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Q. What does the term self-realization mean? Does it refer to the understanding that we are not these bodies or the understanding that we are servants and our prime most duty is to serve Krishna?

Both! To understand that we are not these bodies is the first lesson in spiritual life. But who are we? Definition by negation is insufficient. The next lesson then is to understand that we are eternal spirit souls, but that knowledge is also incomplete without

Q. In the Srimad Bhagavatam 1.7.36, Krishna reminds Arjuna: "A person who knows the principles of religion does not kill an enemy who is careless, intoxicated, insane, asleep, afraid or devoid of his chariot", thereby highlighting Ashwatthama's heinous crime. But during the Mahabharata war Krishna Himself advises Arjuna to kill Karna who was devoid of his chariot and not resisting. I find this contradictory and difficult to understand. Could you please clarify this matter?

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Q. Brhat-bhagavtamrta is BBT's latest publication. On p 414 there is indication that Karna and Duryodhana were 'partial incarnations of demons'. Could you supply the background to this statement? Was it due to the past life of Karna, or some other reason as to why he was destined to suffer so much, and do so many bad things? What wrong deeds had he done in his previous life or in his present life as Karna?

There are three different angles to consider

Posted on June 13, 2010
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Prajalpa means talking all nonsense. Suppose politics. “What Mr. Nixon did
yesterday, or what did he say?” So what interest we have got in Mr. Nixon?
We shall not waste our time talking this politics, that politics, this
sociology, this cinema, this affair, no. We have nothing to do with that.
That is called prajalpa, unnecessary talking. Talking means decreasing your
duration of life. Talking. So why should you decrease your life
unnecessarily? Every

1. Weakness of heart
The four types of weakness are:
1) Attachment to objects not related to Krishna 
2) Deceitfulness or fault-finding
3) Enviousness 
4) Desire for fame

2. Aparadha – all kinds of offenses
The four types of offenses are:
1) Offenses to the holy name 
2) Offenses to the Deity 
3) Offenses to the devotees 
4) Offenses to other living entities

3. Asat-trsna – material desires
The four types of material desires are:
1) Desire for material objects 
2) Desire for heavenly comforts 
3) Desire for

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Human life is not meant for improving the standard of eating, sleeping, mating and defending. No. We should live very simply and spend our time and energy for spiritual advancement. That is the special quality of the human form of life. We have the ability to question the purpose of our existence and also to discover the answers.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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There are five levels of consciousness:

1. avrta-cetana, covered consciousness – Trees, plants, creepers, mountains…
2. sankucita-cetana, contracted, shrunken consciousness – Aquatics, birds, beasts…
3. mukulita-cetana, budding consciousness – Only Human beings
4. vikacita-cetana, blossoming consciousness – Only Human beings
5. purna-vikacita-cetana, completely blossomed consciousness – Only Human beings

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When Brahmājī was performing a great sacrifice on behalf of Varuṇa, Maharṣi Bhṛgu was born from the sacrificial fire. He was a great sage, and his very dear wife was Puloma. He couldtravel in space like Durvasa, Narada and others, and he used to visit all the planets of the universe. Before the Battle of Kurukṣetra, he tried to stop the battle. Sometimes he instructed Bhāradvāja Muni about astronomical evolution, and he is the author of the great Bhṛgu-saṁhita, the great astrological calculati

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Our material bondage is due to an illusion. What is that
illusion? That "I am this body." Dehatma-buddhi. "I am this
body, and anything which is required for this body or which I possess for the
comfort of this body, that is mine." Both of them are illusion, because I
am not this body; I am soul, aham brahmasmi. But the illusion is everyone is
thinking, "I am this body." "I am Indian," "I am
American," "I am white," "I am black," "I am
brahmana," "I am sudra," "I am this," "I am that."
So this is illusi