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Sri Prabhupada’s Quotes
from his Bhagavad Gita As It Is

About:

Unflinching Devotion
Realization of the Absolute truth
Krishna's Supremacy

Krishna's Incarnations
Who Can Become A Guru
Completely Surrendered

The Best Aryan
Krishna as Chaitanya
Krishna's Characteristics

The Original Supreme Personality
Importance of Transcendental Service
The Only Means of Deliverance in Kali Yoga

Rules of Celibacy
Seva Dharma
Highest Perfection in Yoga

Three Vishnu Forms of Krishna
Devotees are Dear to Krishna

 Real religious principles are enacted by 
Who is Bhagavan
Whom to listen about Krishna?
How to get  happiness

Who should do devotional service?
What is the goal of dhrama practice?
Pure devotee does not accept salvation

Who is liberated in this world?
Why not trust mind?
About non devotees' penance

What is celibacy?
About Chaitanya, from Padma Purana
Does lila work bind Krishna?

Who cannot become a guru?
Krishna not all independent
Benefit of meeting a sadhu

Bhagavat predicted Chaitanya
Life periods of some saints
How Krishna-relation knowledge came down to us?

Krishna cannot be captured by ordinary sense perception
Who is liberated?
Which yogi achieves his purpose?

Fruits of loving service to Krishna
How one gets different body forms
Cause of concept of bondage and liberation

How to judge one's devotion
Who is the most advanced devotee?
Four Defects of material body

Why we could be illusioned?
How lust covers real knowledge?
Why Lord created material world?

How one should study Gita
About dharma, avatar, and the message of avatar
Who is in full knowledge?

Sankirtana movement predicted
Who attains supreme spiritual peace?
 



From 1.28 Purport about unflinching devotion:

                        yasyasti bhaktir bhagavaty akincana
                        sarvair gunais tatra samasate surah
                        harav abhaktasya kuto mahad-guna
                         mano-rathenasati dhavato bahih

One who has unflinching devotion for the Personality of Godhead has all the good qualities of the demigods. But one who is not a devotee of the Lord has only material qualifications that are of little value. This is because he is hovering on the mental plane and is certain to be attracted by the glaring material energy. (SB. 5.18.12)

From:  2.2 Purport:

  In the Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.2.11) this conception of the Absolute Truth is explained thus:

                             vadanti tat tattva-vidas
                          tattvam yaj jnanam advayam
                             brahmeti paramatmeti
                             bhagavan iti sabdyate

The Absolute Truth is realized in three phases of understanding by the knower of the Absolute Truth, and all of them are identical. Such phases of the Absolute Truth are expressed as Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan.

From:  2.2 Purport:

Therefore it is concluded in the Brahma-samhita by Lord Brahma himself that Lord Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. No one is equal to or above Him. He is the rimeval Lord, or Bhagavan, known as Govinda, and He is the supreme cause
of all causes:

                            isvarah paramah krsnah
                            sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah
                              anadir adir govindah
                             sarva-karana-karanam

There are many personalities possessing the qualities of Bhagavan, but Krsna is the supreme because none can excel Him. He is the Supreme Person, and His body is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss. He is the primeval Lord Govinda and the cause of all causes.  (Brahma-samhita 5.1)

From 2.2 Purport:

                            ete camsa-kalah pumsah
                           krsnas tu bhagavan svayam
                            indrari-vyakulam lokam
                              mrdayanti yuge yuge

All the lists of the incarnations of Godhead submitted herewith are either plenary expansions or parts of the plenary expansions of the Supreme Godhead, but Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.  (SB. 1.3.28)

From 2.8 Purport:

                             sat-karma-nipuno vipro
                            mantra-tantra-visaradah
                            avaisnavo gurur na syad
                            vaisnavah sva-paco guruh

A scholarly brahmana, expert in all subjects of Vedic knowledge, is unfit to become a spiritual master without being a Vaisnava, or expert in the science of Krsna consciousness. But a person born in a family of a lower caste can become a spiritual master if he is a Vaisnava, or Krsna conscious.  (Padma Purana)

From 2.38 Purport:

                         devarsi-bhutapta-nrnam pitrnam
                          na kinkaro nayam rni ca rajan
                        sarvatmana yah saranam saranyam
                        gato mukundam parihrtya kartam

Anyone who has completely surrendered unto Krsna, Mukunda, giving up all other duties, is no longer a debtor, nor is he obliged to anyone--not the demigods, nor the sages, nor the people in general, nor kinsmen, nor humanity, nor forefathers.
(SB. 11.5.41)

