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• 1. Shath-guna: the six qualities of a material existence:

1. Ksut/Ksudha- Hunger

2. Pipasa/Trsna – Thirst

3. Soka/Çocanti - Lamentation

4. Moha - Illusion

5. Jara - Infirmity old age

6. Måtyu - Death

   1. Shath-ûrmi: the six forms of material misery, the six 'waves' of the ocean of matter

1. They are born

2. They grow

3. The remain for some duration

4. They produce some by-products

5. They dwindle

6. They vanish

(1) a poison giver,

(2) one who sets fire to the house,

(3) one who attacks with deadly weapons,

(4) one who plunders riches,

(5) one who occupies another’s land, and

(6) one who kidnaps a wife.

1. received as a gift,

2. bought,

3. brought up,

4. adopted,

5. conceived with other women.

6. Plus one's own.

1. Utsähät - being enthusiastic

2. endeavoring with confidence

3. Dhairya - patience

4. acting according to regulative principles

5. abandoning association with non-devotees

6. following in the footsteps of previous acaryas

1. Atyähära - Eating more than necessary or collecting more funds than required.

2. Prayäsa - Over endeavoring for mundane things that are very difficult to obtain

3. Prajalpa - Talking unnecessarily about mundane subject matters

4. niyamägraha - Practicing the scriptural rules and regulations only for the sake of following them and not for the sake of spiritual advancement, or rejecting the rules and regulations of the scriptures and working independently or whimsically.

5. Jana-saìgaç ca - Associating with worldly-minded persons who are not interested in Krsna-consciousness

6. Laulyam- Being greedy for mundane achievements

1. Ears,

2. eyes,

3. tounge,

4. smell,

5. touch and

6. mind.

• 1. Angas: limbs, accessories of the Veda, viz.

1. S'îkshâ (phonetics; how to represent vocal sounds by signs and written characters),

2. kalpa (the rituals, prescriptions of rules for ceremony and sacrifice),

3. Vyâkarana (grammar; the art concerned with the right use and application of the rules of a language ),

4. chandas (prosody: syllable accents; the laws of versification or metrical composition)

5. Jyotisha (astronomy),

6. Nirukta (etymology; to retrace the original meaning of single or composite terms).

The six Vishnu purânas:

'1. S'rîmad Bhâgavata purâna (18.000 verses) has because of its beautiful presentation style, a high rank in Sanskrit literature. It contains tales related to various incarnations of Lord Vishnu and mainly deals with the life and plays of Lord Krishna.

2. Vishnu purâna (23.000 verses) Contains five parts.

First part narrates about the creation of the universe, pralaya and the churning of the ocean.

Second part contains geographical description of earth divided into seven islands.

Third part describes about the origin of Bhuddhism .

Fourth part contains a description about the populating of the earth from the beginning.

Fifth part is entirely devoted to the life and plays of Lord Krishna (Stories of various devotees; a description of varnâsrama; the six angas of the Veda; a description of the age of Kali; description of Sveta Varâha Kalpa, Vishnu dharmotara. Varâha Kala, Visnu dharmotara).

3. Nâradiya purâna (25.000 verses) is a vaishnava purâna

presented in a style of dialogue between Nârada and Sanat-kumâra. This purâna contains detailed description of major places of pilgrimage (a synopsis of everything; it describes Jagannatha Puri, Dvârakâ, Badrinatha, etc. ).

4. Padma purâna (55.000 verses) Contains five parts.

First part, sage Pulastya explains the essence of religion to Bhîshma.

Second part contains a description of the earth.

Third part contains tales of creation as well as geographical description of India.

Fourth part describes the life of Lord Rama.

Fifth part, essential knowledge of religion has been discussed in dialogue style between Lord S'iva and Pârvatî. (Contains the glory of S'rîmad - Bhâgavatam;the stories of Râma, Jagannatha, Matsya, Ekâdas'î, Bhrigu, etc. )

5. Varâha purâna (24.000 verses) contains the tale of rescue of the earth by the avatâr Varâha (boar incarnation) of Lord Vishnu. (Describes different vratas; Lord Vishnu 's glories).

6. Garuda purâna (19.000 verses) is about Lord Vishnu preaching his vehicle, Garuda about the subtleties of religion and life. Besides, trivial tales related to religion and moral, this purâna also contains description of diamond like jewels and the ways to identify best kind of jewels. (Subject of Bhagavad-gîtâ; reincarnation; vishnusahaasra- nama; description of Tarsya Kalpa .)'

