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17 December 2020

• 15:3915:39, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,367‎ N As for Prahlada Maharaja since he was not a common, ordinary man, whatever questions he posed would have to be answered, even by a great and exalted personality ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As for Prahlāda Mahārāja, however, since he was not a common, ordinary man, whatever questions he posed would have to be an..."
• 15:3515:35, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,467‎ N Unless one is prepared to take instructions, it is said that a saintly person should not address him, although sometimes, because of great kindness, a saintly person speaks to ordinary men ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless one is prepared to take instructions, it is said that a saintly person should not address him, although sometimes, beca..."
• 15:2915:29, 17 December 2020 diff hist +3,351‎ N A saintly person doesn't wish to speak to anyone and everyone, and he is therefore grave and silent. Generally a common man does not need to be advised ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A saintly person doesn't wish to speak to anyone and everyone, and he is therefore grave and silent. Generally a common man do..."

16 December 2020

• 19:1119:11, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,097‎ N The pure devotee is described by the words bhaktya kevalaya. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains that bhaktya kevalaya means jnana-karmady-amisraya, "unmixed with fruitive activities or speculative knowledge ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The pure devotee is described by the words bhaktyā kevalayā. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains that bhakt..."
• 19:0419:04, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,025‎ N Only to the devotees does the Lord give instructions by which to advance further and further in devotional service. To others, the nondevotees, the Lord gives instructions according to the manner of their surrender ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only to the devotees, however, does the Lord give instructions by which to advance further and further in devotional service...." current
• 18:5918:59, 16 December 2020 diff hist −11‎ The Lord is situated in everyone's heart (isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati (BG 18.61)), and when the Lord is pleased with a devotee, the Lord instructs him ‎No edit summary current
• 18:5818:58, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,907‎ N The Lord is situated in everyone's heart (isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati (BG 18.61)), and when the Lord is pleased with a devotee, the Lord instructs him ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is situated in everyone's heart (īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati (BG 18.61)), and whe..."
• 18:5118:51, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,066‎ N A pure devotee like Prahlada Maharaja can understand the minds of others because of his pure vision in devotional service. A devotee like Prahlada Maharaja can study another man's character without difficulty ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A pure devotee like Prahlāda Mahārāja can understand the minds of others because of his pure vision in devotional service...."
• 18:4318:43, 16 December 2020 diff hist +1,711‎ N Prahlada was naturally inquisitive about why he (the saintly person) was lying there inactive ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda was naturally inquisitive about why he was lying there inactive"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {..."
• 18:3718:37, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,335‎ Prahlada Maharaja studied the bodily features of the saintly person, and through the saint's physiognomy Prahlada Maharaja could understand that he was intelligent and expert ‎No edit summary current
• 18:3118:31, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,275‎ N One who is advanced in self-realization must be considered to possess the body of a brahmana ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one who is advanced in self-realization must be considered to possess the body of a brāhmaṇa"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angel..."
• 18:2618:26, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,676‎ N The learned sage was quite fat and Prahlada Maharaja was very much surprised. Because of being experienced in self-realization, a transcendentalist certainly becomes bright-faced ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The learned sage, however, was quite fat, and therefore Prahlāda Mahārāja was very much surprised. Because of being experie..."
• 18:0918:09, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,430‎ N By enjoying the senses one becomes fat. Therefore in spiritual advancement becoming fat is not at all satisfactory ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By enjoying the senses one becomes fat. Therefore in spiritual advancement becoming fat is not at all satisfactory"}} {{notes|..."
• 18:0318:03, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,799‎ N In the material world we generally see that when a man who is poor and skinny gradually endeavors to earn money through business or some other means and he then gets the money, he enjoys the senses to his satisfaction ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world also, we generally see that when a man who is poor and skinny gradually endeavors to earn money through..."
• 17:5717:57, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,470‎ N Prahlada Maharaja who was surprised to see a saintly person adopting ajagara-vrtti and becoming very fat ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja, who was surprised to see a saintly person adopting ājagara-vṛtti and becoming very fat"}} {{notes|}}..."
• 17:5017:50, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,722‎ N Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura did not like his disciples to become very fat in the course of time. He would become very anxious upon seeing his fat disciples becoming bhogis, or enjoyers of the senses ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura did not like his disciples to become very fat in the course of time. He would b..."
• 17:4317:43, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,240‎ N Without asking the saintly person about his previous life, Prahlada Maharaja immediately offered him respectful obeisances ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Without asking the saintly person about his previous life, Prahlāda Mahārāja immediately offered him respectful obeisances"..."
• 17:3317:33, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,567‎ N The inhabitants of that particular place on the bank of the Kaveri in the valley of the mountain known as Sahya were unable to understand whether that saint was the same man they had known. It is therefore said, vaisnavera kriya mudra vijne na bhujhaya ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The inhabitants of that particular place on the bank of the Kāverī in the valley of the mountain known as Sahya were unable..."
• 17:2717:27, 16 December 2020 diff hist +1,726‎ N Prahlada Maharaja, along with his associates, met this great saint (who was undergoing ajagara-vrtti, the living conditions of a python) and spoke to him ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja, along with his associates, met this great saint and spoke to him"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{com..."
• 17:2317:23, 16 December 2020 diff hist +2,095‎ N The saintly person met by Prahlada Maharaja was undergoing ajagara-vrtti, the living conditions of a python, which does not go anywhere but sits in one place for years and eats whatever is automatically available ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The saintly person met by Prahlāda Mahārāja was undergoing ājagara-vṛtti, the living conditions of a python, which does..."
• 17:1217:12, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,084‎ N Our (Krsna consciousness movement) only concern is to attract people to Krsna consciousness. We may do this in the dress of sannyasis or in the regular dress of gentlemen. Our only concern is to spread interest in Krsna consciousness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Our only concern is to attract people to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We may do this in the dress of sannyāsīs or in the regul..."
• 17:0717:07, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,253‎ N Sometimes the Krsna consciousness movement sends its representative sannyasis to foreign countries where the danda and kamandalu are not very much appreciated. We send our preachers in ordinary dress to introduce our books and philosophy ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement sends its representative sannyāsīs to foreign countries where the daṇḍa..."
• 17:0017:00, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,856‎ N Such a sannyasi (a Vaisnava sannyasi) is free to accept or reject the marks of sannyasa. His only thought is "Where is there an opportunity to spread Krsna consciousness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such a sannyāsī is free to accept or reject the marks of sannyāsa. His only thought is "Where is there an opportunity to sp..."
