (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"she tests very rigidly to see whether we have taken to Kṛṣṇa consciousness to disturb Kṛṣṇa or are actually seriou...")
- 06:22, 29 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Maya will test us to see how firmly we are fixed in Krsna consciousness. Because she is also an agent of Krsna, she does not allow anyone the freedom to disturb Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Māyā will test us to see how firmly we are fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Because she is also an agent of Kṛṣṇa,...")
- 15:18, 28 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If one takes to Krsna consciousness, in the beginning there will be many disturbances caused by Maya, the material energy of illusion (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, in the beginning there will be many disturbances caused by Māyā, the material ene...")
- 15:11, 28 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page One cannot expect a very peaceful life within this material world. The sastra, the Vedic literature, says, padam padam yad vipadam (SB 10.14.58): at every step there is danger. But if one becomes a devotee, then one can escape - mayam etam taranti te (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one cannot expect a very peaceful life within this material world. The śāstra, the Vedic literature, says, padaṁ padaṁ y...")
- 15:05, 28 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page One cannot expect a very peaceful situation on the ocean; even a big ship may also be unsteady, and at any moment there may be tumultuous waves. Similarly, in this material world we should always expect danger (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One cannot expect a very peaceful situation on the ocean; even a big ship may also be unsteady, and at any moment there may be...")
- 15:00, 28 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page This is necessary (one be more tolerant than the tree and humbler than the grass) because for one who is living in this material world there will be so many disturbances, just as if one were traveling on the ocean (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is necessary because for one who is living in this material world there will be so many disturbances, just as if one were...")
- 13:54, 28 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu teaches us, trnad api sunicena taror api sahisnuna - One should be more tolerant than the tree and humbler than the grass to make progress in spiritual life (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu teaches us, tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā: "One should be more tole...")
- 13:51, 28 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In this verse (SB 1.8.20), Kunti continues to express herself with humility. This humility is very good in devotional service (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in this verse, Kuntī continues to express herself with humility. This humility is very good in devotional service"}} {{notes|...")
- 13:09, 28 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Unless she (Kunti) were able to see Krsna as He is, how could she say, na laksyase mudha-drsa? She also said, prakrteh param - You are transcendental to this material creation (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless she were able to see Krsna as He is, how could she say, na laksyase mudha-drsa? She also said, prakrteh param"|"You are...")
- 12:59, 28 October 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In a previous verse she (Kunit) said, (SB 1.8.18) "You are not seen by ordinary men, although You are everywhere, inside and outside." In another verse also she said, (SB 1.8.19) "Fools and rascals cannot see You." This indicates that Kunti saw Him (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in a previous verse she said, alakṣyaṁ sarva-bhūtānām antar bahir avasthitam"|"You are not seen by ordinary men, althou...")