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Introduction
Sanskrit words have become part of our everyday speech. For example, almost no one would need to crack a dictionary to understand such phrases as "media guru," "political pundit," or "bad karma." Another Sanskrit ...
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DWT 1: What is Dharma?
sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje ahaituky apratihatā yayātmā suprasīdati The supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional ...
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DWT 2: Yes to Kṛṣṇa, No to Illusion...
vāsudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ janayaty āśu vairāgyaṁ jñānaṁ ca yad ahaitukam By rendering devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, one immediately acquires causeless knowledge and detachment from the world. ...
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DWT 3: Seeing the Free Light and the Spirit
dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ viṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥ notpādayed yadi ratiṁ śrama eva hi kevalam The occupational activities a man performs according to his own position are only so much useless labor if they do not provoke attraction for the ...
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DWT 4: The True Goal of Dharma
dharmasya hy āpavargyasya nārtho 'rthāyopakalpate nārthasya dharmaikāntasya kāmo lābhāya hi smṛtaḥ All occupational engagements are certainly meant for ultimate liberation. They should never be performed for material gain. Furthermore, ...
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DWT 5: What the Senses are Meant For
kāmasya nendriya-prītir lābho jīveta yāvatā jīvasya tattva-jijñāsā nārtho yaś ceha karmabhiḥ Life's desires should never be directed toward sense gratification. One should desire only a healthy life, or self-preservation, since a human ...
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DWT 6: Defining the Absolute Truth
vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Paramātmā or Bhagavān. —Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1 ...
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DWT 7: Seeing God within
tac chraddadhānā munayo jñāna-vairāgya-yuktayā paśyanty ātmani cātmānaṁ bhaktyā śruta-gṛhītayā The seriously inquisitive student or sage, well equipped with knowledge and detachment, realizes that Absolute Truth by rendering devotional ...
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DWT 8: The Perfect Social Order
ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭhā varṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥ svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam O best among the twice-born, it is therefore concluded that the highest perfection one can achieve by discharging the duties prescribed for one& ...
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DWT 9: The Sure Way to Know God
tasmād ekena manasā bhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥ śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca dhyeyaḥ pūjyaś ca nityadā Therefore, with one-pointed attention one should constantly hear about, glorify, remember, and worship the Personality of Godhead, who is the ...