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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. 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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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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 174. WHO DO NOT SUFFER FROM MATERIAL MISERIES ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
mad-āśrayāḥ kathā mṛṣṭāḥ
śṛṇvanti kathayanti ca
tapanti vividhās tāpā
naitān mad-gata-cetasaḥ
SYNONYMS
mat-āśrayāḥ — about Me; kathāḥ — stories; mṛṣṭāḥ — delightful; śṛṇvanti
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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. 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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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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Simply by chanting Hare Krishna
one can be freed from all undesirable habits.
Chanting Hare Krishna with strong attachment
one achieves the fruit of love of God very soon.
By chanting Hare Krishna we are engaging in the devotional service,
the divine s
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'eka' kṛṣṇa-nāme kare sarva-pāpa nāśa
premera kāraṇa bhakti karena prakāśa
Simply chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra without offenses vanquishes all sinful activities. Thus pure devotional service, which is the cause of love of Godhead, becomes manife
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Mantra: "man" means "mind" and "tra" means "to deliver".Thus a mantra is a transcendental sound vibration with potency to liberate the mind from material conditioning. "Hare" is the vocative case (addressing form) of "Hari". This is another name for K
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By constant chanting, then one come to realize Parabrahman (the Supreme Brahman), or the Absolute Truth. Any person, under any circumstances, can reach an elevated state of consciousness by properly hearing the Bhagavad-gītā, and then, by constantly c
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