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4 February 2022
- 17:3417:34, 4 February 2022 diff hist +7,280 Durvasa Muni: A powerful mystic brahmana determined to observe the principles of religion with great vows and under strict austerities No edit summary current
- 17:3417:34, 4 February 2022 diff hist +3,610 By this means, householder brahmanas who actually abide by the principles of austerity and penance maintain themselves and their families and perform all necessary pious activities No edit summary current
- 17:3317:33, 4 February 2022 diff hist +4,080 A first-class brahmana does not accept any rewards from his disciples or yajamanas. Practicing austerities and penances, he instead goes to the agricultural field and collects food grains left by the agriculturalists to be collected by brahmanas No edit summary current
- 17:3217:32, 4 February 2022 diff hist +1,946 Bali Maharaja then said to Lord Vamanadeva: O brahmana, I offer You my hearty welcome and my respectful obeisances. Please let us know what we may do for You. We think of You as the personified austerity of the great brahmana-sages No edit summary current
- 17:3217:32, 4 February 2022 diff hist +8,754 It is understood that he (one who chant the holy name of God offenselessly) has already performed all sorts of rites. It is the so-called brahmanas who actually have to undergo different kinds of austerities before reaching that point of purification No edit summary current
- 17:2517:25, 4 February 2022 diff hist +4,743 A brahmana is supposed to be qualified with twelve qualities. As stated in the Mahabharata: A brahmana must be perfectly religious. He must be truthful, and he must be able to control his senses. He must execute severe austerities No edit summary
- 11:5211:52, 4 February 2022 diff hist +4,591 The brahmanas should live by spreading knowledge and should therefore take contributions from their disciples No edit summary current
- 11:4311:43, 4 February 2022 diff hist +3,897 The acarya is a perfect brahmana and has unlimited intelligence in guiding the activities of his disciple No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 4 February 2022 diff hist +2,681 Because a brahmana depends on his disciples, when Sarmistha was heavily rebuked by Devayani she charged Devayani with belonging to a family of crowlike beggars. It is the nature of women to fight verbally at even a slight provocation No edit summary current
- 08:3908:39, 4 February 2022 diff hist +5,239 Govinda came from a sudra family, but because he was initiated by Isvara Puri, he was certainly a brahmana. Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya here (in CC Madhya 10.136) asked Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu why Isvara Puri accepted a disciple from a sudra family No edit summary
3 February 2022
- 13:3813:38, 3 February 2022 diff hist +3,053 The krpana, or the miserly man, has no estimation of his material body, but the brahmana has a true estimation of himself and the material body No edit summary current
- 09:1309:13, 3 February 2022 diff hist +3,820 O exalted governors of various planets, the true brahmana, who has no material possessions, maintains himself by the profession of accepting silonchana. In other words, he picks up grains left in the field and on the ground in the wholesale marketplace No edit summary
2 February 2022
- 11:3911:39, 2 February 2022 diff hist +1,584 Yadunandana Acarya was the priest and spiritual master of Raghunatha dasa. Although born in a brahmana family, he had accepted the mercy of Vasudeva Datta No edit summary current
- 11:3911:39, 2 February 2022 diff hist +2,825 Visvarupa, who was a most learned brahmana, not only accepted the request of the demigods, but took their request seriously and performed the activities of priesthood with an undiverted mind No edit summary
- 08:0608:06, 2 February 2022 diff hist +4,684 The higher-caste men, namely the brahmanas and ksatriyas, could accept a woman of the vaisya or the sudra community, but a man from the lower castes could not contact a woman of the higher caste No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 2 February 2022 diff hist +4,107 The brahmanas did not refuse Lord Ramacandra's gift, after accepting it they returned it to the King. The brahmanas were so pleased with Lord Ramacandra's affection toward them that their hearts melted No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 2 February 2022 diff hist +3,688 The brahmanas are specifically restricted from accepting such service (which denies all the moral codes of the sastras). But in this age they will not only accept service, but they will do so even if it is of the meanest quality No edit summary current