From 2.46 Purport:

The living entities are parts and parcels of Krsna; therefore, revival of Krsna consciousness by the individual living entity is the highest perfectional stage of Vedic knowledge. This is confirmed in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.33.7) as follows:

                          aho bata sva-paco 'to gariyan
                        yaj-jihvagre vartate nama tubhyam
                        tepus tapas te juhuvuh sasnur arya
                         brahmanucur nama grnanti ye te

O my Lord, a person who is chanting Your holy name, although born of a low family like that of a candala [dog-eater], is situated on the highest platform of self-realization. Such a person must have performed all kinds of penances and sacrifices according to Vedic rituals and studied the Vedic literatures many, many times after taking his bath in all the holy places of pilgrimage. Such a person is considered to be the best of the Aryan family.

From 3.10 Purport:

Lord Krsna in His devotional form (as Lord Caitanya) is mentioned in the
Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.32) as follows, with special reference to the sankirtana-yajna:

                           krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam
                           sangopangastra-parsadam
                           yajnaih sankirtana-prayair
                             yajanti hi su-medhasah

In this Age of Kali, people who are endowed with sufficient intelligence will worship the Lord, who is accompanied by His associates, by performance of sankirtana-yajna.î Other yajnas prescribed in the Vedic literatures are not easy to perform in this Age of Kali, but the sankirtana-yajna is easy and sublime for all purposes, as recommended in Bhagavad-gita also (9.14).

From 3.22 Purport:

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is described in the Vedic literatures as follows:

                       tam isvaranam paramam mahesvaram
                      tam devatanam paramam ca daivatam
                        patim patinam paramam parastad
                        vidama devam bhuvanesam idyam
                       na tasya karyam karanam ca vidyate
                       na tat-samas cabhyadhikas ca drsyate
                         parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate
                          svabhaviki jnana-bala-kriya ca

The Supreme Lord is the controller of all other controllers, and He is the greatest of all the diverse planetary leaders. Everyone is under His control. All entities are delegated with particular power only by the Supreme Lord; they are not supreme themselves. He is also worshipable by all demigods and is the supreme director of all directors. Therefore, He is transcendental to all kinds of material leaders and controllers and is worshipable by all. There is no one greater than Him, and He is the supreme cause of all causes.

He does not possess bodily form like that of an ordinary living entity. There is no difference between His body and His soul. He is absolute. All His senses are transcendental. Any one of His senses can perform the action of any other sense. Therefore, no one is greater than Him or equal to Him. His potencies are multifarious, and thus His deeds are automatically performed as a natural sequence.  (Svetasvatara Upanisad 6.7-8)

From 4.5 Purport:

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

                       ramadi murtisu kala-niyamena tisthan
                       nanavataram akarod bhuvanesu kintu
                   krsnah svayam samabhavat paramah puman yo
                     govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami

I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda [Krsna], who is always situated in various incarnations such as Rama, Nrsimha and many subincarnations as well, but who is the original Personality of Godhead known as Krsna, and who incarnates personally also.

From 6.8 Purport:

Book knowledge without realization of the Supreme Truth is useless. This is stated as follows:

                             atah sri-krsna-namadi
                          na bhaved grahyam indriyaih
                            sevonmukhe hi jihvadau
                           svayam eva sphuraty adah

No one can understand the transcendental nature of the name, form, quality and pastimes of Sri Krsna through his materially contaminated senses. Only when one becomes spiritually saturated by transcendental service to the Lord are the transcendental name, form, quality and pastimes of the Lord revealed to him.  (Bhakti rasamrta-sindhu 1.2.234)

From 6.12 Purport:
 

                             harer nama harer nama
                             harer namaiva kevalam
                            kalau nasty eva nasty eva
                             nasty eva gatir anyatha

In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy the only means of deliverance is chanting the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way. There is no other way. There is no other way.  (Bruhannarayana Purana)

From 6.14 Purport:

In the rules of celibacy written by the great sage Yajnavalkya it is said:

                             karmana manasa vaca
                             sarvavasthasu sarvada
                            sarvatra maithuna-tyago
                           brahmacaryam pracaksate

The vow of brahmacarya is meant to help one completely abstain from sex indulgence in work,
words and mind--at all times, under all circumstances, and in all places.î No one can perform correct yoga practice through sex indulgence.

