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29 October 2023

• 16:3416:34, 29 October 2023 diff hist +2,192 The difference between human beings and nonhuman beings is that a human is supposed to act according to the direction of the Vedas No edit summary current
• 16:3216:32, 29 October 2023 diff hist +7,759 Such karmis are superior to the vikarmis, for they are faithful to the directions of the Vedas and are certainly dear to Krsna No edit summary current
• 16:3116:31, 29 October 2023 diff hist +2,800 Krsna consciousness means perfect civilization, perfect advancement of civilization, according to the direction of the Vedas No edit summary current
• 16:3116:31, 29 October 2023 diff hist +2,778 Karma is not sinful. Karma means according to the direction of the Vedas. That is called karma-kanda. But vikarma means against the principle of dharma. That is called vikarma No edit summary current
• 16:3016:30, 29 October 2023 diff hist −6 In the Vedas there is direction how to prepare by chemical process gold. That is also there. Gold, there is a suggestion that you mix three metals, namely nickel, copper and mercury, you'll get gold No edit summary current
• 16:2616:26, 29 October 2023 diff hist +4,044 In the Vedas there are directions for two kinds of activities - activities for those who are attached to material enjoyment and activities for those who are materially detached No edit summary current
• 16:2416:24, 29 October 2023 diff hist +5,434 If one is unable to see the Supreme Lord although He is present as Krsna in His various incarnations, one may see the Supreme Lord's impersonal feature, according to the direction of the Vedas, by seeing the activities of material nature No edit summary current
• 16:2316:23, 29 October 2023 diff hist −6 Directions in the Vedas are directly manifested from the breathing of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is said: asya mahato bhutasya nasvasitam etad yad rg-vedo yajur-vedah sama-vedo 'tharvan girasah. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 16:2116:21, 29 October 2023 diff hist +6,906 Caksusmatandha iva niyamanah: one should follow the Lord the way a blind man follows a person who has eyes. If we follow the Supreme Personality of Godhead by following the directions He gives in the Vedas and Bhagavad-gita, our lives will be successful No edit summary current
• 16:2016:20, 29 October 2023 diff hist +5,161 Brahma created this material world for the use of the living entities, but it was created according to a plan that they would be given directions by Brahma in the Vedas in order that they might ultimately leave it and return home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
• 16:2016:20, 29 October 2023 diff hist +15,601 Atheists very vaguely explain that these varieties of existence occur simply by chance, but the theists who believe in the injunctions of the Vedas must reach all their conclusions under the direction of the Vedas No edit summary current
• 16:1916:19, 29 October 2023 diff hist −6 Anything performed without the direction of the Vedas is called vikarma, or unauthorized or sinful work. Therefore, one should always take direction from the Vedas to be saved from the reaction of work. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 16:1916:19, 29 October 2023 diff hist +3,522 Actual knowledge of transcendental bliss can be bestowed upon anybody by a pure devotee. One cannot attain the perfection of spiritual life simply by following the directions of the Vedas. One has to approach a pure devotee No edit summary current
• 16:0916:09, 29 October 2023 diff hist +6,898 To follow the direction of Bhagavad-gita means No edit summary current
• 16:0516:05, 29 October 2023 diff hist +6,205 The Vedas give direction to civilized human beings to enable them to satisfy their propensities for sense gratification. In the nivrtti-marga, however, on the path of transcendental realization, sex is completely forbidden No edit summary current
• 15:5915:59, 29 October 2023 diff hist +2,557 Please be happy in separation. I am separated from my Guru Maharaja since 1936 but I am always with him so long I work according to his direction No edit summary current
• 15:4715:47, 29 October 2023 diff hist +9,163 At the age of 70 I had the energy to go outside India and apart from other various duties, engage myself in writing books even at night without sleep. All these have been done in accordance with the direction of my Prabhupada Gurudeva No edit summary current
• 15:4615:46, 29 October 2023 diff hist +8,708 Arjuna is representing the perplexed position of the materialistic person. So under the circumstances, a guru is required to give us real direction No edit summary current
• 15:4615:46, 29 October 2023 diff hist +25 The spiritual master, saintly persons and scriptures direct in the same way. There is no contradiction in these three sources. All actions done under such direction are free from the reactions of pious or impious activities. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 15:4415:44, 29 October 2023 diff hist +525 Category:Neophyte Devotees of God Must Work Very Laboriously Under the Direction of the Spiritual Master No edit summary current
• 15:4415:44, 29 October 2023 diff hist +39,074 Grhastha devotees must adopt the arcana-vidhi, or Deity worship according to the suitable arrangements and directions given by the spiritual master No edit summary current
• 15:4415:44, 29 October 2023 diff hist +6,163 He (Arjuna) is perplexed, "Which one, which side will be glorious? I shall stop fighting or not fighting?" When you are in such perplexity, what to do and what not to do, so in order to get right direction, you must approach the spiritual master No edit summary current
• 15:4115:41, 29 October 2023 diff hist +15,899 The spiritual master is the lawyer. He knows things as they are. He gives direction to the disciple so that he'll be happy No edit summary current
• 15:4115:41, 29 October 2023 diff hist +8,478 Direction of guru No edit summary current
• 15:4015:40, 29 October 2023 diff hist +7,500 Direction of the acaryas No edit summary current
