User contributions for Iswaraj

31 March 2021

• 05:2205:22, 31 March 2021 diff hist +2,989‎ N The real symptoms of the fructification of the seed of love (rati) are manifested because the heart is melted. When such symptoms are found among speculators and fruitive actors, they cannot be accepted as real symptoms of attachment ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The real symptoms of the fructification of the seed of love"|"are manifested because the heart is melted. When such symptoms a..."
• 05:0805:08, 31 March 2021 diff hist +1,958‎ N One has to tolerate all obstacles on the path of Krsna consciousness, and one has to see that not a moment of his life is wasted outside of Krsna’s service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One has to tolerate all obstacles on the path of Krsna consciousness, and one has to see that not a moment of his life is wast..."

30 March 2021

• 08:1508:15, 30 March 2021 diff hist +2,422‎ N Maharaja Pariksit’s expression of anxiety is explained in this verse. He says, “Let whatever is destined to happen take place. It doesn’t matter. Just let me see that not a moment of my time is wasted without a relationship with Krsna” ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahārāja Parīkṣit’s expression of anxiety is explained in this verse. He says"|"Let whatever is destined to happen take..."
• 08:0908:09, 30 March 2021 diff hist +2,883‎ N Maharaja Pariksit was not at all afraid of being bitten by the snake-bird. Indeed, he requested all the great personalities assembled to continue chanting the holy name of Lord Visnu ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahārāja Parīkṣit, however, was not at all afraid of being bitten by the snake-bird. Indeed, he requested all the great p..."
• 08:0008:00, 30 March 2021 diff hist +2,498‎ N Many great saintly persons, sages, brahmanas, kings and demigods came to see him (Maharaja Pariksit) in his last days ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Many great saintly persons, sages, brāhmaṇas, kings and demigods came to see him in his last days"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|..."
• 07:5707:57, 30 March 2021 diff hist +2,457‎ N News of the curse was conveyed to the King (Pariksit), who prepared for his imminent death ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"News of the curse was conveyed to the King, who prepared for his imminent death"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{complete|..."
• 07:5407:54, 30 March 2021 diff hist +3,086‎ N This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam, spoken by Maharaja Pariksit while he was sitting on the bank of the Ganges expecting to be bitten by a snake-bird summoned by the curse of a brahmana boy named Srngi, who was the son of a great sage named Samika ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"|"spoken by Mahārāja Parīkṣit while he was sitting on the bank of the Ganges ex..."
• 07:4307:43, 30 March 2021 diff hist +4,926‎ N When the emotional stage intensifies, it is called prema-bhakti, or transcendental love of Godhead. This gradual process is also described in the following two verses, which are found in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.4.15-16) ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When that emotional stage intensifies, it is called prema-bhakti, or transcendental love of Godhead. This gradual process is a..."
• 07:4007:40, 30 March 2021 diff hist +4,852‎ N Bhava-bhakti is the platform of purified goodness. By such purified goodness, one’s heart melts in devotional service. Bhava-bhakti is the first seed of love of Godhead. This emotional stage is there before one attains pure love ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhāva-bhakti is the platform of purified goodness. By such purified goodness, one’s heart melts in devotional service. Bhā..."
• 07:3607:36, 30 March 2021 diff hist +5,005‎ N The more the taste grows, the more one desires to render service to the Lord. In this way one becomes attached to a particular mellow in the Lord’s service - santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya or madhura. As a result of such attachment, bhava develops ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The more the taste grows, the more one desires to render service to the Lord. In this way one becomes attached to a particular..."
• 07:1707:17, 30 March 2021 diff hist +4,633‎ N The basic principle for the execution of devotional service is faith. Above that, there is association with devotees, and after that there is initiation by a bona fide spiritual master ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The basic principle for the execution of devotional service is faith. Above that, there is association with devotees, and afte..."
• 07:1307:13, 30 March 2021 diff hist +4,346‎ N Sadhana-bhakti refers to the development of devotional service through the regulative principles ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sādhana-bhakti refers to the development of devotional service through the regulative principles"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Isw..."
• 07:0607:06, 30 March 2021 diff hist +4,223‎ N Devotional life is divided into two stages - sadhana-bhakti and bhava-bhakti ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus devotional life is divided into two stages"|"sādhana-bhakti and bhāva-bhakti"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{compl..."
• 07:0207:02, 30 March 2021 diff hist +4,317‎ N The love of Godhead is actually life’s highest perfection and the reservoir of all pleasure ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This love of Godhead is actually life’s highest perfection and the reservoir of all pleasure"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswara..."
• 06:5906:59, 30 March 2021 diff hist +4,674‎ N When this attachment (for devotional service) intensifies, the seed of love of Krsna fructifies. This position is called priti or rati (affection) or bhava (emotion). When rati intensifies, it is called love of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When this attachment intensifies, the seed of love of Kṛṣṇa fructifies. This position is called prīti or rati"|"When ra..."
• 06:4406:44, 30 March 2021 diff hist +4,659‎ N When one is freed from all material contamination, his firm faith in devotional service awakens. When firm faith develops, a taste arises, and by that taste one becomes attached to devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one is freed from all material contamination, his firm faith in devotional service awakens. When firm faith develops, a t..."
• 06:4006:40, 30 March 2021 diff hist +4,608‎ N If one actually develops the devotional attitude, he must be freed from the material contamination of illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating. These are the preliminary symptoms ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one actually develops the devotional attitude, he must be freed from the material contamination of illicit sex, intoxicatio..."
• 06:3306:33, 30 March 2021 diff hist +4,375‎ N The more one is interested in hearing and chanting, the more he is purified of material contamination ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The more one is interested in hearing and chanting, the more he is purified of material contamination"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler..."
• 06:2906:29, 30 March 2021 diff hist +4,616‎ N As a result of this (devotee) association, he (a person) becomes more and more interested in discharging devotional service and hearing and chanting ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As a result of this association, he becomes more and more interested in discharging devotional service and hearing and chantin..."
• 06:1906:19, 30 March 2021 diff hist +4,313‎ N Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura summarizes this growth of love of Godhead as a gradual process ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura summarizes this growth of love of Godhead as a gradual process"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {..."
• 06:1306:13, 30 March 2021 diff hist +2,327‎ N By various tastes, one’s heart is softened, and there is an awakening of one’s loving propensity to render spontaneous service to the Lord. This is called tatastha-laksana, the marginal symptom of bhava ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By various tastes, one’s heart is softened, and there is an awakening of one’s loving propensity to render spontaneous ser..."

