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Q. 182. WHAT IS THE POWER OF THE HOLY NAME ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
ajñānād athavā jñānād
uttamaśloka-nāma yat
sańkīrtitam aghaḿ puḿso
dahed edho yathānalaḥ
SYNONYMS
ajñānāt — out of ignorance; athavā — or; jñānāt — with knowledge; uttamaśloka — of th
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Q. 188. WHY SHOULD ONE MEDITATE ON LORD KRISHNA ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
oḿ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya
janmādy asya yato 'nvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ svarāṭ
tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye muhyanti yat sūrayaḥ
tejo-vāri-mṛdāḿ yathā vinimayo yat
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Q. 183. WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLE ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
etāvān eva loke 'smin
puḿsāḿ dharmaḥ paraḥ smṛtaḥ
bhakti-yogo bhagavati
tan-nāma-grahaṇādibhiḥ
SYNONYMS
etāvān — this much; eva — indeed; loke asmin — in this material world; p
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Q. 187. HOW CAN THE MIND BE ABSORBED IN THE SUPREME LORD ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
viṣayān dhyāyataś cittaḿ
viṣayeṣu viṣajjate
mām anusmarataś cittaḿ
mayy eva pravilīyate
SYNONYMS
viṣayān — objects of sense gratification; dhyāyataḥ — of one who is meditatin
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Q. 184. HOW CAN ONE BE FREE FROM MATERIAL BONDAGE ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
nātaḥ paraḿ karma-nibandha-kṛntanaḿ
mumukṣatāḿ tīrtha-padānukīrtanāt
na yat punaḥ karmasu sajjate mano
rajas-tamobhyāḿ kalilaḿ tato 'nyathā
SYNONYMS
na — not; ataḥ — therefore
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Q. 191. WHICH SCRIPTURE PROPOUNDS THE HIGHEST TRUTH ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo 'tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāḿ satāḿ
vedyaḿ vāstavam atra vastu śivadaḿ tāpa-trayonmūlanam
śrīmad-bhāgavate mahā-muni-kṛte kiḿ vā parair īśvaraḥ
sadyo hṛ
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Q. 193. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT IS SEPARATE FROM LORD KRISHNA ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
khaḿ vāyum agniḿ salilaḿ mahīḿ ca
jyotīḿṣi sattvāni diśo drumādīn
sarit-samudrāḿś ca hareḥ śarīraḿ
yat kiḿ ca bhūtaḿ praṇamed ananyaḥ
SYNONYMS
kham — ether; vāyum — ai
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Q. 192. HOW CAN ONE BE DELIVERED FROM THE OCEAN OF BIRTH AND DEATH ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
ye tu sarvāṇi karmāṇi
mayi sannyasya mat-parāḥ
ananyenaiva yogena
māḿ dhyāyanta upāsate
teṣām ahaḿ samuddhartā
mṛtyu-saḿsāra-sāgarāt
bhavāmi na cirāt pārtha
mayy ā
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Q. 190. HOW SHOULD ONE BEHAVE TOWARDS THE SPIRITUAL MASTER ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
ācāryaḿ māḿ vijānīyān
nāvamanyeta karhicit
na martya-buddhyāsūyeta
sarva-deva-mayo guruḥ
SYNONYMS
ācāryam — the spiritual master; mām — Myself; vijānīyāt — one should k
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Q. 189. HOW CAN ONE ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF DEVOTIONAL SERVICE ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
na yasya svaḥ para iti
vitteṣv ātmani vā bhidā
sarva-bhūta-samaḥ śāntaḥ
sa vai bhāgavatottamaḥ
SYNONYMS
na — there is not; yasya — of whom; svaḥ paraḥ iti
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Q. 186. HOW CAN ONE ACHIEVE THE SHELTER OF THE LORD`S LOTUS FEET ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
tadā pumān mukta-samasta-bandhanas
tad-bhāva-bhāvānukṛtāśayākṛtiḥ
nirdagdha-bījānuśayo mahīyasā
bhakti-prayogeṇa samety adhokṣajam
SYNONYMS
tadā — at that time;
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Q. 176. HOW CAN ONE BE BLESSED WITH EXPANDED INTELLIGENCE AND EXPANDED INFLUENCE ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
sa vai mahā-bhāgavato mahātmā
mahānubhāvo mahatāḿ mahiṣṭhaḥ
pravṛddha-bhaktyā hy anubhāvitāśaye
niveśya vaikuṇṭham imaḿ vihāsyati
SYNONYMS
saḥ
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Q. 173. WHAT IS THE MOST PERFECT PROCESS OF ATONEMENT ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
naikāntikaḿ tad dhi kṛte 'pi niṣkṛte
manaḥ punar dhāvati ced asat-pathe
tat karma-nirhāram abhīpsatāḿ harer
guṇānuvādaḥ khalu sattva-bhāvanaḥ
SYNONYMS
na — not; aikāntik
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Q. 171. WHO CAN KNOW KRISHNA IN HIS FULL GLORY ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
sa veda dhātuḥ padavīḿ parasya
duranta-vīryasya rathāńga-pāṇeḥ
yo 'māyayā santatayānuvṛttyā
bhajeta tat-pāda-saroja-gandham
SYNONYMS
saḥ — He alone; veda — can know; dhātuḥ —
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Q. 177. WHO CAN UPROOT THE WEEDS OF SINFUL ACTIONS ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
kecit kevalayā bhaktyā
vāsudeva-parāyaṇāḥ
aghaḿ dhunvanti kārtsnyena
nīhāram iva bhāskaraḥ
SYNONYMS
kecit — some people; kevalayā bhaktyā — by executing unalloyed devotional s
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Q. 180. HOW CAN THE CONSCIOUSNESS BE PURIFIED ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
kathaḿ vinā roma-harṣaḿ
dravatā cetasā vinā
vinānandāśru-kalayā
śudhyed bhaktyā vināśayaḥ
SYNONYMS
katham — how; vinā — without; roma-harṣam — standing of the hairs on end; dravatā
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Q. 178. WHEN DOES REAL DEVOTION AND DEVOTIONAL SERVICE BEGIN ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
satāḿ prasańgān mama vīrya-saḿvido
bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ
taj-joṣaṇād āśv apavarga-vartmani
śraddhā ratir bhaktir anukramiṣyati
SYNONYMS
satām — of pure
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Q. 181. WHO CAN SWIM IN THE OCEAN OF NECTAR ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
yasya bhaktir bhagavati
harau niḥśreyaseśvare
vikrīḍato 'mṛtāmbhodhau
kiḿ kṣudraiḥ khātakodakaiḥ
SYNONYMS
yasya — of whom; bhaktiḥ — devotional service; bhagavati — to the Supreme P
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Q. 175. WHAT AWAKENS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
na niṣkṛtair uditair brahma-vādibhis
tathā viśuddhyaty aghavān vratādibhiḥ
yathā harer nāma-padair udāhṛtais
tad uttamaśloka-guṇopalambhakam
SYNONYMS
na — not; niṣkṛtaiḥ — by the process
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Q. 172. HOW CAN ONE GAIN DISTASTE FOR SENSE GRATIFICATION ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
bhaktyā pumāñ jāta-virāga aindriyād
dṛṣṭa-śrutān mad-racanānucintayā
cittasya yatto grahaṇe yoga-yukto
yatiṣyate ṛjubhir yoga-mārgaiḥ
SYNONYMS
bhaktyā — by devot
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