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• 07:24, 4 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page When one comes to Krsna consciousness, when one becomes purified and understands that these senses are actually meant for satisfying Krsna, then he is a liberated person - mukta-purusa (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when one comes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, when one becomes purified and understands that these senses are actually meant fo...")
• 07:19, 4 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In this material world, everyone is generally using his senses for sense gratification. That is maya, illusion, and that is the cause of one's bondage (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this material world, everyone is generally using his senses for sense gratification. That is māyā, illusion, and that is...")
• 06:44, 4 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page When we use our senses for sense gratification, we are in maya, illusion, but when we use our senses for the gratification of the master of the senses, that service is called bhakti (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When we use our senses for sense gratification, we are in maya, illusion, but when we use our senses for the gratification of...")
• 06:32, 4 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Hrsikesa-sevanam, not hrsika-sevanam - service to the supreme master of the senses, not to the senses themselves (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hṛṣīkeśa-sevanam, not hṛṣīka-sevanam - service to the supreme master of the senses, not to the senses themselves"}}...")
• 06:29, 4 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam bhaktir ucyate: (CC Madhya 19.170) when by our senses (hrsikena) we serve Hrsikesa, the real master of the senses, that service is called bhakti. This is a very simple definition of bhakti (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyate: (CC Madhya 19.170) when by our senses (hṛṣīkeṇa) we serve Hṛ...")
• 06:18, 4 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Everyone is part and parcel of Krsna (mamaivamso jiva-loke jiva-bhutah (BG 15.7)), and therefore everyone's senses are also Krsna's. When we use the senses for Krsna's service, we attain the perfection of life (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa (mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ (BG 15.7)), and therefore everyone's sen...")
• 18:56, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If everything ultimately belongs to Krsna, why not use everything for Krsna?" This is intelligence, and this is Krsna consciousness (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if everything ultimately belongs to Kṛṣṇa, why not use everything for Kṛṣṇa?" This is intelligence, and this is K...")
• 18:53, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page A sane man always consciously thinks, "Whatever I have in my possession, beginning with this body and my senses, is actually not mine. I have been given all these possessions to use (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a sane man always consciously thinks, "Whatever I have in my possession, beginning with this body and my senses, is actually n...")
• 18:46, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Because I wanted to use my hand in so many ways, Krsna has given it to me: "All right, take this hand and use it." So it is a gift from Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because I wanted to use my hand in so many ways, Kṛṣṇa has given it to me: "All right, take this hand and use it." So it...")
• 18:41, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If we ask a child, "What is this?" he will say, "It is my hand." But regardless of what we claim, actually it is not our hand; it is given to us (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we ask a child, "What is this?" he will say, "It is my hand." But regardless of what we claim, actually it is not our hand;...")
• 18:35, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page A sane man will think, "If this hand is ultimately controlled by Krsna, then it is meant for Krsna." This is a commonsense understanding. I claim, "This is my hand, this is my leg, this is my ear." Even a child will speak this way (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A sane man will think, "If this hand is ultimately controlled by Kṛṣṇa, then it is meant for Kṛṣṇa." This is a com...")
• 18:30, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Although I claim, "It is my hand, and I shall use it," when it is paralyzed I cannot do anything. Therefore, I should understand that although I possess this hand by the grace of Krsna, I am not its controller. This is Krsna consciousness (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although I claim, "It is my hand, and I shall use it," when it is paralyzed I cannot do anything. Therefore, I should understa...")
• 18:28, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Consider my hand, for example. I claim, "This is my hand. I can fight you with a good fist." I am very much proud. But I am not the controller; the controller is Krsna, because if He withdraws my hand's power to act, the hand will be paralyzed (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Consider my hand, for example. I claim, "This is my hand. I can fight you with a good fist." I am very much proud. But I am no...")
• 18:23, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Above all others, the supreme controller is Krsna, who is known as Hrsikesa. The word hrsika means "senses." We are enjoying our senses, but ultimately the controller of the senses is Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"above all others, the supreme controller is Kṛṣṇa, who is known as Hṛṣīkeśa. The word hṛṣīka means "senses."...")
• 18:20, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Just as the superintendent of a jail is not a prisoner but the controlling officer, so Lord Siva, Lord Visnu, and Lord Brahma control these three gunas and are not under the control of the gunas (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|". Just as the superintendent of a jail is not a prisoner but the controlling officer, so Lord Śiva, Lord Viṣṇu, and Lord...")
• 15:57, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Lord Visnu, Lord Brahma, and Lord Siva have each taken charge of one of these modes - Lord Visnu of sattva-guna, Lord Brahma of rajo-guna, and Lord Siva of tamo-guna. Yet these three controllers are not under the influence of the gunas (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Viṣṇu, Lord Brahmā, and Lord Śiva have each taken charge of one of these modes - Lord Viṣṇu of sattva-guṇa, L...")
• 15:47, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page For the maintenance of this material world there are three gunas, or modes of material nature - sattva-guna (the mode of goodness), rajo-guna (the mode of passion), and tamo-guna - the mode of ignorance (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For the maintenance of this material world there are three guṇas, or modes of material nature - sattva-guṇa (the mode of g...")