From

  yad avadhi mama chetah krishna pararavinde
  nava nava rasa dhamani udyatam rantum aasit
  tad avadhi bata naari sangame smaryamaane
  bhavati mukha vikarah sushthu nishthivanam cha

   - Sri yamunacharya

From 6.46 Purport:

Every living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus every living entity is intended to serve the Supreme Lord by his own constitution. Failing to do this, he falls down. The Bhagavatam (11.5.3) confirms this as follows:

                            ya esam purusam saksad
                            atma-prabhavam isvaram
                             na bhajanty avajananti
                         sthanad bhrastah patanty adhah

Anyone who does not render service and neglects his duty unto the primeval Lord, who is the source of all living entities, will certainly fall down from his constitutional position.

From 6.47 Purport:

This stage of highest perfection in yoga can be attained only by bhakti-yoga, as is confirmed in all Vedic literature:

                            yasya deve para bhaktir
                             yatha deve tatha gurau
                            tasyaite kathita hy arthah
                            prakasante mahatmanah

Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed.î (Svetasvatara Upanisad 6.23)

From 74. Purport:

Satvata-tantra:

                              visnos tu trini rupani
                            purusakhyany atho viduh
                             ekam tu mahatah srastr
                          dvitiyam tv anda-samsthitam
                           trtiyam sarva-bhuta-stham
                             tani jnatva vimucyate

For material creation, Lord Krsna's plenary expansion assumes three Visnus. The first one, Maha-Visnu, creates the total material energy, known as the mahat-tattva. The second, Garbhodakasayi Visnu, enters into all the universes to create diversities in each of them. The third, Ksirodakasayi Visnu, is diffused as the all-pervading Supersoul in all the universes and is known as Paramatma. He is present even within the atoms. Anyone who knows these three Visnus can be liberated from material entanglement.

From 7.18 Purport:

In the Srimad-Bhagavatam (9.4.68), the Lord says:

                           sadhavo hrdayam mahyam
                           sadhunam hrdayam tv aham
                            mad-anyat te na jananti
                            naham tebhyo manag api

The devotees are always in My heart, and I am always in the hearts of the devotees. The devotee does not know anything beyond Me, and I also cannot forget the devotee. There is a very intimate relationship between Me and the pure devotees. Pure devotees in full knowledge are never out of spiritual touch, and therefore they are very much dear to Me.

From
 


xmRm! tu sa]at! -gvt! à[Itam!
nEv ivÊrœ \;yae naip deva>,
n isÏmuOya Asura mnu:ya>
k…tae nu iv*axr car[ady>. SMB 6-3-19

Real religious principles are enacted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
Although fully situated in the mode of goodness, even the great risis who occupy the topmost planets cannot ascertain the real religious principles, nor can the demigods or the leaders of Siddhaloka, to say nothing of the asuras, ordinary human beings, Vidyadharas and Charanas.

The Supreme Personality who posses all riches, all strength, all fame, all beauty, all knowledge, and all renunciation is called Bhagavan
- Parasar (BG As it Is, 2-2 Purport)

AvE:{v muoaeiÒ[Rm! putm! hir kwam&tm!,
ïv[m! nEv ktRVym! svaeRiCDóm! ywa py>. Padma Purana

 One should not hear anything about Krishna from a non-Vaishnava.  Milk touched by the lips of a serpent has poisonous effects.  Similarly, talks about Krishna given by a non-Vaishnava are poisonous.

The words or songs of a person not fixed in Vaishnava behavior, not strictly following the rules and regulations and chanting Hare Krishna mantra should not be accepted by pure devotees.

yaÊSTyna ÊimRiti-rœ jIvyae ya n jIyRte,
tam! t¨:{[am! Ê>oinvham! zmRkamae Ô‚tm! Tyjet! . SMB 9-19-16

For those who are too attached to material enjoyment, sense gratification is very difficult to give up.  Even when one is an invalid because of old age, one cannot give up such desires for sense gratification.  Therefore, one who actually desires happiness must give up such unsatisfied desires which are the cause of all tribulations.

