Perfect Q&A’s Flashcards
Miracles are for the ignorant (pg 5)
To somebody ignorant, that’s a miracle.
But for everything there is a process, and so when you see a miracle, it’s just ignorance of the process.
……How can he teach perfect knowledge?
A human being has imperfect senses. So how can he teach perfect knowledge?
Maya
Yes. Maya-and another meaning is “illusion.” So foolish persons accept the energy as the energetic. That is Maya.
Murti
That is inconceivable energy. And because every thing is Krishna’s energy, Krishna can manifest Himself from any energy. Therefore, when we worship Krishna in a form made of something - of earth, water or something like that - that is Krishna. You cannot say that it is not Krishna. When we worship this metal form of Krishna, that is Krishna. That’s a fact, because metal is an energy of Krishna.
Murti is Krishna
The Deity is Krishna, but only if you know the process.
Attachment should be reduced to nil
If you want to get liberation from this material world, then that attachment should be reduced to nil. Otherwise, simply further attachment - You will have to take rebirth, either as a human being or as a demigod or as an animal
Sex life increases the
bodily concept of life
In the Kali Yuga
eventually there will be no marriage performances; the boy and the girl will simply agree to live together, and their relationship will exist on sexual power. If the man or the woman is deficient in sex life, then there is divorce.
The real goal of life
To go back home, back to God head. That is the real goal of life.
Duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam
This is a temporary place of miseries. You will have to be kicked out of this place. And your next life you do not know!