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By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

In the past, in an age we all know approximately basically from the epics of old India, the nice sage Kapila made His visual appeal on earth-from the womb of the saintly Devahuti. whilst her husband left domestic to hunt non secular perfection within the woodland, Devahuti implored her divine son Kapila to steer her to enlightenment. Lord Kapila then confirmed her the way in which of Sankhya-the analytical pathway to the next realizing of the area, the self, and the last word resource of every thing. the following the world's so much unique instructor of Vedic philosophy and faith indicates us simply how proper Lord Kapila's historic teachings are to us this day. throughout the approach of Sankhya, as defined during this booklet, we know about the characteristics of the non secular grasp, the technological know-how of meditation, the psychology of awareness, the indications of the self-realized individual, the key of transcendental wisdom, and the attainment of ultimate liberation.

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Mother Durga is often portrayed as chastising demons by piercing them with a trident. Those who are learned and intelligent look to the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead for relief from the threefold miseries of material existence. Although this material world is nothing but darkness, people are very proud of their eyes. " Why is the emphasis placed on seeing? " If we are devotees, lovers of God, the ointment of love will clear our eyes. In order to see God, we have to cleanse our eyes by wiping away the cataracts of material contamination.

You are the ax which can cut the tree of material existence. I therefore offer my obeisances unto You, who are the greatest of all transcendentalists, and I inquire from You as to the relationship between man and woman and between spirit and matter. PURPORT Sankhya philosophy, as is well known, deals with prakrti and purusa. Purusa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead or anyone who imitates the Supreme Personality of Godhead as an enjoyer, and prakrti is nature. In this material world, material nature is being exploited by the purusas, or the living entities.

They remain in the spiritual world of the Vaikunthas. They are also persons like us, but they are eternal persons, complete with full knowledge and bliss. That is the difference between them and us. That is tattva jnana. Unless we understand the variegatedness of the Absolute Truth, there is a chance that we will fall down. It is not sufficient simply to stick to the indefinite, impersonal feature of the Absolute Truth: aruhya krcchrena param padam tatah patanty adho 'nadrta-yusmad-anghrayah (SB.

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