SvyM-U> nard> zM-u> k…mar> kiplae mnu>,
à’adae jnkae -I:mae bil> vEyasik> vym!.
ÖadzEte ivjainmae xmRm! -amvtm! -qa>,
guým! ivzuÏm! ÊbaeRxm! cm! }aTva m&tmîute. SMB 6-3-20, 21
 

vasudeve -gvit -i­yaeg> àyaeijt>,
jnyit Aasu vEraGym! }anm! ydœ AhEtukm!. SMB 1-2-7

Akam> svR kamaeva mae]kam %darix>,
itìe[ -i­yaegen yjet pué;m! prm!. SMB 2-3-10

"Whether one is free from all material desires, is full of material desires, or desires to become one with the Supreme, he should engage in devotional service."  In this way, not only will the devotee's desire be fulfilled, but the day will come when he will have no other desire than to serve the lotus feet of the Lord. - From Purport of SMB 5-19-27

pUteRn tpsa y}Erœ  nyaeRg smaixna,
raÏm! inïeysm! puMsam! mTàIits! tTvm! ivNytm!.  SMB 3-9-41

It is the opinion of the expert transcendentalists that the ultimate goal of performing all traditional good works, penances, sacrifices, charities, mystic activities, trances, etc. is to invoke My satisfaction.
 

salaeKy saiòR saimPy saéPyEkTvmPyut,
dIpmanm! n g&ŸiNt ivna mTsevnm! jna>. SMB 3-29-13

A pure devotee does not accept any kind of liberation - salokya, sarshti, samipya, or ekatva - even though they are offered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

salokya = Living with God on His planet
sarshti = Opulence of devotee equal to that of God
samipya = To be a personal associate of God
ekata = sayujya = oneness with God, merging with God.

#ha ySy hrerœ daSye kmR[a mnsa igra,
iniolaSv Aip AvSwasu jIvnmu­ s %Cyte.

One who acts to serve Krishna with his body, mind, intelligence, and words is a 
liberated person even in this materiel world. 
- Bhakti-rasamruta-sindhu 1-2-187

yavÄe mayya Sp&òa æmam #h kmRi->,
tavt! -gvt! às<ganm! s<g SyaÚae -ve -ve. SMB 4-30-33

kamae mNyurœ mdae lae-> zaek maeh -yady>,
kmRbNxní yNmUl> SvIk…yaRt! kae nu tdœ bux>. SMB 5-6-5

The mind is the root cause of lust, anger, pride, lamentation, illusion, and fear.  Combined, these constitute bondage to furtive activity.  (Therefore,) what learned man would put faith in the mind?

ïv[m! kItRnm! iv:[ae> Smr[m! padsevnm!,
AcRnm! vNdnm! daSym! sOym! AaTminvednm!. SMB 7-5-23,24

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archanm = The process of temple worship = Offering the Lord respectful worship with 16 types of paraphernalia.
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yeNyerivNda] ivmu­mainns! TvPySt -avadœ ivzuÏ buÏy>,
Aaéý k«CD+e[ prm! Pdm! tt> ptNTyxaena†tmd<Øy> 
.SMB 10-2-32

O lotus-eye Lord, although non devotee who accepts severe austerities and penance to achieve the highest position may think themselves liberated, their intelligence is impure. They fall down from their position of imagined superiority because they have no regard for Your lotus feet. [A prayer by the demigods.]

kmR{ya masa vaca svR AvSwasu svRda,
svRÇ imwun Tygae äücyRm! àcKste. YaGYavalkya

nam icNtami[> k«:[s! cEtNy rasiv¢h>,
pU[R> zuÏae inTymu­ae i-ÚTvan! namnaimn>. Padma Purana

[Transformation: Krishna > Baldev > SankrshaNa = = Sheshanaga > KaraNodksayi 
Vishnu
Prdymna > Aniruddha > Garbodksyi Vishnu
Pradyumna > kshirodkshayi Vishnu (Supersoul)
Vasudev]##

klaE jin:yma[anam! Ê>o zaek tmaenudm!,
Anu¢hay -­anam! supu{ym! Vytnaedœ yz>. SMB 9-24-61

To show causeless mercy to the devotees who take birth in the future in this Kali, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, acts in such a way that simply by remembering Him one will be freed from all the lamentation and unhappiness of material existence.  [In other words, He acted so that all future devotees, by accepting the instructions of Krishna consciousness stated in Bhagavad-gita, could be relieved from the pangs of material existence.]

