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Srimad BhagavatamReferences to text SB 5.5.1 |
SB 5.5.1: Lord Ṛṣabhadeva told His sons: My dear boys, of all the living entities who have accepted material bodies in this world, one who has been awarded this human form should not work hard day and night simply for sense gratification, which is available even for dogs and hogs that eat stool. One should engage in penance and austerity to attain the divine position of devotional service. By such activity, one’s heart is purified, and when one attains this position, he attains eternal, blissful life, which is transcendental to material happiness and which continues forever.
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| Whosoever you may be, O beautiful girl, we are fortunate in being able to see you. While playing with a ball, you have agitated the minds of all onlookers. Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura |
| SB 3.20.35 |
| The ritualistic ceremonies of atonement recommended in the religious scriptures are insufficient to cleanse the heart absolutely because after atonement one’s mind again runs toward material activities. Consequently, for one who wants liberation from the fruitive reactions of material activities, the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, or glorification of the name, fame and pastimes of the Lord, is recommended as the most perfect process of atonement because such chanting eradicates the dirt from one’s heart completely. Ajamila Delivered by the Vishnudutas |
| SB 6.2.12 |
| When the chief lord of the universe, Lord BrahmÄ [SvayambhÅ«], having been inspired by My energy, was attempting to create, he thought himself incapable. Therefore I gave him advice, and in accordance with My instructions he underwent extremely difficult austerities. Because of these austerities, the great Lord BrahmÄ was able to create nine personalities, including you, to help him in the functions of creation. The Hamsa-guhya Prayers |
| SB 6.4.49-50 |
| A gá¹›hastha must associate again and again with saintly persons, and with great respect he must hear the nectar of the activities of the Supreme Lord and His incarnations as these activities are described in ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam and other PurÄṇas. Thus one should gradually become detached from affection for his wife and children, exactly like a man awakening from a dream. Ideal Family Life |
| SB 7.14.3-4 |
| Kaśyapa Muni continued: What is this material body, made of five elements? It is different from the spirit soul. Indeed, the spirit soul is completely different from the material elements from which the body is made. But because of bodily attachment, one is regarded as a husband or son. These illusory relationships are caused by misunderstanding. Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship |
| SB 8.16.19 |
| One should be satisfied with whatever he achieves by his previous destiny, for discontent can never bring happiness. A person who is not self-controlled will not be happy even with possessing the three worlds. Lord Vamanadeva Begs Charity from Bali Maharaja |
| SB 8.19.24 |