• 15:36, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Lord Brahma is the creator of this universe, Lord Siva is its destroyer, and Lord Visnu, who is Krsna Himself, is its maintainer (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Brahma is the creator of this universe, Lord Siva is its destroyer, and Lord Visnu, who is Krsna Himself, is its maintain...")
• 15:30, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Above the human beings there are demigods. As we human beings are above the lower animals, above us there are demigods, the most important of whom are Lord Brahma and Lord Siva (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Above the human beings there are demigods. As we human beings are above the lower animals, above us there are demigods, the mo...")
• 10:04, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Siva-virinci-nutam (SB 11.5.33). In the sastra, the Vedic scriptures, it is said that Lord Krsna is offered respect even by Lord Siva and Lord Brahma, the topmost demigods (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Siva-viriñci-nutam (SB 11.5.33). In the śāstra, the Vedic scriptures, it is said that Lord Kṛṣṇa is offered respect e...")
• 09:54, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page No one is equal to Him; everyone is lower. Ekale isvara krsna ara saba bhrtya: (CC Adi 5.142) the only master is Krsna, God, and everyone else is His servant, including even great demigods like Brahma, Visnu, and Siva, not to speak of others (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"No one is equal to Him; everyone is lower. Ekale īśvara kṛṣṇa āra saba bhṛtya: (CC Adi 5.142) the only master is K...")
• 08:37, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page One cannot say, "I am God, you are God, he is God, we are all God." No. One who says this is a dog, not God, for God is great, and He has no competitor (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One cannot say, "I am God, you are God, he is God, we are all God." No. One who says this is a dog, not God, for God is great,...")
• 08:23, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Where can there be another person equal to God? That is not possible. God is asamordhva; that is, no one can be equal to or greater than Him. There cannot be any competition (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"where can there be another person equal to God? That is not possible. God is asamordhva; that is, no one can be equal to or gr...")
• 07:47, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In their previous lives, Devaki and her husband underwent severe austerities, and when Krsna therefore appeared before them, wanting to give them a benediction, they told Him that they wanted a son like God (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In their previous lives, Devakī and her husband underwent severe austerities, and when Kṛṣṇa therefore appeared before...")
• 07:32, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Devaki, the devotee who became the mother of Krsna, was not an ordinary woman. After all, who can become the mother of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? Krsna agrees to become the son only of the most advanced devotee (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devakī, the devotee who became the mother of Kṛṣṇa, was not an ordinary woman. After all, who can become the mother of...")
• 07:23, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We shall engage ourselves as Krsna's servants (dasyam), we shall become Krsna's friends (sakhyam), and we shall surrender everything to Krsna (atma-nivedanam). This is the process of Krsna consciousness (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We shall engage ourselves as Kṛṣṇa's servants (dāsyam), we shall become Kṛṣṇa's friends (sakhyam), and we shall s...")
• 06:58, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We shall engage in the temple worship (arcanam) and offering prayers - vandanam (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we shall engage in the temple worship (arcanam) and offering prayers (vandanam)"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soham}} {{complete|AL...")
• 06:51, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam (SB 7.5.23). The word smaranam means "remembering." If we chant and hear, then remembrance will automatically come, and then we shall engage in worshiping Krsna's lotus feet - sevanam (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam"|"The word smaraṇam means "remembering." If we chant and hear, then remembrance will autom...")
• 06:35, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Punya-sravana-kirtanah (SB 1.2.17). That meditation can be possible by hearing and chanting, and then thinking of Krsna will automatically come. That is the process of Krsna consciousness (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ (SB 1.2.17). That meditation can be possible by hearing and chanting, and then thinking of Kṛ...")
• 06:28, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We have to be purified. Param brahma param dhama pavitram paramam bhavan (BG 10.12). Because Krsna is pure, we cannot approach Krsna impurely. But if we think of Krsna always and meditate upon Krsna, then we shall be purified (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We have to be purified. Paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān (BG 10.12). Because Kṛṣṇa is pure, we...")
• 06:17, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs deleted page Meditation means thinking of Krsna always (satatam cintayanto mam (BG 9.14)) and endeavoring to advance in Krsna consciousness with a firm vow (yatantas ca drdha-vratah) (content was: "#REDIRECT Meditation means thinking of Krsna always (satatam cintayanto mam (BG 9.14)) and endeavoring to advance in Krsna consciousness with a firm vow - yatantas ca drdha-vratah", and the only contributor was "Soham" (talk))
• 06:17, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs moved page Meditation means thinking of Krsna always (satatam cintayanto mam (BG 9.14)) and endeavoring to advance in Krsna consciousness with a firm vow (yatantas ca drdha-vratah) to Meditation means thinking of Krsna always (satatam cintayanto mam (BG 9.14)) and endeavoring to advance in Krsna consciousness with a firm vow - yatantas ca drdha-vratah
• 06:16, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Meditation means thinking of Krsna always (satatam cintayanto mam (BG 9.14)) and endeavoring to advance in Krsna consciousness with a firm vow (yatantas ca drdha-vratah) (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Meditation means thinking of Krsna always (satatam cintayanto mam (BG 9.14)) and endeavoring to advance in Krsna consciousness...")
