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Bhagavad Gita As It IsReferences to text BG 18.65 |
BG 18.65: Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.
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| Because of the Lord’s pastimes and activities and because of His absence, it appeared that Arjuna forgot the instructions left by the Personality of Godhead. But factually this was not the case, and again he became lord of his senses. The Pandavas Retire Timely |
| SB 1.15.30 |
| Thus being fixed, one must render service unto the Supersoul situated in one’s own heart by His omnipotency. Because He is the Almighty Personality of Godhead, eternal and unlimited, He is the ultimate goal of life, and by worshiping Him one can end the cause of the conditioned state of existence. The Lord in the Heart |
| SB 2.2.6 |
| A person who is searching after the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, must certainly search for it up to this, in all circumstances, in all space and time, and both directly and indirectly. Answers by Citing the Lord's Version |
| SB 2.9.36 |
| The Lord assured the two Vaikuṇá¹ha inhabitants, Jaya and Vijaya: By practicing the mystic yoga system in anger, you will be cleansed of the sin of disobeying the brÄhmaṇas and within a very short time return to Me. The Two Doorkeepers of Vaikuntha, Jaya and Vijaya, Cursed by the Sages |
| SB 3.16.31 |
| One who is conducted by false ego and thus always distressed, both mentally and sensually, cannot tolerate the opulence of self-realized persons. Being unable to rise to the standard of self-realization, he envies such persons as much as demons envy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Talks Between Lord Siva and Sati |
| SB 4.3.21 |
| My dear King, O protector of the citizens, henceforward be very careful to execute My orders and not be misled by anything. Anyone who lives in that way, simply carrying out My orders faithfully, will always find good fortune all over the world. Lord Vishnu's Appearance in the Sacrificial Arena of Maharaja Prithu |
| SB 4.20.33 |
| By virtue of the processes of the subtle body, the living entity develops and gives up gross bodies. This is known as the transmigration of the soul. Thus the soul becomes subjected to different types of so-called enjoyment, lamentation, fear, happiness and unhappiness. Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi |
| SB 4.29.75 |
| Hearing from NÄrada’s mouth the glories of the Lord, which vanquish all the ill fortune of the world, the PracetÄs also became attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Meditating on His lotus feet, they advanced to the ultimate destination. Narada Instructs the Pracetas |
| SB 4.31.24 |
| My dear Priyavrata, according to our association with different modes of material nature, the Supreme Personality of Godhead gives us our specific bodies and the happiness and distress we achieve. One must therefore remain situated as he is and be conducted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, exactly as a blind man is led by a person who has eyes with which to see. The Activities of Maharaja Priyavrata |
| SB 5.1.15 |
| May there be good fortune throughout the universe, and may all envious persons be pacified. May all living entities become calm by practicing bhakti-yoga, for by accepting devotional service they will think of each other’s welfare. Therefore let us all engage in the service of the supreme transcendence, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and always remain absorbed in thought of Him. The Prayers Offered to the Lord by the Residents of Jambudvipa |
| SB 5.18.9 |
| 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. Instructions for Civilized Human Beings |
| SB 7.15.32-33 |
| The Supreme Personality of Godhead is full in opulence by His own gain, yet He acts as the creator, maintainer and annihilator of this material world. In spite of acting in that way, He is never entangled. Hence devotees who follow in His footsteps are also never entangled. The Manus, Administrators of the Universe |
| SB 8.1.15 |
| Arjuna felt great distress over separation from Lord Kṛṣṇa, his dearmost friend. But he consoled himself by remembering the transcendental words the Lord had sung to him. The Disappearance of Lord Sri Krishna |
| SB 11.31.21 |