- 07:2907:29, 2 February 2022 diff hist +5,252 Rupa and Sanatana Gosvami were born in a high brahmana family, but because they accepted employment under a Muslim government, they were considered Muslims No edit summary
- 07:2707:27, 2 February 2022 diff hist +9,875 There must be brahmanas who are independent. Canakya Pandita, whose name is still, still celebrated, he was prime minister of Maharaja Candragupta, but he was not accepting a single paisa as salary No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 2 February 2022 diff hist +14,510 Personalities like Sri Ganga-narayana, Ramakrsna and many others, who were actually born in brahmana families, accepted Narottama dasa Thakura and Syamananda Gosvami as their spiritual masters No edit summary current
- 05:0005:00, 2 February 2022 diff hist +1,767 In those days (of Lord Caitanya) also, the caste brahmanas were very proud. They were not prepared to accept chastisement even from a teacher or spiritual master No edit summary current
- 05:0005:00, 2 February 2022 diff hist +4,977 Out of their humility the brahmanas accept charity from the ksatriyas, or kings, and the vaisyas, or merchants No edit summary current
- 04:5904:59, 2 February 2022 diff hist +4,595 Kings like Maharaja Pariksit had their council of advisers, and all the members of that council were either great sages or brahmanas of the first order. They did not accept any salary, nor had they any necessity for such salaries No edit summary current
- 04:5804:58, 2 February 2022 diff hist +2,661 Maharaja Pariksit was curious about how Sukracarya, a powerful brahmana, could accept the principle of pratiloma. Maharaja Pariksit was eager to know the cause for this uncommon marriage No edit summary
- 02:2602:26, 2 February 2022 diff hist +18 Only the brahmanas and sannyasis are authorized to accept charity from the householders No edit summary current
- 02:1702:17, 2 February 2022 diff hist +7,016 In the sastra it is said that a brahmana, if he's in difficulty, he may accept the profession of a ksatriya or up to vaisya, but never accept the occupation of a sudra. These are described in the sastras No edit summary current
22 January 2022
- 16:3816:38, 22 January 2022 diff hist −25 Everything in the world belongs to the brahmanas, and out of their humility the brahmanas accept charity from the ksatriyas, or kings, and the vaisyas, or merchants No edit summary current
- 16:3616:36, 22 January 2022 diff hist +6,223 Drauni (Asvatthama), although he belonged to the brahmana family and he accepted the profession of a ksatriya, he degraded so much that he cut off the heads of five sons of Draupadi while they were sleeping No edit summary current
- 16:3316:33, 22 January 2022 diff hist +3,402 Formerly brahmanas would not accept charity from a person unless he were very pious. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave this instruction for all spiritual masters No edit summary current
- 16:1816:18, 22 January 2022 diff hist +5,280 Because he (sudra) cannot even live without having a master. He must have a master to provide him. But the Vedic culture is that brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, they will not accept any service No edit summary
- 15:3315:33, 22 January 2022 diff hist +8,738 According to Vedic principle, without becoming a brahmana he cannot be accepted as disciple No edit summary current
- 14:4714:47, 22 January 2022 diff hist +14,925 According to his (Romaharsana's) position by birth he should not even have accepted the higher sitting position, because many learned brahmanas and sages were present (at Naimisaranya) No edit summary current
- 14:4314:43, 22 January 2022 diff hist +2,876 A learned brahmana should become a teacher, a priest and a recipient of charity. A bona fide brahmana is authorized to accept such professions No edit summary
- 14:3714:37, 22 January 2022 diff hist +4,332 A ksatriya's duty is to give charity, & a brahmana's duty is to accept charity, but not more than needed to maintain body & soul together. Therefore, when the brahmanas were given so much land by Lord Ramacandra, they returned it to Him & were not greedy No edit summary current
