User contributions for Angela
23 November 2020
- 16:3416:34, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,659 N Although you (Parvati) cursed the King (Citraketu), he was not at all afraid or sorry. He offered respect to you, called you mother & accepted your curse thinking himself faulty. He did not say anything in retaliation. This is the excellence of a devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although you cursed the King, he was not at all afraid or sorry. Rather, he offered respect to you, called you mother and acce..."
- 16:2816:28, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,671 N Lord Siva smiled when he joked with his wife in that way, for others cannot speak like that. "The Supreme Lord," Siva continued, "is always exalted in His activities, and here is another example of His wonderful influence upon King Citraketu, His devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śiva smiled when he joked with his wife in that way, for others cannot speak like that. "The Supreme Lord," Śiva contin..."
- 16:1816:18, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,712 N Siva, the husband of Parvati, told his wife, "My dear Parvati, you are very beautiful in your bodily features. You are glorious. But I do not think that you can compete with the beauty and glory of devotees who have become servants of the servants of God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śiva, the husband of Pārvatī, told his wife, "My dear Pārvatī, you are very beautiful in your bodily features. Certa..."
- 16:0816:08, 23 November 2020 diff hist +2,022 N Being fully aware of how the results of one's karma accrue by the laws of nature, Citraketu did not want to be released from Parvati's curse Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Being fully aware of how the results of one's karma accrue by the laws of nature, Citraketu did not want to be released from P..."
- 15:5315:53, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,344 N The Supreme Lord is neutral to everyone, but for the maintenance of law and order His supreme government has various departments, which control the activities of the living entities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Supreme Lord is neutral to everyone, but for the maintenance of law and order His supreme government has various departmen..."
- 15:4715:47, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,380 N Although the government is ultimately the supreme authority, the justice is administered by the departments of the government, and the government is not responsible for the individual judgments. Therefore the government is equal to all the citizens Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the government is ultimately the supreme authority, the justice is administered by the departments of the government,..."
- 15:4115:41, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,462 N By the order of a judge, one person is released from jail, and another is imprisoned, but the judge is not responsible, for the distress and happiness of these different people is due to their own activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By the order of a judge, one person is released from jail, and another is imprisoned, but the judge is not responsible, for th..."
- 15:3615:36, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,053 N These (happiness and distress, or bondage and liberation) are due to the results of the fruitive activities of the living entities within this material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These are due to the results of the fruitive activities of the living entities within this material world"}} {{notes|}} {{comp..."
- 15:2915:29, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,497 N Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate doer of everything, in His original transcendental existence He is not responsible for the happiness and distress, or bondage and liberation, of the conditioned souls Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate doer of everything, in His original transcendental existence He is..."
- 15:2015:20, 23 November 2020 diff hist +8 After the varieties of living entities are created, they are subject to happiness and distress according to their association No edit summary
- 15:2015:20, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,025 N After the varieties of living entities are created, they are subject to happiness and distress according to their association Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After the varieties of living entities are created, they are subject to happiness and distress according to their association"..."
- 15:1415:14, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,261 N The material world consists of three modes of material nature - sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna. By sattva-guna the Lord maintains the material world, by rajo-guna He creates it, and by tamo-guna He annihilates it Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The material world consists of three modes of material nature—sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa. By sattva-guṇa t..."
- 15:0815:08, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,398 N The Lord has His own energies (CC Madhya 13.65, purport), and one of them, namely the external energy, creates the material world and the varieties of happiness and distress for the conditioned souls under the supervision of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord has His own energies (parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate (CC Madhya 13.65, purport)), and one of them, namely the..."
- 15:0215:02, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,410 N The question may be raised why the living entities are situated in different conditions and who has arranged this. The answer is that it has been done by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without anyone's help Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The question may be raised why the living entities are situated in different conditions and who has arranged this. The answer..."
- 14:5514:55, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,254 N He (one) is not concerned with happiness or distress, curses or favors, or heavenly or hellish planets. He sees no distinction between them Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is not concerned with happiness or distress, curses or favors, or heavenly or hellish planets. He sees no distinction betwe..."
- 14:4814:48, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,221 N When one comes to his senses - when he becomes Krsna conscious - he is no longer concerned with the various conditions of this material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one comes to his senses—when he becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious—he is no longer concerned with the various conditions o..."
- 14:4314:43, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,264 N The so-called temporary happiness of the world is also misery, but in ignorance we cannot understand this. That is the actual position Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The so-called temporary happiness of the world is also misery, but in ignorance we cannot understand this. That is the actual..."
- 14:3914:39, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,617 N Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says in this regard that being put into this material world is like being thrown into a mine of salt. If one falls into a mine of salt, he tastes only salt wherever he goes. Similarly, this material world is full of miseries Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says in this regard that being put into this material world is like being thrown i..."
