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Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.]

[Bg. 4.11]

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Prabhupāda:

[Bg. 4.11]

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In the Upaniṣads, the Vedas, it is said that nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13] = "The God is …

Now, Kṛṣṇa said in the last stanza, mad-bhāvam āgatāḥ [Bg. 4.10]. Mad-bhāvam means "My nature." So Kṛṣṇa's nature, you will …

Now, Kṛṣṇa says, ye yathā māṁ prapadyante: "According to the degree of surrender, one comes nearer and nearer." Kṛṣṇa is …

In the Vedic literature it is said that dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti yaṁ yoginaḥ [SB 12.13.1]. "Yogīs, mystics, they are meditating …

If you want to understand Kṛṣṇa in His impersonal Brahman feature, there is risk also. I will explain that. The …

Similarly, those who are trying to understand the Absolute Truth by dint of his limited knowledge, they realize impersonal Brahman. …

So risk of impersonal realization is that because in the impersonal feature you cannot enjoy that blissfulness eternally, therefore sometimes---not …

We have seen it practically. Many big, big sannyāsīs and transcendentalists, they give up this world as mithyā, or false, …

The next line is, vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ [Bg. 7.19]. One who can understand Kṛṣṇa, whose another name …

In another place Kṛṣṇa says, bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ [Bg. 18.55]. Kṛṣṇa never says that "By mental …

[Bg. 6.47]

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