TyaJy ÊjRn s<sgRm! -j saxu smagmm!,
k…é puNym! AhaeraÇm! Smr inTym! AinTytam!. Chanakya Pandit

nýSy jNmnae hetu> kmR[ae va mhIpte,
AaTmmayam! ivnezSy prSy ÔòuraTmn>. SMB 9-24-57

O King, Maharaja Parikshjit, but for the Lord's personal desire, there is no cause for His appearance, disappearance or activities.  As the Supersoul, He knows everything. Consequently, there is no cause that affects Him, not even the results of fruitive activities.

sTkmR inpu[ae ivàae mÙ tÙ ivzard>,
AvE:[vae guérœ n Sydœ vE:[v> Svpcae gué>. Padma Purana

Even if  a brahmana is very learned in Vedic scriptures and knows the six occupational duties of Brahmans, he cannot become a guru or spiritual master unless he is a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.  However, if one is a pure devotee of the Lord, he can become a spiritual master.

Ahm! -­ praxInae ýSvtÙ #v iÖj,
saxui-rœ ¢St ùdyae -­Erœ -­jn iày>. SMB 9-4-63

I (Krishna) am completely under the control of My devotee.  Indeed I am not all independent. Because My devotee are completely devoid of material desire, I sit only within the core of their hearts. What to speak of My devotee, even those who are devotees of My devotees are very dear to Me.

saxUnam! smicÄanam! sutram! mt! k«taTmnam!,
dzRÚanae -vedœ bNx> puMsaú[ae> sivtuYwaR. SMB 10-10-41

When one is face to face with the Sun, there is no longer darkness for one's eye. 
Similarly, when one is face-to-face with a sadhu, a devotee who is fully determined and surrendered to the Supreme Personality o Godhead, one will no longer be subject o material bondage.

k«:[v[Rm! Tvz³œi[m! sa<gaepa<gaô pa;Rdm!,
y}E> s<iktRn àayErœ yjiNt ih sumexs>. SMB 11-5-32

In the age of Kali, intelligence persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Krishna.  Although His complexion is not blakish, He is Krsna Himself.  He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions.

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Persons             Life Period

Shankara       8xx?
Ramanuja      1017 -1137
Nimbarka              - 1162
Madhva          1238 - 1317
Nanak            15 Apr 1469 - 1521?
Vallbha           1473 - 1531
Chaitanya        1485 - 1533
Guru Granth     7 Oct. 1708
Sahajanada     3 Apr 1781 - 1830
Narashimha Mehta       1415 - 
Tulasidas        1498 - 1624
Mira
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ys! tu naray[m! devm! äüa éÔai[ dEvtE>,
smTvenEv iv]et s pa;NfI -vedœ Øuvm!.
Çeta yugadaE c ttae ivvñan!  mnvae ddaE,
mnus! c laek æit AwRm! sutayeúvakve ddaE ,
$úvak…[a c kiwtae VyaPy laekan! AviSwt>,

ITRANS:
tretaa yugaadau cha tato vivashvaan  manavo dadau.
manus cha loka bhrati artham  .. 
sutaayekshvaakave dadau
IkshvaakuNaa cha kathito vyaapya lokaan avasthitaH.

In the beginning of Treta yuga this science of the relationship with the Supreme was delivered by Vivasvan to manu.  Manu, being the father of mankind, gave it to his son Maharaja Ikshvaku, the king of this earth planet and father of the Raghu dynasty in which Lord Ramchandra appeared.
- Mahabharata, Shanti Parva 348-51-52

AÇ mam! m&gyn! TyXya yu­ hetui-rIñrm!
m&ýma[Erœ gu[Erœ ilNgErœ A¢aým! Anumant>,

Although I, the Supreme Lord, can never be captured by ordinary sense perception, those situated in human life may use their intelligence and other facilities of perception to directly search for Me through both apparent and  indirectly by ascertained symptoms. - SMB 11-7-23

ySySyurœ ivts<kLpa> àa[eiNÔy mnaeixyam!,
v&ty> sa ivinmuR­ae dehSyae=ip ih tdœ gu[E>.

A person is considered completely liberated from the gross and subtle material bodies when all the functions of his vital energy, senses, mind and intelligence are performed without material desire.  such a person, although situated within the body, is not entangled.  - SMB 11-11-14

ywa s<kLpyedœ buÏ(ya yda va mTpr> puyan!,
miy sTye mnae yu|! j<s! twa tt! smupaîute.

A yogi who has faith in Me, absorbing his mind in Me and knowing that My purpose is always fulfilled, will always achieve his purpose by the very means he has determined to follow.   - SMB 11-15-26

svRm! mdœ -i­yaegen mdœ -­ae l-te=|! jsa,
SvgaRpvgRm! mdœ xam kwa|! icdœ yid vaÁDit.

sarvam mad bhaktiyogena mad bhakto labhate.a~n jasaa .
svargaapavargam mad dhaama kathaa~n chid yadi vaa~nchhati  .. 