- 14:3114:31, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,343 N Krsna wants us to give up all other engagements and surrender unto Him. If we do so, where will the cause and effect of this material world be? There is nothing like cause and effect for the surrendered soul Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa wants us to give up all other engagements and surrender unto Him. If we do so, where will the cause and effect of..."
- 14:1914:19, 23 November 2020 diff hist +3,422 N Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura sings, (miche) mayara vase, yaccha bhese', khaccha habudubu, bhai: "My dear living entities within this material world, why are you being carried away by the waves of the modes of material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura sings, (miche) māyāra vaśe, yāccha bhese', khāccha hābuḍubu, bhāi: "My dear living en..." current
22 November 2020
- 19:1719:17, 22 November 2020 diff hist +2,514 N Everything is done under the superintendence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The process by which the results of action are ordained is called niyatam, always working Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everything is done under the superintendence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The process by which the results of action..."
- 19:1119:11, 22 November 2020 diff hist +2,615 N One must promote himself to the stage of goodness through his character and behavior and then gradually come to the transcendental platform, or adhoksaja platform, in which he realizes both his position and the position of others Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must therefore promote himself to the stage of goodness through his character and behavior and then gradually come to the..."
- 19:0619:06, 22 November 2020 diff hist +2,495 N In this verse (SB 6.17.19) the word ajna is very significant. In the material world, all living entities are ajna, ignorant, in different degrees. This ignorance continues very strongly in the mode of ignorance presented by material nature Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse the word ajña is very significant. In the material world, all living entities are ajña, ignorant, in different..."
- 18:5618:56, 22 November 2020 diff hist +2,762 N This (the conditioned soul is is subjected to the results of his past deeds) is carried out by the laws of nature, but one foolishly thinks himself the doer, which in fact he is not Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is carried out by the laws of nature, but one foolishly thinks himself the doer, which in fact he is not"}} {{notes|}} {{..."
- 18:4418:44, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,306 N Acting through the heart of Parvati, the Lord, who is situated in everyone's heart, cursed Citraketu in order to end all his material reactions. Citraketu became Vrtrasura in his next life and returned home, back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Acting through the heart of Pārvatī, the Lord, who is situated in everyone's heart, cursed Citraketu in order to end all his..."
- 18:3718:37, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,199 N Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura comments that Maharaja Citraketu's being cursed by Parvati should be considered the mercy of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura comments that Mahārāja Citraketu's being cursed by Pārvatī should be considere..."
- 18:2518:25, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,083 N The heavenly planets, liberation and hell are nondifferent for a devotee, for he does not discriminate between different positions in the material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The heavenly planets, liberation and hell are nondifferent for a devotee, for he does not discriminate between different posit..."
- 18:1918:19, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,195 N The Lord is very kind and affectionate toward His devotees, and therefore a devotee, in any condition, is not subjected to the results of karma. A devotee never aspires for the heavenly planets Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is very kind and affectionate toward His devotees, and therefore a devotee, in any condition, is not subjected to the..."
- 18:1218:12, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,892 N Ksiyante casya karmani: before attaining the stage of love, one becomes free from all the results of karma Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṣīyante cāsya karmāṇi: before attaining the stage of love, one becomes free from all the results of karma"}} {{notes|}..."
- 18:0718:07, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,272 N Sa gunan samatityaitan brahma-bhuyaya kalpate: one who is engaged in devotional service has already been freed from the reactions of his material karma, and thus he immediately becomes brahma-bhuta (SB 4.30.20), or transcendental Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate: one who is engaged in devotional service has already been freed from the..."
- 18:0018:00, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,359 N Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says in this connection that one who has developed Krsna consciousness and who exists in love with Krsna is no longer subject to suffering and happiness under the laws of karma. Indeed, he is beyond karma Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says in this connection that one who has developed Kṛṣṇa consciousness and w..."
- 17:5317:53, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,116 N He (a devotee of God) becomes increasingly attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead because of his being purified by his suffering. Suffering is also a process of purification Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he becomes increasingly attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead because of his being purified by his suffering. Sufferi..."
- 17:3817:38, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,220 N He (Citraketu) knew that he had not committed any offense at the lotus feet of Lord Siva or the goddess Parvati, yet he had been punished, and this means that the punishment had been ordained. Thus the King did not mind it Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He knew that he had not committed any offense at the lotus feet of Lord Śiva or the goddess Pārvatī, yet he had been punish..."
- 17:3217:32, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,134 N He (Citraketu) knew very well that one suffers or enjoys the results of one's past deeds as ordained by daiva-netra-superior authority, or the agents of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He knew very well that one suffers or enjoys the results of one's past deeds as ordained by daiva-netra-superior authority, or..."
