'Nuclear weapons for everyone!': Lukashenko offers a nuke free-for-all for any nation willing to join a Russia-Belarus union after Putin deploys tactical warheads to his country

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CAVEAT

There is also the possibility that religion itself can be performed in the mode of ignorance (darkness). It will then lack compassion, sacrificial giving, love, inclusion, tolerance, repentance of sinners; it will be dominated by fear, hatred, xenophobia and hostility toward others groups and minorities, ethnic and denominational extremism. Typically, such religion will be dominated by materialism, claim that it is the only right way to God Creator, and also uphold
unjust government or class of the few endowed with exploitation and embezzlement as the "God appointed power."

While the apostles recommend peaceful submission to the rule of the Law
(Romans 13:1, yes, even Roman emperors like Nero had to show some respect to the
Senate before the populus), the Law of Christ and the Gospel have precedence. This will require civil disobedience whenever the authority is against the
Law of Christ, claiming that the other nation is the cause of the problem,
and not the sinful condition within man (or woman).

When the nation is aligned with God and Christ, peace and blessing are established. True peace and prosperity come from the LORD God Creator,
as He blessed ancient Israel and have it peace and honour among nations
in the times of king Solomon (before his apostasy to foreign god worship).

Thereof, the security of the nation is not in proliferation of nuclear bombs and missiles - this would create an elevated chance of such weaponry
reaching corrupt regimes and be sold to the terrorists.

The true peace is quietness and returning (to the LORD, Isaiah 30:15).

in the LORD
Amen

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'Nuclear weapons for everyone!': Lukashenko offers a nuke free-for-all for any nation willing to join a Russia-Belarus union after Putin deploys tactical warheads to his country

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TEXT 17

sattvät saïjäyate jïänaà
rajaso lobha eva ca
pramäda-mohau tamaso
bhavato ’jïänam eva ca

SYNONYMS

sattvät—from the mode of goodness; saïjäyate—develops; jïänam—knowledge; rajasaù—from the mode of passion; lobhaù—greed; eva—certainly; ca—also; pramäda—madness; mohau—and illusion; tamasaù—from the mode of ignorance; bhavataù—develop; ajïänam—nonsense; eva—certainly; ca—also.

TRANSLATION

From the mode of goodness, real knowledge develops; from the mode of
passion, greed develops; and from the mode of ignorance develop foolishness, madness and illusion.

PURPORT

Since the present civilization is not very congenial to the living entities, the LORD God Creator consciousness is recommended.

Through LORD consciousness, society
will develop the mode of goodness. When the mode of goodness is developed, people will see things as they are. In the mode of ignorance, people are just like
animals and cannot see things clearly. In the mode of ignorance, for example, they do not see that by killing one animal they are taking the chance of being killed by the same animal in the next life. Because people have no education in actual knowledge, they become irresponsible. To stop this irresponsibility, education for developing the mode of goodness of the people in general must
be there. When they are actually educated in the mode of goodness, they will become sober, in full knowledge of things as they are. Then people will be happy and prosperous. Even if the majority of the people aren’t happy and prosperous, if a certain percentage of the population develops LORD consciousness and becomes situated in the mode of goodness, then there is the possibility for peace and prosperity all over the world. Otherwise, if the world
is devoted to the modes of passion and ignorance, there can be no peace or prosperity. In the mode of passion, people become greedy, and their hankering for sense enjoyment has no limit. One can see that even if one has enough
money and adequate arrangements for sense gratification, there is neither happiness nor peace of mind. That is not possible, because one is situated in the mode of passion. If one wants happiness at all, his money will not help him;
he has to elevate himself to the mode of goodness by practicing LORD consciousness. When one is engaged in the mode of passion, not only is he mentally unhappy, but his profession and occupation are also very
troublesome. He has to devise so many plans and schemes to acquire enough
money to maintain his status quo. This is all miserable. In the mode of ignorance, people become mad. Being distressed by their circumstances, they take shelter of intoxication, and thus they sink further into ignorance. Their future in life is very dark.

TEXT 18

ürdhvaà gacchanti sattva-sthä
madhye tiñöhanti räjasäù
jaghanya-guëa-våtti-sthä
adho gacchanti tämasäù

SYNONYMS

ürdhvam—upwards; gacchanti—go; sattva-sthäù—those situated in the mode of
goodness; madhye—in the middle; tiñöhanti—dwell; räjasäù—those situated in
the mode of passion; jaghanya—of abominable; guëa—quality; våtti-sthäù—whose occupation; adhaù—down; gacchanti—go; tämasäù—persons in the mode of ignorance.

TRANSLATION

Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the higher planets; those in the mode of passion live on the earthly planets; and those in the abominable mode of ignorance go down to the hellish worlds.

PURPORT

In this verse the results of actions in the three modes of nature are more explicitly set forth. There is an upper planetary system, consisting of the heavenly planets, where everyone is highly elevated. According to the degree
of development of the mode of goodness, the living entity can be transferred to various planets in this system. The highest planet is Satyaloka, or Brahmaloka, where the prime person of this universe, Lord Brahmä, resides. We have seen already that we can hardly calculate the wondrous condition of life in Brahmaloka, but the highest condition of life, the mode of goodness, can bring us to this.

