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Q. 201. HOW CAN ONE BE IN PURE TRANSCENDENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
prajahāti yadā kāmān
sarvān pārtha mano-gatān
ātmany evātmanā tuṣṭaḥ
sthita-prajñas tadocyate
SYNONYMS
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Personality o
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Q. 204. HOW PRECIOUS IS THE HUMAN FORM OF LIFE ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
labdhvā su-durlabham idaḿ bahu-sambhavānte
mānuṣyam artha-dam anityam apīha dhīraḥ
tūrṇaḿ yateta na pated anu-mṛtyu yāvan
niḥśreyasāya viṣayaḥ khalu sarvataḥ syāt
SYNONYMS
labdhvā
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Q. 200. HOW SHOULD ONE ENGAGE ONE`S MIND ? part 2.
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
mayy eva mana ādhatsva
mayi buddhiḿ niveśaya
nivasiṣyasi mayy eva
ata ūrdhvaḿ na saḿśayaḥ
SYNONYMS
mayi — upon Me; eva — certainly; manaḥ — mind; ādhatsva — fix; mayi — upon Me; bud
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Q. 208. HOW CAN ONE PASS OVER ALL THE OBSTACLES OF CONDITIONED LIFE ? WHO SHOULD ONE DEPEND ON ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
mac-cittaḥ sarva-durgāṇi
mat-prasādāt tariṣyasi
atha cet tvam ahańkārān
na śroṣyasi vinańkṣyasi
SYNONYMS
mat — of Me; cittaḥ — being
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Q. 206. HOW DOES LORD KRISHNA TREAT HIS PURE DEVOTEES ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
nirapekṣaḿ muniḿ śāntaḿ
nirvairaḿ sama-darśanam
anuvrajāmy ahaḿ nityaḿ
pūyeyety ańghri-reṇubhiḥ
SYNONYMS
nirapekṣam — without personal desire; munim — always thinking of as
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Q. 203. WHO SHOULD ONE SURRENDER TO ? part 1
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
bahūnāḿ janmanām ante
jñānavān māḿ prapadyate
vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti
sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ
SYNONYMS
bahūnām — many; janmanām — repeated births and deaths; ante — after; jñāna-vān — on
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Q. 205. CAN A LITTLE ACTIVITY IN KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS MAKE A DIFFERENCE ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
nehābhikrama-nāśo 'sti
pratyavāyo na vidyate
sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya
trāyate mahato bhayāt
SYNONYMS
na — there is not; iha — in this yoga; abhikrama —
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Q. 203. WHO SHOULD ONE SURRENDER TO ? part 3
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
ye yathā māḿ prapadyante
tāḿs tathaiva bhajāmy aham
mama vartmānuvartante
manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ
SYNONYMS
ye — all who; yathā — as; mām — unto Me; prapadyante — surrender; tān — them;
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Q. 202. HOW CAN ONE BE ELEVATED TO THE POSITION OF SELF-REALIZATION ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto
dhṛtyātmānaḿ niyamya ca
śabdādīn viṣayāḿs tyaktvā
rāga-dveṣau vyudasya ca
vivikta-sevī laghv-āśī
yata-vāk-kāya-mānasaḥ
dhyāna-yoga-paro
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Q.197. HOW CAN ONE BE PURIFIED OF ALL CONTAMINATION CAUSED BY PREVIOUS FRUITIVE ACTIVITIES ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
yathāgninā hema malaḿ jahāti
dhmātaḿ punaḥ svaḿ bhajate ca rūpam
ātmā ca karmānuśayaḿ vidhūya
mad-bhakti-yogena bhajaty atho mām
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Q. 199. HOW CAN ONE ENJOY TRANSCENDENTAL HAPPINESS ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
niṣkiñcanā mayy anurakta-cetasaḥ
śāntā mahānto 'khila-jīva-vatsalāḥ
kāmair anālabdha-dhiyo juṣanti te
yan nairapekṣyaḿ na viduḥ sukhaḿ mama
SYNONYMS
niṣkiñcanāḥ — without any
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Q. 209. HOW CAN ONE FIND HAPPINESS WHEREVER ONE GOES ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
akiñcanasya dāntasya
śāntasya sama-cetasaḥ
mayā santuṣṭa-manasaḥ
sarvāḥ sukha-mayā diśaḥ
SYNONYMS
akiñcanasya — of one who does not desire anything; dāntasya — whose senses a
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Q. 198. HOW CAN ONE ACHIEVE PEACE ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
āpūryamāṇam acala-pratiṣṭhaḿ
samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat
tadvat kāmā yaḿ praviśanti sarve
sa śāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī
SYNONYMS
āpūryamāṇam — always being filled; acala-pratiṣṭham — stead
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Q. 203. WHO SHOULD ONE SURRENDER TO ? part 2
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekaḿ śaraṇaḿ vraja
ahaḿ tvāḿ sarva-pāpebhyo
mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ
SYNONYMS
sarva-dharmān — all varieties of religion; parityajya — abandoning; mām — unto Me
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Q. 194.WHO IS VERY DEAR TO LORD KRISHNA ? A. part 1
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāḿ
maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca
nirmamo nirahańkāraḥ
sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣamī
santuṣṭaḥ satataḿ yogī
yatātmā dṛḍha-niścayaḥ
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir
yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa
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Q. 194.WHO IS VERY DEAR TO LORD KRISHNA ? A. part 2
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
anapekṣaḥ śucir dakṣa
udāsīno gata-vyathaḥ
sarvārambha-parityāgī
yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ
SYNONYMS
anapekṣaḥ — neutral; śuciḥ — pure; dakṣaḥ — expert; udāsīnaḥ — free from car
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Q. 195. CAN THE ROAMING SENSES AFFECT A PERSON`S INTELLIGENCE ? HOW CAN ONE HAVE STEADY INTELLIGENCE ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
indriyāṇāḿ hi caratāḿ
yan mano 'nuvidhīyate
tad asya harati prajñāḿ
vāyur nāvam ivāmbhasi
SYNONYMS
indriyāṇām — of the senses
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Q. 194.WHO IS VERY DEAR TO LORD KRISHNA ? A. part 3
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca
tathā mānāpamānayoḥ
śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu
samaḥ sańga-vivarjitaḥ
tulya-nindā-stutir maunī
santuṣṭo yena kenacit
aniketaḥ sthira-matir
bhaktimān me priyo
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Q. 179. HOW CAN ONE BECOME PERFECT IN SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
yarhy abja-nābha-caraṇaiṣaṇayoru-bhaktyā
ceto-malāni vidhamed guṇa-karma-jāni
tasmin viśuddha upalabhyata ātma-tattvaḿ
śākṣād yathāmala-dṛśoḥ savitṛ-prakāśaḥ
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Q. 185. HOW CAN ONE BE PURIFIED OF ALL IMPEDIMENTS ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
smarantaḥ smārayantaś ca
mitho 'ghaugha-haraḿ harim
bhaktyā sañjātayā bhaktyā
bibhraty utpulakāḿ tanum
SYNONYMS
smarantaḥ — remembering; smārayantaḥ ca — and reminding; mitha
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