- 14:2014:20, 22 January 2022 diff hist +5,818 A brahmana should do this (adhyayana, adhyapana, yajana and yajana) without remuneration, but he is allowed to accept charity from a person whom he teaches how to be a human being No edit summary current
- 14:2014:20, 22 January 2022 diff hist +3,152 A brahmana may renounce his family and accept sannyasa. Others - ksatriyas and vaisyas - may also give up their families and take to Krsna consciousness. Such renunciation is called karma-tyaga. By such renunciation, the SP of Godhead is satisfied No edit summary current
- 14:1914:19, 22 January 2022 diff hist −25 Although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the then-existing order of sannyasa (namely eka-danda), He still recited a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam about the tridanda-sannyasa accepted by the brahmana of Avantipura No edit summary
- 14:1814:18, 22 January 2022 diff hist +2,982 As ksatriyas, the proper livelihood of the Pandavas was only to rule, and not to accept any other occupation. A brahmana, ksatriya or vaisya will not accept employment for his livelihood under any circumstances No edit summary current
- 14:1514:15, 22 January 2022 diff hist +18 Another point for Jagai and Madhai was that, as members of a brahmana family, they did not accept service under anyone. The sastras strictly forbid a brahmana to accept service under anyone No edit summary current
- 14:0714:07, 22 January 2022 diff hist +4,960 According to the smrti-sastra, which gives directions for the management of the varnasrama institution, a brahmana cannot accept a disciple from the lower castes No edit summary current
- 14:0514:05, 22 January 2022 diff hist +6,244 According to our Vedic principle a brahmana is supposed to accept the four asramas, namely brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha, and sannyasa No edit summary current
- 14:0514:05, 22 January 2022 diff hist +4,898 According to our vedic principle, a person, especially a Brahmana, should leave home after the 50th year and accept the order of Vanaprastha No edit summary current
21 January 2022
- 14:1414:14, 21 January 2022 diff hist +1,653 The mind of the brahmana was purified by the revelation of Lord Krsna, and therefore he could understand the truth of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in all details No edit summary current
- 14:1014:10, 21 January 2022 diff hist +2,163 The inhabitants of the island of Kusadvipa are celebrated as the Kusalas, Kovidas, Abhiyuktas and Kulakas. They are like the brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras respectively. By bathing in the waters of those rivers, they all become purified No edit summary current
- 14:0814:08, 21 January 2022 diff hist +1,954 The mind of the brahmana was already purified by his seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He therefore went to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and described what had taken place before the Mayavadi sannyasi Prakasananda No edit summary current
- 13:5813:58, 21 January 2022 diff hist +5,209 Such a devotee is better than such a brahmana because the devotee can purify his whole family, whereas the so-called brahmana in a position of false prestige cannot purify even himself No edit summary current
- 13:3313:33, 21 January 2022 diff hist +8,855 Aryans means advance. And what way advance? Advance in eating? Advance in sleeping? No. Advance in purification. They are called Aryans. And the most advanced purified is called the brahmana. And less than that, the ksatriya. And less than that, vaisyas No edit summary current
19 January 2022
- 16:0916:09, 19 January 2022 diff hist +8,405 Actually, we are seeing practically how by chanting this holy name of the Lord, Hare Krsna mantra, how nasty people are becoming purified, Vaisnava, brahmana. Actually nasty No edit summary current
- 16:0316:03, 19 January 2022 diff hist +7,796 The brahmanas who were present at that time were all qualified because they were not envious, they never indulged in untruthfulness, they were never proud, they were nonviolent, and they never claimed any false prestige No edit summary current
- 15:4315:43, 19 January 2022 diff hist +33 Unfortunately caste brahmanas do not offer obeisances to a Vaisnava sannyasi. They are so proud that they do not offer obeisances even to Indian sannyasis, what to speak of European and American sannyasis No edit summary current