are like the moon (moon is a star)
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Imported quote 14594 The speculators, the jnanis, go on speculating about the Supreme Personality of Godhead for many many hundreds of thousands of years, but unless one is favored by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one cannot understand His supreme glories. All the great sages mentioned in this verse have their planets near Brahmaloka, the planet where Lord Brahma resides along with four great sages-Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanandana and Sanat-kumara. These sages reside in different stars known as the southern stars, which circle the pole star. The pole star, called Dhruvaloka, is the pivot of this universe, and all planets move around this pole star. All the stars are planets, as far as we can see, within this one universe. According to Western theory, all the stars are different suns, but according to Vedic information, there is only one sun within this universe. All the so-called stars are but different planets. Besides this universe, there are many millions of other universes, and each of them contains similar innumerable stars and planets.
(More...) Imported quote 17490 Show noteThe scientists, they say the stars are all suns, but according to our information, in the Bhagavad-gita, naksatranam aham sasi [Bg 10.21]. Sasi means the moon is just like so many stars. So what is the position of the moon? Moon is bright, being reflection of the sun. So according to our calculation the sun is one. But the modern scientists say that there are so many suns, the stars. We don't agree.
(More...) Imported quote 19221 As soon as you give up this mentality that "I am the enjoyer," as soon as we change our mentality, that "Krsna is enjoyer," then immediately we become liberated. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita. Avyabhicarena bhakti-yogena yaḥ sevate, sa gunan samatityaitan [Bg 14.26]. Here it also said, vikarams ca gunams caiva viddhi prakrti-sambhavan. We have become servant of the three gunas, three qualities of this material world. Somebody is very proud of becoming good, goodness, like brahmana quality. That is good. In the material world that is first-class quality. The second-class quality: passionate, very active. All people are very active for enjoyment, passionate. And some people are in ignorance. They do not know what is goodness and what is passion. They can simply waste their time by laziness and sleeping. Sleeping.
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