The six Brahmâ purânas are:

'1. Vâmana purâna (10.000 verses) is the purâna is entirely devoted to Vâmana avatâra (incarnation) of Lord Vishn u narrated in dialogue style between the sage Pulastya and the devoted Nârada .

2. Mârakandeya purâna (9.000 verses) begins with a question put forth by sage Jaimini. In reply to this question, sage Mârkandeya narrates what constitutes the subject matter of this purâna (Stories of Râma and Krishna).

3. Brahmâ purâna (10.000 verses) Contains two parts - Purva Bhâga and Uttar Bhâga.

Purva Bhâga contains tales of creation, description of Lord Râma and Lord Krishna.

Uttar Bhâga contains a detailed description of Purushottama Tîrtha prominent among all the holy places.

4. Brahma vaivarta purâna (18.000 verses) This purâna contains four parts.

First part contains the tale of creation.

Second part contains tales related to goddesses.

Third part contains tales related to Lord Ganesha.

Fourth part, tales related to the life and plays of Lord Krishna have been given. (Contains the glories and pastimes of Râdhâ and Krishna).

5. Brahmânda purâna (12.000 verses) It is the last of the eighteen purânas. Presently it is available in different pieces and no connection seems to exist between them. Once, it had contained Aadhyatma Ramâyana. (Describes the vedanga's and the Adi Kalpa).

6. Bhavishya purâna (14.500 verses): This purâna contains five parvas (parts).

The first part contains description of creation.

Second, third and fourth parts contain detailed description of lord S'iva, Lord Vishnu and Sûrya respectively.

In the fifth part, description of heaven has been given (Contains the glories of devotional service; prediction of Lord Caitanya ).'

• 1. The six S'iva purânas are:

  2. '1. Skanda purâna (81.100 verses) It is the largest purâna. It is mainly devoted to Kârtikeya (Skanda) the son of lord S'iva and Pârvatî. Besides, it contains a lot of tales related to lord Siva and many holy places of pilgrimage devoted prominently to S'iva.

  4. 2. S'iva mahapurâna (24.000 verses) It is also a huge compilation of 135 tales devoted primarily to the life and plays of lord S'iva. It is divided into seven samhitâs, which together contain more than twenty-four thousand stanzas.

  6. 3. Kurma purâna (17.000 verses) Lord Himself has narrated this purâna in Kurma (tortoise) incarnation to Nârada. Nârada narrated it to Sutaji who in his turn narrated it to an assembly of great sages (Contains the conversation between Krishna and the Sungod - mentioned in Bhagavad-gîtâ; Dhanvantari ; and describes the Lakshmî Kalpa ).

  8. 4. Matsya purâna (14.000 verses) is about the Lord's fish incarnation and the preservation of Manu and the seeds of all life during the destruction (pralaya) by the Matsya avatâra (Temple construction; describes Vâmana and Varâha Kalpas).

  10. 5. Linga purâna (11.000 verses): Preaching about the glory of lord Siva & Linga worship is the main objective of this purâna. In two parts, this purâna contains tales related to the creation of the universe, origin of the linga, of the Veda's, lord Brahmâ, Lord Vishnu etc. from this linga (Contains the glory of Lord Nrisimhadeva; Janârdha a; the story of Ambarîsha Mahârâja; the glories of Gâyatrî).

  12. 6. Agni purâna (15.400 verses) is devoted to Agni. It is presented in preaching style by Agni to sage Vasishthha. It contains the description of various incarnations of God, Lord Râma and Krishna as well as of the earth and stars (Contains the description of Salagrama; describes the Isana Kalpa ).'

  13. - There are ten characteristics of a purâna:

1. - The creation (of this universe, sarga),

2. - the subsequent creation (of different worlds and beings, visarga),

3. - the maintenance (the sustenance, the vritti or sthâna)

4. - and protection (the rakshâ or poshana of the living beings),

5. - the reigns (the manvantaras of the various Manus),

6. - the dynasties (vams'as),

7. - the narrations about them (vams'a-anucaritam),

8. - the annihilation (of different kinds, pralaya or samsthâ),

9. - the motivation (of individuality or hetu)

10. - and the supreme shelter (of the Fortunate One or apâs'raya), (see 2.10: 1 and 12.7: 9-10).

• 1. Shad-bhuja: the followers of C a i t a n y a M a h â p r a b h u also worship Him in His six-armed form of shad-bhuja.

