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Knowledge of the simultaneously-one-and-different nature of the Absolute Truth has been imparted for trying to establish the energy of the Lord as absolute, but when the truth of simultaneous oneness and difference is understood, that truth is more pleasing than the imperfect concepts of monism and dualism attain freedom from the threefold miseries – miseries inflicted by the body and mind, by other living entities, and by acts of nature, over which we have no control.

A living entity known as a chemist can manufacture water in the laboratory by mixing hydrogen and oxygen But in reality the living entity works under the direction of the Supreme Lord, and all the materials Thus the Lord knows everything directly and indirectly, in minute detail, and He is fully independent made from that gold, such as gold rings, gold necklaces, and so on. in the mine and the gold in the ring or necklace are different.

Unless one is freed from the influence of the material energy, he cannot understand the Supreme Lord and the transcendental form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no question of love of God, and Just as the five gross elements of nature – namely, earth, water, fire, air and ether – are both within and without all living beings in this world, the Supreme Lord is both inside and outside this existence , and those who are His devotees can realize this.

four primary subjects: (1) pious activities, (2) economic development, (3) satisfaction of the senses and The four principles of animal life – eating, sleeping, defending and mating – are common to both the animals and human beings, but religion is the special concern of human beings. better than animal life, in real human society there is some form of religion aiming at self-realization and

Pure devotees know very well that they are meant to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that been blessed by the Supreme Lord from within the core of his heart, wherever he looks he sees the Lord and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.2.55 confirms this relationship between the pure devotee and the Supreme Lord as

The Māyāvādī monists undergo a severe process of austerity and penance to acquire the knowledge needed on some rich follower, who supplies them with requisite paraphernalia to construct great monasteries and Atheists like Rāvaṇa and Hiraṇyakaśipu had to undergo severe austerities before they could flout the Such atheists will be dealt the same awards as were given in the past to great atheists like Rāvaṇa and History repeats itself, and what occurred in the past will recur again and again when there is necessity

Knowledge is information gathered from the scriptures, and science is practical realization of that knowledge transcendental form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is different from material manifestations, and The example comparing the Lord and the material manifestations to the sun and the sunshine is often given Yet the sun and the sunshine are not differently situated, for without the sun there can be no sunshine , and without sunshine there is no meaning to the word sun.

The modern scientist creates sputniks, and by some arrangement or other they are thrown into outer space All the universes and the innumerable planets within them are similar to such sputniks, and they are

“When one actually becomes self-realized, knowing that he is Brahman, he becomes happy and joyful, and Such a person sees all living entities on an equal level, and he becomes a pure devotee of the Supreme when a person is actually liberated he can understand the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Lord and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.1.9), in which Śukadeva Gosvāmī states that although he was elevated to the liberated stage and

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.1.1), the author of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam first proposes that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the primeval Lord, and Bhagavad-gītā the Lord has affirmed in many passages that He is the original Personality of Godhead, and this was confirmed by Arjuna, who cited great sages like Nārada, Vyāsa and many others. Therefore, although the name Vāsudeva indicates the plenary portion of the Personality of Godhead, and are identical with Vāsudeva, in this text Vāsudeva principally indicates the divine son of Vasudeva and

Some Māyāvādī scholars argue that Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam was not compiled by Śrīla Vyāsadeva, and some suggest The first śloka, or verse, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam begins with the Gāyatrī mantra, and there is reference , that it begins with the Gāyatrī mantra, and that it contains the history of Vṛtrāsura. whoever makes a gift of this great work on a full-moon day attains to the highest perfection of life and to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in other Purāṇas, which even indicate that the work consists of twelve cantos and

When the Kumāras entered the temple of the Lord, they were attracted by the aroma of the flowers and It is stated elsewhere in Bhāgavatam (1.7.10) that even if one is a liberated soul and is actually free contamination, he can still become attracted to rendering the Supreme Lord devotional service that is causeless and And because He is so attractive, He is called Kṛṣṇa.

He sees the night sky and naturally asks, “What are the stars? How are they situated? and so on. He is not only the creator but the maintainer and annihilator as well. cosmic nature is created at a certain period by the will of the Lord, it is maintained for some time, and

Lord, one is sure to misunderstand the Lord’s worshipable transcendental pastimes in the rāsa dance and This subject matter is highly spiritual and technical, and only liberated personalities who have gradually

It is said in the śruti-mantras that the all-perfect Lord glanced over matter and thus created all living The living beings are parts and parcels of the Lord, and He impregnates the vast material nature with to reply that God is a greater mechanic than the watchmaker because He creates one machine in male and Each and every one of man’s imperfect machines has to be handled individually by a mechanic. Everyone has his intellectual equal and superior, and no one can claim that he has neither.

“Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the authorized explanation of the Brahma-sūtra, and it is a further explanation It is the explanation of the Gāyatrī mantra and the essence of all Vedic knowledge. In answer, Sūta Gosvāmī presented Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as the essence of all the Vedas, histories and other the Supreme Truth, which is described in the Bhāgavatam as the source of the creation, maintenance and (oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya), directly indicate Lord Sri Kṛṣṇa, who is the divine son of Vasudeva and

words, from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam we can know the substance as well as the relativities in their true sense and The substance is the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the relativities are the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam explicitly deals with this simultaneously-one-and-different philosophy – a philosophy

construction does not personally take part in the construction itself, but it is he only who knows every nook and In other words, he knows everything about the construction, directly and indirectly. who is the supreme engineer of this cosmic creation, knows very well what is happening in every nook and Whatever is created in this material world is a result of the interaction of these two energies, material and

Lord then recited many verses from authoritative scriptures like Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the Bhagavad-gītā and

11.14.21) in which Kṛṣṇa says that He can be realized only through devotional service executed with faith and Indeed, it is devotional service alone which purifies the heart of the devotee and elevates him to the ultimate realization, by which he serves the Supreme Lord with faith and love.