Bhagavad Gita As It Is

References to text BG 4.34
BG 4.34: Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized souls can impart knowledge unto you because they have seen the truth.

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The great sage NÄrada also inquired in detail from his father, BrahmÄ, the great-grandfather of all the universe, after seeing him well satisfied.
Answers by Citing the Lord's Version
SB 2.9.43
In this way both swans live together in the heart. When the one swan is instructed by the other, he is situated in his constitutional position. This means he regains his original Kṛṣṇa consciousness, which was lost because of his material attraction.
Puranjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life
SB 4.28.64
Whatever doubts I have about a particular subject matter I shall ask you about later. For the time being, these mysterious yoga instructions you have given me for self-realization appear very difficult to understand. Please repeat them in a simple way so that I can understand them. My mind is very inquisitive, and I want to understand this clearly.
Conversation Between Maharaja Rahugana and Jada Bharata
SB 5.12.3
What, then, is the ultimate truth? The answer is that nondual knowledge is the ultimate truth. It is devoid of the contamination of material qualities. It gives us liberation. It is the one without a second, all-pervading and beyond imagination. The first realization of that knowledge is Brahman. Then ParamÄtmÄ, the Supersoul, is realized by the yogÄ«s who try to see Him without grievance. This is the second stage of realization. Finally, full realization of the same supreme knowledge is realized in the Supreme Person. All learned scholars describe the Supreme Person as VÄsudeva, the cause of Brahman, ParamÄtmÄ and others.
Conversation Between Maharaja Rahugana and Jada Bharata
SB 5.12.11
When the conditioned soul accepts the shelter of the creeper of fruitive activity, he may be elevated by his pious activities to higher planetary systems and thus gain liberation from hellish conditions, but unfortunately he cannot remain there. After reaping the results of his pious activities, he has to return to the lower planetary systems. In this way he perpetually goes up and comes down.
The Material World as the Great Forest of Enjoyment
SB 5.14.41
King Pratīha personally propagated the principles of self-realization. In this way, not only was he purified, but he became a great devotee of the Supreme Person, Lord Viṣṇu, and directly realized Him.
The Glories of the Descendants of King Priyavrata
SB 5.15.4
Although King Gaya had no personal desire for sense gratification, all his desires were fulfilled by virtue of his performance of Vedic rituals. All the kings with whom MahÄrÄja Gaya had to fight were forced to fight on religious principles. They were very satisfied with his fighting, and they would present all kinds of gifts to him. Similarly, all the brÄhmaṇas in his kingdom were very satisfied with King Gaya’s munificent charities. Consequently the brÄhmaṇas contributed a sixth of their pious activities for King Gaya’s benefit in the next life.
The Glories of the Descendants of King Priyavrata
SB 5.15.11
King Indra said: Therefore with great frankness and without duplicity I shall now bow my head at the lotus feet of Bá¹›haspati, the spiritual master of the demigods. Because he is in the mode of goodness, he is fully aware of all knowledge and is the best of the brÄhmaṇas. Now I shall touch his lotus feet and offer my obeisances unto him to try to satisfy him.
Indra Offends His Spiritual Master, Brihaspati.
SB 6.7.15
King Indra, who performed one hundred sacrifices, received this prayer of protection from Viśvarūpa. After conquering the demons, he enjoyed all the opulences of the three worlds.
The Narayana-kavaca Shield
SB 6.8.42
The living entity, who has received his present body because of his past fruitive activity, may end the results of his actions in this life, but this does not mean that he is liberated from bondage to material bodies. The living entity receives one type of body, and by performing actions with that body he creates another. Thus he transmigrates from one body to another, through repeated birth and death, because of his gross ignorance.
What Prahlada Learned in the Womb
SB 7.7.47
O best of persons, O supreme director, those who actually aspire for supreme good fortune worship this form of Your Lordship according to the Vedic Tantras. My Lord, we can see all the three worlds in You.
The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce
SB 8.6.9
O Supreme Lord, for self-realization I surrender unto You, who are worshiped by the demigods as the supreme controller of everything. By Your instructions, exposing life’s purpose, kindly cut the knot from the core of my heart and let me know the destination of my life.
Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation
SB 8.24.53
O King ParÄ«ká¹£it, the transcendental activities of Lord RÄmacandra have been described by great saintly persons who have seen the truth. Because you have heard again and again about Lord RÄmacandra, the husband of mother SÄ«tÄ, I shall describe these activities only in brief. Please listen.
The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Ramacandra
SB 9.10.3
My Lord, You are the same person who in the beginning created this material world by His personal external energy. After the creation of this world of three guṇas [sattva, rajas and tamas], You appear to have entered it, although in fact You have not.
The Birth of Lord Krishna
SB 10.3.14