1. Two arms carry the waterpot and danda of the sannyâsî Caitanya Mahâpra hu,

2. two arms carry the flute of Lord Krishna, and

3. two arms carry the bow and arrow of Sr î Râmacandra. This shad-bhuja form is the actual purport of verse

   1. Shath-varga: the six enemies with the six senses (the five plus the mind) of

4. Kama lust,

5. Krodha anger,

6. Lobha greed,

7. Moha madness/illusion,

8. Mada intoxication and pride

9. Matsarya envy

• 1. also called six plunderers, shath dasyûn

Upavedas: 'secondary Vedas.' A class of texts on sacred sciences, composed by rishis over the course of time to amplify and apply the vedic knowledge. The four prominent upavedas (each encompassing numerous texts) are:

1 Arthaveda (statecraft),

2 Âyurveda (health),

3 Dhanurveda (military science) and

4 Gandharvaveda (music and the arts).

Also sometimes classed as upavedas are the:

5 Sthapatyaveda (on architecture) and the

6 Kâma s'astras (texts on erotic love). (source: Hindu-dictionary).

The six agents of sense gratification are

1. the tongue,

2. the genitals,

3. the belly,

4. anger, the

5. mind and

6. words.

   1. Saranagati is the external symptom of faith - real paramarthika sraddha (transcendental faith)

7. anukulyasya sankalpah (favorable, solemn vow/accept)

8. pratikulyasya varjanam (unfavorable, reject)

9. raksisyatiti visvaso (He will protect, thus, strong conviction)

10. goptrtve varanam (in being the guardian, like the father or husband, master or maintainer, accept)

11. atma-niksepa (full self-surrender)

12. Karpanye (meekness/humility)

13. Brahma - In a brahma bath one chants mantras while sprinkling water on one’s body.

14. Agneya - To rub one’s body with ashes is to have an agneya bath.

15. Vayavya - To do the same with cowdung is to have a vagavya bath

16. Divya - Sunbathing means having a divya bath

17. Varuna - In a varuna bath one bathes with water and

18. yougika. - And if one meditates on Vishnu, one can have a yougika bath, without doing anything else.

• 1. There are six features of conjugal love affairs, called

19. peacemaking,

20. picking a quarrel,

21. going to meet one’s lover,

22. sitting together,

23. separation and

24. support.

The transcendental Abodes of the Supreme Lord Krsna who is sac-cid-ananda Vigraha nature (eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss), has unlimited Abodes. Its six divisions of abodes of The Supreme Lord Krsna in descending order are called: They are found in the Spiritual Sky as well as the Material sky.

1. Goloka Vrindavan,

2. Navadvipa,

3. Mathura,

4. Dvaraka,

5. Ayodhya,

6. Vaikuntha (24 forms of Vishnu seen on the cover page of Bhagavatam).

Six levels of souls are there with budding consciousness

1) Uncivilized tribes of ignorant people, like the Pulindas (aborigines) and the Sabaras (mountain people), etc.

2) Civilized races which have a development of materialistic knowledge and science, as well as an emphasis on industrialized production of material goods; they do not know what is proper moral conduct, nor do they have actual faith in God; these are the characteristics of the mlecchas (meat-eating races), etc.

3) Races which have no personal God, but which are very fond of the natural beauty of the material world, like the Buddhists, etc.

4) Races whose ethics are endowed with a philosophy and faith of an imaginary God, just like the karma-vadis (worshippers of various demigods, etc., who do good with the hope of being elevated to higher planets. This is called imaginary because they believe various demigods to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead).

5) Races which accept the true Lord of Creation, but do not perform devotional service unto Him.

6) Races who are fond of the nirvisesa-vada (doctrine of ultimate impersonal oneness), like the jnana-kandis (those who practice the path of intellectually-wrangled spiritual knowledge).

In the process of surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead there are six items:

1. to accept everything favorable for devotional service,

2. to reject everything unfavorable for devotional service,

3. to believe that Kåñëa will always give protection,

4. to identify oneself with Kåñëa’s devotees,

5. always to feel inability without the help of Kåñëa and

6. always to think oneself inferior to Kåñëa, even though one may have full capacity to perform something on his own

1. Offering gifts in charity,

2. accepting charitable gifts,

3. revealing one's mind in confidence,

4. inquiring confidentially,

5. accepting prasada and

6. offering prasasda are the six symptoms of love shared by one devotee and another.

SIX CHARACTERISTICS OF PURE DEVOTIONAL SERVICE

describes the six characteristics of pure devotional service:

(1) klesaghni—it provides relief from material distress;

(2) subhada—by practicing it one attains auspiciousness;

(3) moksa-laghutakrta—it derides even the happiness of liberation;

(4) sudurlabha—it is rarely achieved;

(5) sandrananda-visesatma—it automatically imbues one with transcendental pleasure;19 and

(6) sri krsnakarsini—it is the only means to attract Krsna.