Verses
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.4.25
"The three states of intelligence are called waking consciousness, sleep and deep sleep. But, my dear King, the variegated experiences created for the pure living entity by these different states are nothing more than illusion." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/4/25
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.4.27-29
"My dear King, it is stated [in the Vedānta-sūtra] that the ingredient cause that constitutes any manifested product in this universe can be perceived as a separate reality, just as the threads that make up a cloth can be perceived separately from their product." "Anything experienced in terms of general cause and specific effect must be an illusion, because such causes and effects exist only relative to each other. Indeed, whatever has a beginning and an end is unreal." "Although perceived, the transformation of even a single atom of material nature has no ultimate definition without reference to the Supreme Soul. To be accepted as factually existing, something must possess the same quality as pure spirit — eternal, unchanging existence." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/4/27 & https://vedy.online/en/sb12/4/28 & https://vedy.online/en/sb12/4/29
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.4.30
"There is no material duality in the Absolute Truth. The duality perceived by an ignorant person is like the difference between the sky contained in an empty pot and the sky outside the pot, or the difference between the reflection of the sun in water and the sun itself in the sky, or the difference between the vital air within one living body and that within another body." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/4/30
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.4.36-37
"All material entities undergo transformation and are constantly and swiftly eroded by the mighty currents of time. The various stages of existence that material things exhibit are the perpetual causes of their generation and annihilation." "These stages of existence created by beginningless and endless time, the impersonal representative of the Supreme Lord, are not visible, just as the infinitesimal momentary changes of position of the planets in the sky cannot be directly seen." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/4/36 & https://vedy.online/en/sb12/4/37
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.6.29
"This is indeed the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu’s illusory energy, which is unstoppable and difficult to perceive. Although the individual spirit souls are part and parcel of the Lord, through the influence of this illusory energy they are bewildered by their identification with various material bodies." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/6/29
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 1.54
"“What appears to be truth without Me is certainly My illusory energy, for nothing can exist without Me. It is like a reflection of a real light in the shadows, for in the light there are neither shadows nor reflections." Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ād-līlā 1.54
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 9.42-43
"“ ‘It is the duty of every living being to perform welfare activities for the benefit of others with his life, wealth, intelligence and words.’" "“ ‘By his work, thoughts and words, an intelligent man must perform actions which will be beneficial for all living entities in this life and the next.’" Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 9.42 & 9.43
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 13.123
"Anyone who attains a human body but does not take to the cult of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is baffled in his opportunity. Amṛtadhunī is a flowing river of the nectar of devotional service. If after getting a human body one drinks the water in a poison pit of material happiness instead of the water of such a river, it would be better for him not to have lived, but to have died long ago." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 13.123
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 16.11
"If one becomes a bookworm, reading many books and scriptures and hearing many commentaries and the instructions of many men, this will produce doubt within his heart. One cannot in this way ascertain the real goal of life." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 16.11
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā 20.117
"“Forgetting Kṛṣṇa, the living entity has been attracted by the external feature from time immemorial. Therefore the illusory energy [māyā] gives him all kinds of misery in his material existence." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 20.117
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā 20.145
"“ ‘There are many types of Vedic literatures and supplementary Purāṇas. In each of them there are particular demigods who are spoken of as the chief demigods. This is just to create an illusion for moving and nonmoving living entities. Let them perpetually engage in such imaginations. However, when one analytically studies all these Vedic literatures collectively, he comes to the conclusion that Lord Viṣṇu is the one and only Supreme Personality of Godhead.’" Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 20.145
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā 22.88-90
"“ ‘By association with worldly people, one becomes devoid of truthfulness, cleanliness, mercy, gravity, spiritual intelligence, shyness, austerity, fame, forgiveness, control of the mind, control of the senses, fortune and all opportunities. One should not at any time associate with a coarse fool who is bereft of the knowledge of self-realization and who is no more than a toy animal in the hands of a woman. The illusion and bondage that accrue to a man from attachment to any other object are not as complete as that resulting from association with a woman or with men too much attached to women.’" Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 22.88-90