• 06:03, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page After meditation they say, "Come on, give me a cigarette. Come on, my throat is now dry. Give me a cigarette." That is not meditation (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"after meditation they say, "Come on, give me a cigarette. Come on, my throat is now dry. Give me a cigarette." That is not med...")
• 05:55, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Those who think of something impersonal are not yogis. Their meditation simply involves undergoing more and more labor (kleso 'dhikataras tesam avyaktasakta-cetasam (BG 12.5)), and they cannot reach anything substantial (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who think of something impersonal are not yogis. Their meditation simply involves undergoing more and more labor (kleso...")
• 05:48, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Dhyanavasthita-tad-gatena manasa pasyanti 'yam yoginah (SB 12.13.1). A yogi is one who always thinks of Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dhyanavasthita-tad-gatena manasa pasyanti 'yam yoginah"|"A yogi is one who always thinks of Krsna"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soh...")
• 02:08, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If we simply think of only this one verse, which describes Krsna's body with reference to the lotus, we can meditate our whole life on how beautiful Krsna is, how wise Krsna is, and how Krsna manifests His creation. This is meditation - thinking of Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if we simply think of only this one verse, which describes Kṛṣṇa's body with reference to the lotus, we can meditate our...")
• 01:42, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Krsna's navel resembles a lotus, He is garlanded with lotuses, and His eyes are also compared to the petals of a lotus (alola-candraka-lasad-vanamalya-vamsi) - Bs. 5.31 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa's navel resembles a lotus, He is garlanded with lotuses, and His eyes are also compared to the petals of a lotus (...")
• 01:36, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page On one tree there is an unlimited number of leaves. Similarly, there is an unlimited number of planets, and there are unlimited universes. Therefore, Krsna is unlimited (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"on one tree there is an unlimited number of leaves. Similarly, there is an unlimited number of planets, and there are unlimite...")
• 01:29, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We cannot count how many planets there are, any more than one can count how many hairs there are on one's head. This is the nature of Krsna's creation (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We cannot count how many planets there are, any more than one can count how many hairs there are on one's head. This is the na...")
• 01:23, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Krsna is unlimited. We are very much concerned with this one planet, but Krsna's creation contains an unlimited number of planets (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa is unlimited. We are very much concerned with this one planet, but Kṛṣṇa's creation contains an unlimited nu...")
• 01:18, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Just as there may be a garland with many flowers, Krsna is the source of innumerable universes, which may be compared to a big garland of lotuses. This is God. Yasyaika-nisvasita-kalam athavalambya/ jivanti loma-vilaja jagad-anda-nathah - Bs. 5.48 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Just as there may be a garland with many flowers, Kṛṣṇa is the source of innumerable universes, which may be compared to...")
• 01:14, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Krsna is not so poor that He simply produces one lotus flower and then is finished. No (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa is not so poor that He simply produces one lotus flower and then is finished. No"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soham}}...")
• 01:03, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Namah pankaja-maline (SB 1.8.22). From Krsna comes the wonderful lotus flower that contains the seed of the entire universe. But He is not the source of only one such flower (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Namaḥ paṅkaja-māline (SB 1.8.22). From Kṛṣṇa comes the wonderful lotus flower that contains the seed of the entire...")
• 00:57, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page This universe includes so many planets, seas, mountains, and cities with motorcars and other paraphernalia, but the entire universe began from that lotus (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This universe includes so many planets, seas, mountains, and cities with motorcars and other paraphernalia, but the entire uni...")
• 00:53, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Krsna's navel is just like a lotus, and from Krsna's navel grew the stem of the lotus upon which Brahma, the creator of this universe, was born (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa's navel is just like a lotus, and from Kṛṣṇa's navel grew the stem of the lotus upon which Brahmā, the crea...")
• 00:44, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Kuntidevi describes all the parts of Krsna's body with reference to lotus flowers, so that as soon as one sees a lotus flower one will immediately think of Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kuntīdevī therefore describes all the parts of Kṛṣṇa's body with reference to lotus flowers, so that as soon as one se...")
• 00:39, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Panka means "mud," and ja means "generate." Although the lotus flower is generated from mud, it is a most important flower, and Krsna likes it very much (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Paṅka means "mud," and ja means "generate." Although the lotus flower is generated from mud, it is a most important flower,...")
• 00:35, 3 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In these prayers (SB 1.8.22), Kuntidevi, a great devotee, is giving us an opportunity to become Krsna conscious simply by concentrating our mind on pankaja, the lotus flower (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in these prayers, Kuntīdevī, a great devotee, is giving us an opportunity to become Kṛṣṇa conscious simply by concentr...")
• 15:38, 2 November 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Hearing and chanting waters the seed of devotional service, which develops one's original consciousness (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hearing and chanting waters the seed of devotional service, which develops one's original consciousness"}} {{notes|}} {{compil...")