• 16:5416:54, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,204‎ N To preach, such sannyasis may accept the symbols of sannyasa, such as the danda and kamandalu, or sometimes they may not. Generally the Vaisnava sannyasis, being paramahamsas, are automatically called babajis, and they do not carry a kamandalu or danda ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To preach, such sannyāsīs may accept the symbols of sannyāsa, such as the daṇḍa and kamaṇḍalu, or sometimes they ma..."
• 16:4616:46, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,852‎ N Unless one is in the paramahamsa stage, he is not eligible to understand the Srimad-Bhagavatam. For paramahamsas, or sannyasis in the Vaisnava order, preaching is the first duty ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless one is in the paramahaṁsa stage, he is not eligible to understand the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. For paramahaṁsas, or sa..."
• 16:4116:41, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,937‎ N The Absolute Truth is perceived in three stages, of which bhagavan, or realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is meant for the paramahamsas. Indeed, Srimad-Bhagavatam itself is meant for the paramahamsas ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Absolute Truth is perceived in three stages, of which bhagavān, or realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is..."
• 16:3616:36, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,945‎ The Mayavadi impersonalist sannyasis cannot attain the paramahamsa stage. This is because of their impersonal conception of the Absolute Truth ‎No edit summary current
• 16:3416:34, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,901‎ N There are four stages of the renounced order of life - kuticaka, bahudaka, parivrajakacarya and paramahamsa. Herein (in SB 7.13.9), Srimad-Bhagavatam considers the paramahamsas among the sannyasis ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are four stages of the renounced order of life—kuṭīcaka, bahūdaka, parivrājakācārya and paramahaṁsa. Herein,..."
• 16:2916:29, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,021‎ N The first business of the sannyasi is to preach Krsna consciousness, but if, by the grace of Krsna, facilities are available, then he may construct temples and monasteries to give shelter to the serious students of Krsna consciousness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The first business of the sannyāsī is to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but if, by the grace of Kṛṣṇa, facilities a..."
• 16:2516:25, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,561‎ N Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains the word arambhan as meaning mathadi-vyaparan, which means "attempts to construct temples and monasteries ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains the word ārambhān as meaning maṭhādi-vyāpārān, which means "attem..." current
• 16:1916:19, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,939‎ N In the temples and monasteries, gatherings of unnecessary, rejected, lazy fellows should be strictly disallowed. The temples and monasteries should be used exclusively by devotees who are serious about spiritual advancement in Krsna consciousness ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the temples and monasteries, gatherings of unnecessary, rejected, lazy fellows should be strictly disallowed. The temples a..." current
• 16:1316:13, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,750‎ N In the Krsna consciousness movement we welcome everyone who agrees at least to follow the movement's regulative principles - no illicit sex, no intoxication, no meat-eating and no gambling ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement we welcome everyone who agrees at least to follow the movement's regulative principl..."
• 16:0316:03, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,763‎ N Sannyasis sometimes indulge in material opulence by unnecessarily constructing many temples and monasteries, but actually such endeavors should be avoided ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sannyāsīs sometimes indulge in material opulence by unnecessarily constructing many temples and monasteries, but actually su..."
• 15:5915:59, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,701‎ N A sannyasi is prohibited from making disciples through such material allurements - curing diseases or increasing material opulence by manufacturing gold ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A sannyāsī is prohibited from making disciples through such material allurements"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complet..."
• 15:5515:55, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,866‎ N There are many so-called gurus who attract disciples by promising to cure their diseases or increase their material opulence by manufacturing gold. These are lucrative allurements for unintelligent men ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are many so-called gurus who attract disciples by promising to cure their diseases or increase their material opulence b..."
• 15:4715:47, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,616‎ N So-called svamis and yogis generally make disciples by alluring them with material benefits ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"So-called svāmīs and yogīs generally make disciples by alluring them with material benefits"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela..."
• 15:3815:38, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,117‎ N Madhvacarya says: One should be callous to these so-called sastras, neither opposing nor favoring them, and one should not earn one's livelihood by taking money for explaining sastra ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should be callous to these so-called śāstras, neither opposing nor favoring them, and one should not earn one's liveliho..."
• 15:3115:31, 16 December 2020 diff hist +4,116‎ N Madhvacarya says: There is no need to take shelter of unnecessary literature or concern oneself with many so-called philosophers & thinkers who are useless for spiritual advancement. Nor should one accept a disciple for the sake of fashion or popularity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is no need to take shelter of unnecessary literature or concern oneself with many so-called philosophers and thinkers wh..."
• 15:2215:22, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,508‎ N Anyone advancing in spiritual knowledge must reject such literature - newspapers, dramas, novels and magazines ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Anyone advancing in spiritual knowledge must reject such literature"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first..."
• 15:1615:16, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,829‎ N Such literature, including newspapers, dramas, novels and magazines, is factually not meant for advancement in spiritual knowledge. Indeed, it has been described as a place of enjoyment for crows - tad vayasam tirtham ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such literature, including newspapers, dramas, novels and magazines, is factually not meant for advancement in spiritual knowl..."
• 15:0915:09, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,380‎ N This time factor is the impersonal representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who gives the living entities conditioned by material nature a chance to emerge from this nature by surrendering to Him ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This time factor is the impersonal representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who gives the living entities conditi..."
• 15:0515:05, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,160‎ N Being under the control of the time factor, the living entities appear and die, life after life ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Being under the control of the time factor, the living entities appear and die, life after life"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angel..."
• 15:0115:01, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,523‎ N Before the creation of the present millennium, the living entities were under the influence of the time factor, and within the time factor the material world comes into existence and is again annihilated. Bhutva bhutva praliyate - BG 8.19 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Before the creation of the present millennium, the living entities were under the influence of the time factor, and within the..."
• 14:5614:56, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,147‎ N One should observe the activities of eternal time, which is the cause of birth and death ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should observe the activities of eternal time, which is the cause of birth and death"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{c..."
• 14:5214:52, 16 December 2020 diff hist +3,584‎ N It is advised that one observe the eternal time factor, which is the cause of the material body's appearance and disappearance, and that one observe the living entity's entanglement in this time factor ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is advised that one observe the eternal time factor, which is the cause of the material body's appearance and disappearance..."