• 15:3815:38, 29 October 2023 diff hist −13 This knowledge by which we can gain release from suffering is possible in the human form of life, not in the animal form. To give us knowledge, to give us proper direction, there are scriptures written in various languages in all parts of the world No edit summary current
• 15:3815:38, 29 October 2023 diff hist +3,364 The Vedas also instruct, tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet: (MU 1.2.12) one must accept a guru for proper direction if one is seriously inclined toward advancement in spiritual life No edit summary current
• 15:3715:37, 29 October 2023 diff hist +2,959 The sincere devotee should go on with sincere service of the Lord. The Lord will give proper direction as to how and where it has to be done No edit summary current
• 15:3715:37, 29 October 2023 diff hist +1,725 The next morning, in the great ecstasy of love, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu started on His tour with no knowledge of the proper direction, and He continued the whole day and night No edit summary current
• 15:3715:37, 29 October 2023 diff hist +3,591 The living entity comes down into this material world for sense gratification, and his intelligence, represented by the woman, gives him the proper direction by which he can satisfy his senses to their best capacity No edit summary current
• 15:3615:36, 29 October 2023 diff hist +1,439 The brahmana told him, "Because He is the Lord (isvara), undoubtedly He can give you proper direction No edit summary current
• 15:3615:36, 29 October 2023 diff hist +5,445 Many other sages also arrived there, but no one could give him (Pariksit) the proper direction No edit summary current
• 11:0011:00, 29 October 2023 diff hist +362 Category:God Gives Proper Direction No edit summary current
• 10:5710:57, 29 October 2023 diff hist +3,645 Guru refers to one who gives proper direction under the authority of the Vedic injunctions and according to the examples of the lives of great personalities. The best way to mold one's life is to follow in the footsteps of the authorized personalities No edit summary current
• 10:5610:56, 29 October 2023 diff hist +6,258 At the present moment in this age of Kali-yuga, the entire human society has become an assembly of cheaters and cheated. For this reason the Vedic scriptures have given us the proper directions for sense gratification No edit summary current
• 10:5510:55, 29 October 2023 diff hist +4,252 Actually the qualified brahmanas are meant to give direction to the kings for proper administration in terms of the scriptures like the Manu-samhita and Dharma-sastras of Parasara No edit summary current
• 10:5110:51, 29 October 2023 diff hist +27,385 Even the so-called philosophers of modern society are captivated by material name and fame, and so they do not lead the general populace in the proper direction No edit summary current
• 10:3710:37, 29 October 2023 diff hist +28 A devotee of Krsna is friendly to everyone. Therefore it is said here (in BG 11.55) that he has no enemy. How is this? BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 10:2810:28, 29 October 2023 diff hist +55 A big body, lump body, which is some million times greater than this earth, we can see it is floating in the sky. So how it is floating? Here it is explained, sarvasraya. It is floating on Krsna's energy. Everything is Krsna's energy No edit summary current
• 08:4208:42, 29 October 2023 diff hist +3,977 The example set herein is very appropriate. A traveler leaves home to search for wealth in far distant places, sometimes in the forest and sometimes on the ocean and sometimes on hilltops No edit summary current
• 08:4108:41, 29 October 2023 diff hist +7,180 The first requirement for the proper execution of karma-yoga is given herein: one must give the fruits of his activities to the Supreme Brahman, Parabrahman, Krsna. By doing so, one actually situates himself in the renounced order of life, sannyasa No edit summary current
• 08:3208:32, 29 October 2023 diff hist +2,451 The energy, which is fatigued after fifty years, is figuratively described herein as a serpent with five hoods No edit summary current
• 08:2508:25, 29 October 2023 diff hist +8,997 It is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita that the actual knowledge of the conditioned soul is now covered by nescience. Thus the theory that a living being is absolute impersonal Brahman is refuted herein No edit summary current
• 08:2108:21, 29 October 2023 diff hist +5,951 Vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah (BG 15.15). By studying the Vedic literature, one should understand Krsna. As confirmed here (in SB 8.3.15), sarvagamamnaya-maharnavaya. He is the ocean, and all Vedic knowledge flows toward Him No edit summary
• 08:2008:20, 29 October 2023 diff hist +4,617 Vasudeva and Devaki did not obtain the SP of Godhead as their son very easily, nor does the Supreme Godhead accept merely anyone as His father and mother. Here (in SB 10.3.34-35) we can see how Vasudeva and Devaki obtained Krsna as their eternal son No edit summary current
• 08:2008:20, 29 October 2023 diff hist +2,946 To support the word adbhutam, meaning "wonderful," the decorations and opulences of the newborn child are fully described - herein SB 10.3.9-10 No edit summary current
• 08:1908:19, 29 October 2023 diff hist +6,264 Those who think that life can exist without the soul have therefore been described here (in SB 10.3.18) as abudhah, foolish rascals No edit summary current
• 08:1908:19, 29 October 2023 diff hist +4,213 Rsibhis tattva-darsibhih. Although the Ramayana composed by Valmiki is a huge literature, the same activities are summarized here (in SB 9.10.3) by Sukadeva Gosvami in a few verses No edit summary current
• 08:1808:18, 29 October 2023 diff hist +2,765 Sankhya philosophy is described here (SB 3.26.71) in detail in the sense that the virat-purusa, or the universal form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the original source of all the various sense organs and their presiding deities No edit summary current
• 08:1808:18, 29 October 2023 diff hist +3,390 Yogis, mystics, want to catch Krsna as Paramatma, and with great austerities and penances they try to approach Him, yet they cannot. Here (in SB 10.9.9) we see, however, that Krsna is going to be caught by Yasoda and is running away in fear No edit summary current