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The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Those who give up these methods for achieving Me, which consist of devotional service, …

Steadiness in one’s own position is declared to be actual piety, whereas deviation from one’s position is considered impiety. In …

O sinless Uddhava, in order to understand what is proper in life one must evaluate a given object within its …

I have revealed this way of life for those bearing the burden of mundane religious principles.

Earth, water, fire, air and ether are the five basic elements that constitute the bodies of all conditioned souls, from …

My dear Uddhava, although all material bodies are composed of the same five elements and are thus equal, the Vedic …

O saintly Uddhava, in order to restrict materialistic activities, I have established that which is proper and improper among all …

Among places, those bereft of the spotted antelope, those devoid of devotion to the brāhmaṇas, those possessing spotted antelopes but …

A specific time is considered pure when it is appropriate, either by its own nature or through achievement of suitable …

An object’s purity or impurity is established by application of another object, by words, by rituals, by the effects of …

Impure things may or may not impose sinful reactions upon a person, depending on that person’s strength or weakness, intelligence, …

Various objects such as grains, wooden utensils, things made of bone, thread, liquids, objects derived from fire, skins and earthy …

A particular purifying agent is considered appropriate when its application removes the bad odor or dirty covering of some contaminated …

The self can be cleansed by bathing, charity, austerity, age, personal strength, purificatory rituals, prescribed duties and, above all, by …

A mantra is purified when chanted with proper knowledge, and one’s work is purified when offered to Me. Thus by …

Sometimes piety becomes sin, and sometimes what is ordinarily sin becomes piety on the strength of Vedic injunctions. Such special …

The same activities that would degrade an elevated person do not cause falldown for those who are already fallen. Indeed, …

By refraining from a particular sinful or materialistic activity, one becomes freed from its bondage. Such renunciation is the basis …

As the unlimited, unchanging and omnipotent Personality of Godhead dwelling within all living beings, I personally establish the Vedic sound …

Just as a spider brings forth from its heart its web and emits it through its mouth, the Supreme Personality …