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Illusion means to accept something which is not: māyā. Māyā means “what is not.” But you are not this body. This is illusion.

(2) One should not pose himself as a religionist simply for name and fame.

(10) One should not accept more than he requires for the maintenance of the body.

(13) One should not be attached to more than the necessities of life required for spiritual advancement

(14) One should not be more attached to wife, children and home than the revealed scriptures ordain.

Śrī Īśopaniṣad instructs us not to make one-sided attempts to win the struggle for existence. is struggling hard for existence, but the laws of material nature are so hard and fast that they do not

(15) One should not be happy or distressed over desirables and undesirables, knowing that such feelings

He then asked Brahmā for the benediction of becoming amara, by which one does not die. Brahmā said that he could not award the benediction because even he, the material creator who rules all planets, is not amara. As confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (8.17), Brahmā lives a long time, but that does not mean he is immortal

The conception of universal brotherhood must be learned from an uttama-adhikārī and not from a foolish person who does not properly understand the individual soul or the Supreme Lord’s Supersoul expansion

(3) One should not become a source of anxiety to others by the actions of his body, by the thoughts of

(11) One should not falsely identify himself with the gross material body, nor should one consider those

Even if at the time of death a devotee does not remember his service to the Lord, the Lord does not forget to remind the Lord of the devotee’s sacrifices, but even if there is no such reminder, the Lord does not

The Supreme Lord walks and does not walk. He is far away, but He is very near as well.

The Supreme Lord walks and does not walk. He is far away, but He is very near as well.

We are given this human form of life not to work hard like asses, swine and dogs but to attain the highest If we do not care for self-realization, the laws of nature force us to work very hard, even though we may not want to do so.

Human beings are not meant to quarrel like cats and dogs. The Vedic literature is meant for humanity and not for cats and dogs.

Such a devotee does not discriminate between an atheist and a theist but sees everyone as part and parcel He sees that the brāhmaṇa particle of the Supreme Lord has not misused his little independence given Not considering the respective actions of the brāhmaṇa and the dog, the uttama-adhikārī tries to do good Such a learned devotee is not misled by material bodies but is attracted by the spiritual spark within

Such poorly informed persons do not know the omnipotence of the Lord. Thus the Lord does not manifest Himself in full to the mental speculators.

Although the Lord and His energies are nondifferent, one should not mistake these energies for the Supreme accustomed to reaching conclusions according to their capacity for understanding, but the Supreme Lord is not

University students today are not given instructions in the regulative principles of brahmacarya (celibate Religious principles are taught for the sake of name and fame only and not for the sake of practical Thus there is animosity not only in social and political fields but in the field of religion as well.