The mode of passion is mixed. It is in the middle, between the modes of goodness and ignorance. A person is not always pure, but even if he should be purely in the mode of passion, he will simply remain on this earth as a king or a
rich man. But because there are mixtures, one can also go down. People on this earth, in the mode of passion or ignorance, cannot forcibly approach the
higher planets by machine. In the mode of passion, there is also the chance of becoming mad in the next life.

The lowest quality, the mode of ignorance, is described here as abominable.
The result of developing ignorance is very, very risky. It is the lowest quality in
material nature. Beneath the human level there are eight million species of life—birds, beasts, reptiles, trees, etc.—and according to the development of
the mode of ignorance, people are brought down to these abominable
conditions. The word tämasäù is very significant here. Tämasäù indicates those who stay continuously in the mode of ignorance without rising to a
higher mode. Their future is very dark.

There is an opportunity for men in the modes of ignorance and passion to
be elevated to the mode of goodness, and that system is called LORD consciousness. But one who does not take advantage of this opportunity will certainly continue in the lower modes [season after season, and life after life].

in the LORD
Amen

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CAVEAT

There is also the possibility that religion itself can be performed in the mode
of ignorance (darkness). It will then lack compassion, sacrificial giving, love, inclusion, tolerance, repentance of sinners; it will be dominated by fear, hatred, xenophobia and hostility toward others groups and minorities, ethnic and denominational extremism. Typically, such religion will be dominated
by materialism, claim that it is the only right way to God Creator, and also uphold
unjust government or class of the few endowed with exploitation and embezzlement as the "God appointed power."

While the apostles recommend peaceful submission to the rule of the Law (Romans 13:1, yes, even Roman emperors like Nero had to show some respect to the
Senate before the populus), the Law of Christ and the Gospel have precedence.
This will require civil disobedience whenever the authority is against the Law of Christ, claiming that the other nation is the cause of the problem, and not the sinful condition within man (or woman).

When the nation is aligned with God and Christ, peace and blessing are established. True peace and prosperity come from the LORD God Creator,
as He blessed ancient Israel and have it peace and honour among nations
in the times of king Solomon (before his apostasy to foreign god worship).

Thereof, the security of the nation is not in proliferation of nuclear bombs and missiles - this would create an elevated chance of such weaponry reaching corrupt regimes and be sold to the terrorists.

The true peace is quietness and returning (to the LORD, Isaiah 30:15).

in the LORD
Amen

Bhagavad-gita As It Is 5/29

The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries. https://asitis.com/
5/29.html

PURPORT
The conditioned souls within the clutches of illusory energy are all anxious to attain peace in the material world. But they do not know the formula for peace, which is explained in this part of the Bhagavad-gita. The greatest peace formula is simply
this: Lord Krsna is the beneficiary in all human activities. Men should offer everything to the transcendental service of the Lord because He is the proprietor of all planets and the demigods thereon. No one is greater than He. He is greater than the
greatest of the demigods, Lord Siva and Lord Brahma. In the Vedas the Supreme Lord is described as tam isvaranam paramam mahesvaram. Under the spell of illusion, living entities are trying to be lords of all they survey, but actually they are dominated
by the material energy of the Lord. The Lord is the master of material nature, and the conditioned souls are under the stringent rules of material nature. Unless one understands these bare facts, it is not possible to achieve peace in the world either
individually or collectively. This is the sense of Kssna consciousness: Lord Krsna is the supreme predominator, and all living entities, including the great demigods, are His subordinates. One can attain perfect peace only in complete Krsna consciousness.
This Fifth Chapter is a practical explanation of Krsna consciousness, generally known as karma-yoga. The question of mental speculation as to how karma-yoga can give liberation is answered herewith. To work in Krsna consciousness is to work with the
complete knowledge of the Lord as the predominator. Such work is not different from transcendental knowledge. Direct Krsna consciousness is bhakti-yoga, and jnana-yoga is a path leading to bhakti-yoga. Krsna consciousness means to work in full knowledge
of one's relationship with the Supreme Absolute, and the perfection of this consciousness is full knowledge of Krsna, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A pure soul is the eternal servant of God as His fragmental part and parcel. He comes into
contact with maya (illusion) due to the desire to lord it over maya, and that is the cause of his many sufferings. As long as he is in contact with matter, he has to execute work in terms of material necessities. Krsna consciousness, however, brings one
into spiritual life even while one is within the jurisdiction of matter, for it is an arousing of spiritual existence by practice in the material world. The more one is advanced, the more he is freed from the clutches of matter. The Lord is not partial
toward anyone. Everything depends on one's practical performance of duties in an effort to control the senses and conquer the influence of desire and anger. And, attaining Krsna consciousness by controlling the above-mentioned passions, one remains
factually in the transcendental stage, or brahman-nirvana. The eightfold yoga mysticism is automatically practiced in Krsna consciousness because the ultimate purpose is served. There is gradual process of elevation in the practice of yama, niyama, asana,
pratyahara, dhyana, dharana, pranayama, and samadhi. But these only preface perfection by devotional service, which alone can award peace to the human being. It is the highest perfection of life.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports to the Fifth Chapter of the Srimad-Bhagavad-gita in the matter of Karma-yoga, or Action in Krsna Consciousness

