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Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Spiritual Life Is Scientific
So bhagavat-tattva-vijnanam. Vijnana means science. It is not concoction, speculation. It is a science. Just like mathematics is a science: “Two plus two equal to four.” You cannot make two plus two equal to five according to your whims. No. Anywhere you...
Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Bound By So Many Knots
Karmani nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bhajam [Bs. 5.54]. In the Brahma-samhita this is, that “Those who have taken to Krsna consciousness, their karma, their action of, resultant action of karma, is stopped.” How it is stopped? Krsna gives you assurance in the...
Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Spiritual Life Is Scientific
So if you want to know God, then you have to follow the prescribed rules and regulations of bhagavad-bhakti-yoga. It is very simple. It is made very easy, especially in this age: simply by chanting Hare Krsna mantra. It’s so made easy,...
Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Spiritual Life Is Scientific
So it is not so easy to understand Sri Krsna. Manusyanam sahasresu kascid yatati siddhaye, yatatam api siddhanam: (BG. 7.3)“Those who have endeavored for perfection of life, out of many such persons, one can hardly understand Krsna.” It is not so easy. But...
Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Spiritual Life Is Scientific
This is the sign. Evam prasanna-manaso bhagavad-bhakti-yogatah (SB 1.2.20). Then you can understand what is God. God is not so cheap: “Come on, I shall show you God. You haven’t got to follow any rules and regulations.” People want to be cheated. Therefore...
Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Knot Between Matter And Spirit
So everyone is suffering or enjoying the resultant action of his karma. Yas tv indra-gopam athavendram aho sva-karma-bandhanurupa. Bandhana. As he’s bound up by the resultant action of karma… Bandhanurupa-phala-bhajanam ata… They are getting different results of their karma. It is...