15 December 2020

• 18:2018:20, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,477‎ N Some stress death and point to the illusory existence of everything material, whereas others stress life, trying to preserve it perpetually and enjoy it to the best of their ability. Both of them are fools and rascals ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Some stress death and point to the illusory existence of everything material, whereas others stress life, trying to preserve i..."
• 18:1418:14, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,288‎ N The living entities in the material world, not only at the present but also in the past, have been involved in trying to solve the problem of birth and death ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living entities in the material world, not only at the present but also in the past, have been involved in trying to solve..."
• 18:0918:09, 15 December 2020 diff hist +2,950‎ N Everything exists on the basis of Krsna's impersonal feature; nothing can exist without Krsna. The advanced devotee of Krsna can see the Lord everywhere, without illusion ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everything exists on the basis of Kṛṣṇa's impersonal feature; nothing can exist without Kṛṣṇa. Therefore the advan..."
• 18:0318:03, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,120‎ N One who is advanced in understanding the self should understand that unconsciousness and consciousness are but illusions, for they fundamentally do not exist. Only the Supreme Absolute Truth exists ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one who is advanced in understanding the self should understand that unconsciousness and consciousness are but illusions, for..."
• 17:5817:58, 15 December 2020 diff hist +3,075‎ N The unconscious state is nothing but ignorance, darkness or material existence, and in the conscious state one is awake. The marginal state, between consciousness and unconsciousness, has no permanent existence ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The unconscious state is nothing but ignorance, darkness or material existence, and in the conscious state one is awake. The m..."