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hierarchy: Nectar of Instruction
hierarchy: Text Two
NOI 2
atyāhāraḥ prayāsaś ca prajalpo niyamāgrahaḥ jana-saṅgaś ca laulyaṁ ca ṣaḍbhir bhaktir vinaśyati
NOI 2
One’s devotional service is spoiled when he becomes too entangled in the following six activities: (1) eating more than necessary …
NOI 2
Human life is meant for plain living and high thinking. Since all conditioned living beings are under the control of …
NOI 2
mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha daivīṁ prakṛtim āśritāḥ bhajanty ananya-manaso jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam
NOI 2
“O son of Pṛthā, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. …
NOI 2
The word mahātmā refers to those who are broad-minded, not cripple-minded. Cripple-minded persons, always engaged in satisfying their senses, sometimes …
NOI 2
In the above-quoted verse from Bhagavad-gītā, the words daivīṁ prakṛtim refer to the control of the internal potency, or pleasure …
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Indeed, all living entities within this material world are under the control of mahā-māyā, whose business is to subject them …
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The main problem confronting the conditioned souls is the repetition of birth, old age, disease and death. In the material …
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According to nature’s arrangement, living entities lower on the evolutionary scale do not eat or collect more than necessary. Consequently …
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Collecting and eating more than necessary also causes prayāsa, or unnecessary endeavor. By God’s arrangement, anyone in any part of …
NOI 2
Human life is meant for God realization, and the human being is given higher intelligence for this purpose. Those who …