- 17:2617:26, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,980 N Since Citraketu was a devotee of the Lord, he was not at all disturbed by the curse of mother Parvati Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since Citraketu was a devotee of the Lord, he was not at all disturbed by the curse of mother Pārvatī"}} {{notes|}} {{compil..."
- 17:2117:21, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,877 N This punishment (from Parvati) was a boon to Citraketu because after taking birth as the demon Vrtrasura, he was promoted directly to Vaikuntha Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This punishment was a boon to Citraketu because after taking birth as the demon Vṛtrāsura, he was promoted directly to Vaik..."
- 17:1617:16, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,963 N It is the duty of a mother to chastise her beloved son, even in the case of the Supreme Lord. It is to be understood that mother Durga was justified in punishing Citraketu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is the duty of a mother to chastise her beloved son, even in the case of the Supreme Lord. It is to be understood that moth..."
- 17:0917:09, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,109 N This tendency of a mother to punish her child is found even in mother Yasoda, who became the mother of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Mother Yasoda punished Krsna by binding Him and showing Him a stick Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This tendency of a mother to punish her child is found even in mother Yaśodā, who became the mother of the Supreme Personali..."
- 17:0417:04, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,960 N Mother Parvati spoke to Citraketu exactly like a mother who says to her naughty child, "My dear child, I am punishing you so that you won't do anything like this again Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"mother Pārvatī spoke to Citraketu exactly like a mother who says to her naughty child, "My dear child, I am punishing you so..."
- 17:0017:00, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,765 N Chadiya vaisnava-seva nistara payeche keba: without serving a servant of Krsna, one cannot be elevated to being a servant of Krsna Himself Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā nistāra pāyeche kebā: without serving a servant of Kṛṣṇa, one cannot be elevated to be..."
- 16:5516:55, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,828 N To surrender to Krsna means to surrender to His devotees also, for no one can be a proper servant of Krsna unless he is a proper servant of a devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To surrender to Kṛṣṇa means to surrender to His devotees also, for no one can be a proper servant of Kṛṣṇa unless..."
- 16:5216:52, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,954 N As soon as there is a small discrepancy in a demon's behavior, mother Durga immediately punishes the demon so that he may come to his senses. This is explained by Lord Krsna in Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As soon as there is a small discrepancy in a demon's behavior, mother Durgā immediately punishes the demon so that he may com..."
- 16:4716:47, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,114 N Because Citraketu was undoubtedly a Vaisnava, he might have been surprised that Parvati had cursed him. The goddess Parvati addressed him as putra, or son. Everyone is the son of mother Durga, but she is not an ordinary mother Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because Citraketu was undoubtedly a Vaiṣṇava, he might have been surprised that Pārvatī had cursed him. Therefore the go..."
- 16:3816:38, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,508 N The goddess Durga is called mother, and Lord Siva is called father Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The goddess Durgā is called mother, and Lord Śiva is called father"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|undefined}} {{complete|ALL}} {{f..."
- 16:3416:34, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,830 N Mother Parvati was justified in punishing Citraketu, for Citraketu impudently criticized the supreme father, Mahadeva, who is the father of the living entities conditioned within this material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mother Pārvatī was justified in punishing Citraketu, for Citraketu impudently criticized the supreme father, Mahādeva, who..."
- 16:2716:27, 22 November 2020 diff hist +4,547 N One should be very careful not to commit offenses at the lotus feet of a Vaisnava Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should therefore be very careful not to commit offenses at the lotus feet of a Vaiṣṇava"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|undef..."
- 16:2216:22, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,033 N When a mad elephant enters a nice garden, it spoils the entire garden. Similarly, if one becomes like a mad elephant and commits offenses at the lotus feet of a Vaisnava, his entire spiritual career is halted Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When a mad elephant enters a nice garden, it spoils the entire garden. Similarly, if one becomes like a mad elephant and commi..."
- 16:1516:15, 22 November 2020 diff hist +5,208 N One should be very careful not to commit offenses at the lotus feet of Vaisnavas, of whom Lord Siva is the best. While instructing Srila Rupa Gosvami, Caitanya Mahaprabhu described an offense at the lotus feet of a Vaisnava as hati mata, a mad elephant Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should be very careful not to commit offenses at the lotus feet of Vaiṣṇavas, of whom Lord Śiva is the best. While in..."
- 15:5915:59, 22 November 2020 diff hist +2,388 Unless one is humble and meek, one cannot qualify to sit at the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary current
- 15:5715:57, 22 November 2020 diff hist +2,721 N If a devotee thinks that he is very much advanced in devotional service, he is considered puffed up and unfit to sit beneath the shelter of the Lord's lotus feet. Again, this instruction by Lord Caitanya is applicable Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If a devotee thinks that he is very much advanced in devotional service, he is considered puffed up and unfit to sit beneath t..."