Verses
Verse topic
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.15.28
"Ritualistic ceremonies, regulative principles, austerities and the practice of yoga are all meant to control the senses and mind, but even after one is able to control the senses and mind, if he does not come to the point of meditation upon the Supreme Lord, all such activities are simply labor in frustration." https://vedy.online/en/sb7/15/28
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.15.32-34
"While continuously staring at the tip of the nose, a learned yogī practices the breathing exercises through the technical means known as pūraka, kumbhaka and recaka — controlling inhalation and exhalation and then stopping them both. In this way the yogī restricts his mind from material attachments and gives up all mental desires. As soon as the mind, being defeated by lusty desires, drifts toward feelings of sense gratification, the yogī should immediately bring it back and arrest it within the core of his heart." "When the yogī regularly practices in this way, in a short time his heart becomes fixed and free from disturbance, like a fire without flames or smoke." Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.15.32-33 & https://vedy.online/en/sb7/15/34
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.15.35
"When one’s consciousness is uncontaminated by material lusty desires, it becomes calm and peaceful in all activities, for one is situated in eternal blissful life. Once situated on that platform, one does not return to materialistic activities." https://vedy.online/en/sb7/15/35
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.15.47
"According to the Vedas, there are two kinds of activities — pravṛtti and nivṛtti. Pravṛtti activities involve raising oneself from a lower to a higher condition of materialistic life, whereas nivṛtti means the cessation of material desire. Through pravṛtti activities one suffers from material entanglement, but by nivṛtti activities one is purified and becomes fit to enjoy eternal, blissful life." https://vedy.online/en/sb7/15/47
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.15.54
"On his path of ascent, the progressive living entity enters the different worlds of fire, the sun, the day, the end of the day, the bright fortnight, the full moon, and the passing of the sun in the north, along with their presiding demigods. When he enters Brahmaloka, he enjoys life for many millions of years, and finally his material designation comes to an end. He then comes to a subtle designation, from which he attains the causal designation, witnessing all previous states. Upon the annihilation of this causal state, he attains his pure state, in which he identifies with the Supersoul. In this way the living entity becomes transcendental." https://vedy.online/en/sb7/15/54
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.15.74
"The process of chanting the holy name of the Lord is so powerful that by this chanting even householders [gṛhasthas] can very easily gain the ultimate result achieved by persons in the renounced order. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, I have now explained to you that process of religion." https://vedy.online/en/sb7/15/74
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.1.16
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, works just like an ordinary human being, yet He does not desire to enjoy the fruits of work. He is full in knowledge, free from material desires and diversions, and completely independent. As the supreme teacher of human society, He teaches His own way of activities, and thus He inaugurates the real path of religion. I request everyone to follow Him." https://vedy.online/en/sb8/1/16
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.6.12
"As one can derive fire from wood, milk from the milk bag of the cow, food grains and water from the land, and prosperity in one’s livelihood from industrial enterprises, so, by the practice of bhakti-yoga, even within this material world, one can achieve Your favor or intelligently approach You. Those who are pious all affirm this." https://vedy.online/en/sb8/6/12
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.4.25
"Those who are saturated with the transcendental happiness of rendering service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead are uninterested even in the achievements of great mystics, for such achievements do not enhance the transcendental bliss felt by a devotee who always thinks of Kṛṣṇa within the core of his heart." https://vedy.online/en/sb9/4/25
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.5.15-16
"For those who have achieved the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of the pure devotees, what is impossible to do, and what is impossible to give up?" "What is impossible for the servants of the Lord? By the very hearing of His holy name one is purified." https://vedy.online/en/sb9/5/15 & https://vedy.online/en/sb9/5/16
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.6.51
"A person desiring liberation from material bondage must give up the association of persons interested in sex life and should not employ his senses externally [in seeing, hearing, talking, walking and so on]. One should always stay in a secluded place, completely fixing his mind at the lotus feet of the unlimited Personality of Godhead, and if one wants any association at all, he should associate with persons similarly engaged." https://vedy.online/en/sb9/6/51
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.19.14
"As supplying butter to a fire does not diminish the fire but instead increases it more and more, the endeavor to stop lusty desires by continual enjoyment can never be successful. [In fact, one must voluntarily cease from material desires.]" https://vedy.online/en/sb9/19/14