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There are two classes of men, namely the devotee and the demon. The Lord selected Arjuna as the recipient of …

Arjuna is an accepted devotee of the Lord, so how could he not believe Kṛṣṇa’s words? The fact is that …

In the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.33) we have information of many, many incarnations of the Lord. It is stated there:

“I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda [Kṛṣṇa], who is the original person – absolute, infallible, without beginning. Although …

It is also stated in Brahma-saṁhitā (5.39):

“I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda [Kṛṣṇa], who is always situated in various incarnations such as Rāma, Nṛsiṁha …

In the Vedas also it is said that the Lord, although one without a second, manifests Himself in innumerable forms. …

The Lord has spoken about the peculiarity of His birth: although He may appear like an ordinary person, He remembers …

The word sṛjāmi is significant herein. Sṛjāmi cannot be used in the sense of creation, because, according to the previous …

The principles of the Bhagavad-gītā were spoken to Arjuna, and, for that matter, to other highly elevated persons, because he …

According to Bhagavad-gītā, a sādhu (holy man) is a man in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. A person may appear to be irreligious, …

In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja, the following verses (Madhya 20.263–264) summarize these principles of incarnation:

“The avatāra, or incarnation of Godhead, descends from the kingdom of God for material manifestation. And the particular form of …

There are various kinds of avatāras, such as puruṣāvatāras, guṇāvatāras, līlāvatāras, śakty-āveśa avatāras, manvantara-avatāras and yugāvatāras – all appearing on …

The Lord says that He incarnates Himself in every millennium. This indicates that He incarnates also in the Age of …

The Lord’s descent from His transcendental abode is already explained in the sixth verse. One who can understand the truth …

“The one Supreme Personality of Godhead is eternally engaged in many, many transcendental forms in relationships with His unalloyed devotees.” …

“One can attain the perfect stage of liberation from birth and death simply by knowing the Lord, the Supreme Personality …

As described above, it is very difficult for a person who is too materially affected to understand the personal nature …

The yoga system conceived by Patañjali is referred to herein. In the Yoga-sūtra of Patañjali, the soul is called pratyag-ātmā …