Everything  that  can be achieved by fruitive activities, penance, knowledge, detachment, mystic yoga, charity, religious duties and all other means of perfecting life is easily achieved by My devotee through loving service unto Me.  If somehow or other My devotee desires promotion to heaven, liberation, or residence in My Abode, he easily achieves such benedictions. 
- SMB 11-20-33

yÇ yÇ mnae deih xaryet! sklm! ixya,
s!nehadœ Öe;adœ -yadœ vaip yait tt! tt! Svêptam!.

If out of love, hate or fear an embodied soul fixes his mind with intelligence and complete concentration upon a particular bodily form, he will certainly attain the form that he is meditating upon.  - SMB 11-9-22

A}ans<}aE -vbNxmae]aE ÖaEnam naNyaESt \t}-avat!,
Ajôict! AaTmin kevle pre ivcayRma[e tr[aivvahnI.

The conception of material bondage and liberation are both manifestations of ignorance.  Being outside the scope of true knowledge, they cause to exist when one correctly understands that  the pure spirit soul is distinct from matter and always fully conscious.  At that time bondage and liberation no longer have any significance, just as day and night have no significance from the perspective of the sun.  - SMB 10-14-26

keicdœ %Nmad£vdœ -­a baý£ilNg£àd;Rka>
keicdœ Aa<tr£-­a> Syu> keicdœ cEvae-yaTmka>
muo£àsad daFRMya½ -i­rœ }ey n caNyt>

Some devotees of the Lord exhibit external symptoms, acting like madness, others are introspective, and still others partake of both nature.  It is by one’s steadfastness and by the merciful vibrations emanating from one’s mouth that one’s devotion can be judged, not otherwise.
- SMB 11-2-40 Purport

svR-Ute;u y> pZyedœ -gvdœ -avm! AaTmn>,
-Utain -gvit Aatmin @; -agvtaeÄm>

Sri Havir said:  The most advanced devotee sees within everything the soul of all souls, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna.  Consequently he sees everything in relation to he Supreme Lord and understands that everything in relation to the Supreme Lord and understands that everything that exists is eventually situated within the Lord.  SMB 11-2-45

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Four Defects of material body:  bhrama, pramaada, vipralipsaa, and karaNapaatava:

- tendency to commit mistakes (memory or body problem)
- tendency to be illumined (intelligence problem)
- tendency to cheat (greed, anger, childishness, ignorance, selfishness)
- imperfect senses. (just a fact.)

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The individual souls are eternally separated parts of the Supersoul Krishna.  Therefore, they are prone to be covered by the illusory energy, and thus they become separated from the association of Krishna.  BG 2.23 Purport.

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The senses, the mind, and the intelligence are the sitting places of this lust.  Through them lust covers the real knowledge of the living entity and bewilders him.  BG 3.40

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The material creation is created by the Lord to give facility to the conditioned soul to fulfill its lustful propensities, and when completely baffled by prolonged lustful activities, the living entities begin to inquire about their real position.  BG 3.37 Purport

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Bhagavad-gita - accepted as it is - is a boon to humanity; but if it is accepted as a treatise of philosophical speculation, it is simply a waste of time. 
 - BG 4.2 Purport

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- Only the Lord can manufacture a system of religion.
- No one should be accepted as an avatar unless he is referred to by scriptures.
- In each and every incarnation, He speaks as much about religion as can be understood by the particular people under their particular circumstances.  - BG 4.7 Purport

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One is understood to be in full knowledge whose every endeavor is devoid of desire for sense gratification.  He is said by the sages to be a worker for whom the reactions of work have been burned up by the fire of perfect knowledge.  BG 4.19

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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (500 years ago) predicted that this culture of Sankirtana would be broadcast all over the world, from town to town and village to village.  Lord Chaitanya as the incarnation of Krishna, the Personality of Godhead, is described secretly but not directly in the confidential parts of the revealed scriptures such as Upanishads, Mahabharata and Bhagavatam.  The devotees of the Lord are very much attracted by the Sankirtana movement of the Lord Chaitanya. This avatar of the Lord does not kill miscreants, but delivers them by His causeless mercy.  - BG 4.9 Purport

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A faithful man who is dedicated to transcendental knowledge and who subdues his senses is eligible to achieve such knowledge, and having it, he quickly attains the supreme spiritual peace.  -- BG 4.39


 
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