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On Monday, May 29, 2023 at 6:58:56 AM UTC-10, Raskolynikov wrote:

CAVEAT

There is also the possibility that religion itself can be performed in the mode
of ignorance (darkness). It will then lack compassion, sacrificial giving, love, inclusion, tolerance, repentance of sinners; it will be dominated by fear, hatred, xenophobia and hostility toward others groups and minorities,
ethnic and denominational extremism. Typically, such religion will be dominated
by materialism, claim that it is the only right way to God Creator, and also uphold
unjust government or class of the few endowed with exploitation and embezzlement as the "God appointed power."

While the apostles recommend peaceful submission to the rule of the Law (Romans 13:1, yes, even Roman emperors like Nero had to show some respect to the
Senate before the populus), the Law of Christ and the Gospel have precedence.
This will require civil disobedience whenever the authority is against the Law of Christ, claiming that the other nation is the cause of the problem, and not the sinful condition within man (or woman).

When the nation is aligned with God and Christ, peace and blessing are established. True peace and prosperity come from the LORD God Creator,
as He blessed ancient Israel and have it peace and honour among nations
in the times of king Solomon (before his apostasy to foreign god worship).

Thereof, the security of the nation is not in proliferation of nuclear bombs
and missiles - this would create an elevated chance of such weaponry reaching corrupt regimes and be sold to the terrorists.

The true peace is quietness and returning (to the LORD, Isaiah 30:15).

in the LORD
Amen

Bhagavad-gita As It Is 5/29

The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries. https://asitis.

com/5/29.html

PURPORT
The conditioned souls within the clutches of illusory energy are all anxious to attain peace in the material world. But they do not know the formula for peace, which is explained in this part of the Bhagavad-gita. The greatest peace formula is simply

this: Lord Krsna is the beneficiary in all human activities. Men should offer everything to the transcendental service of the Lord because He is the proprietor of all planets and the demigods thereon. No one is greater than He. He is greater than the
greatest of the demigods, Lord Siva and Lord Brahma. In the Vedas the Supreme Lord is described as tam isvaranam paramam mahesvaram. Under the spell of illusion, living entities are trying to be lords of all they survey, but actually they are dominated
by the material energy of the Lord. The Lord is the master of material nature, and the conditioned souls are under the stringent rules of material nature. Unless one understands these bare facts, it is not possible to achieve peace in the world either
individually or collectively. This is the sense of Kssna consciousness: Lord Krsna is the supreme predominator, and all living entities, including the great demigods, are His subordinates. One can attain perfect peace only in complete Krsna consciousness.

This Fifth Chapter is a practical explanation of Krsna consciousness, generally known as karma-yoga. The question of mental speculation as to how karma-yoga can give liberation is answered herewith. To work in Krsna consciousness is to work with the

complete knowledge of the Lord as the predominator. Such work is not different from transcendental knowledge. Direct Krsna consciousness is bhakti-yoga, and jnana-yoga is a path leading to bhakti-yoga. Krsna consciousness means to work in full knowledge
of one's relationship with the Supreme Absolute, and the perfection of this consciousness is full knowledge of Krsna, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A pure soul is the eternal servant of God as His fragmental part and parcel. He comes into
contact with maya (illusion) due to the desire to lord it over maya, and that is the cause of his many sufferings. As long as he is in contact with matter, he has to execute work in terms of material necessities. Krsna consciousness, however, brings one
into spiritual life even while one is within the jurisdiction of matter, for it is an arousing of spiritual existence by practice in the material world. The more one is advanced, the more he is freed from the clutches of matter. The Lord is not partial
toward anyone. Everything depends on one's practical performance of duties in an effort to control the senses and conquer the influence of desire and anger. And, attaining Krsna consciousness by controlling the above-mentioned passions, one remains
factually in the transcendental stage, or brahman-nirvana. The eightfold yoga mysticism is automatically practiced in Krsna consciousness because the ultimate purpose is served. There is gradual process of elevation in the practice of yama, niyama, asana,
pratyahara, dhyana, dharana, pranayama, and samadhi. But these only preface perfection by devotional service, which alone can award peace to the human being. It is the highest perfection of life.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports to the Fifth Chapter of the Srimad-Bhagavad-gita in the matter of Karma-yoga, or Action in Krsna Consciousness

Amen to that.

Though apostle Paul and Peter teach that every soul should admit to godly authorities (Romans 13:1),
the godly authorities are known to create peace and harmony, rather than murder and persecution to stay
in power.

The desire to stay in power over souls in material delusion of Maya is thereof the highest deception of
Satan, comparable only with "kama", the desire for carnal pleasure and "Mammon", desire for wealth, money
and influence in this fallen maya delusion.

in the Lord
Amen

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