14 March 2021

• 08:2908:29, 14 March 2021 diff hist +5,195‎ N Madana, whose family’s surname was Bharati, lived in the village of Auriya, and Gopala, whose family’s surname was Brahmacari, lived in the village of Denduda. There are still many living descendants of both families ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Madana, whose family’s surname was Bhāratī, lived in the village of Āuriyā, and Gopāla, whose family’s surname was Br..."
• 08:2608:26, 14 March 2021 diff hist +5,193‎ N Madhava Bharati’s disciple Balabhadra, who also later became a sannyasi of the Bharati-sampradaya, had two sons in his family life, named Madana and Gopala ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Madhava Bharati’s disciple Balabhadra, who also later became a sannyasi of the Bharati-sampradaya, had two sons in his famil..."
• 08:2208:22, 14 March 2021 diff hist +4,436‎ N According to some, the priests of the temple belong to the family of Kesava Bharati’s brother. Still another opinion is that they descend from Madhava Bharati, who was another disciple of Kesava Bharati’s ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to some, the priests of the temple belong to the family of Keśava Bhāratī’s brother. Still another opinion is t..."
• 08:1808:18, 14 March 2021 diff hist +4,612‎ N In Kesava Bharati's householder life he had two sons, Nisapati & Usapati, & a brahmana of the name Nakadicandra Vidyaratna, who was a member of the family of Nisapati, was the priest in charge at the time that Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati visited this temple ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In his householder life he had two sons, Niśāpati and Ūṣāpati, and a brāhmaṇa of the name Śrī Nakaḍicandra Vidyā..."
• 08:1108:11, 14 March 2021 diff hist +4,327‎ N According to the managers of that matha, the priests are descendants of Kesava Bharati, and some say that the worshipers of the Deity are descendants of the sons of Kesava Bharati ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the managers of that maṭha, the priests are descendants of Keśava Bhāratī, and some say that the worshipers..." current
• 08:0308:03, 14 March 2021 diff hist +4,390‎ N The temple and Deity worship started by Kesava Bharati are still existing in the village known as Khatundi, which is under the postal jurisdiction of Kandara in the district of Burdwan ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The temple and Deity worship started by Kesava Bharati are still existing in the village known as Khatundi, which is under the..." current
• 07:5907:59, 14 March 2021 diff hist +4,697‎ N Although Kesava Bharati belonged to the Sankara-sampradaya, he had formerly been initiated by a Vaisnava. He is said to have been a Vaisnava on account of having been initiated by Madhavendra Puri, for some say that he took sannyasa from Madhavendra Puri ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to some authoritative opinions, although Keśava Bhāratī belonged to the Śaṅkara-sampradāya, he had formerly b..."
• 07:4207:42, 14 March 2021 diff hist +4,404‎ N Kesava Bharati: The Sarasvati, Bharati and Puri sampradayas belong to the Srngeri-matha in South India, and Sri Kesava Bharati, who at that time was situated in a monastery in Katwa, belonged to the Bharati-sampradaya ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Keśava Bhāratī: The Sarasvatī, Bhāratī and Purī sampradāyas belong to the Śṛṅgerī-maṭha in South India, and Ś..." current
• 07:3807:38, 14 March 2021 diff hist +5,373‎ N Uddhava was Lord Krsna’s friend and cousin, and in caitanya-lila the same Uddhava became the friend of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His uncle in terms of their relationship in the disciplic succession ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Uddhava was Lord Krsna’s friend and cousin, and in caitanya-lila the same Uddhava became the friend of Sri Caitanya Mahaprab..."
• 07:2907:29, 14 March 2021 diff hist +5,104‎ N The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (118) states, puri sri-paramanando ya asid uddhavah pura. “Paramananda Puri is none other than Uddhava” ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā"|"states, purī śrī-paramānando ya āsīd uddhavaḥ purā"|"Paramānanda Purī is none oth..."
• 07:2507:25, 14 March 2021 diff hist +5,174‎ N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to say, ‘I am living in this world only on account of the excellent behavior of Sri Paramananda Puri ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to say, ‘I am living in this world only on account of the excellent behavior of Śrī Param..."
• 07:2007:20, 14 March 2021 diff hist +6,054‎ N When Lord Jagannatha granted the request (of Lord Caitanya), Lord Caitanya told all the devotees that from that day hence, the water of Paramananda Puri’s well should be celebrated as Ganges water ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Lord Jagannātha granted the request, Lord Caitanya told all the devotees that from that day hence, the water of Paramān..."
• 07:0407:04, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,137‎ N The water (from Paramananda Puri's well) was bitter, and therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu prayed to Lord Jagannatha to allow Ganges water to come into the well to make it sweet ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The water, however, was bitter, and therefore Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu prayed to Lord Jagannātha to allow Ganges water to c..."
• 06:5706:57, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,087‎ N Paramananda Puri established a small monastery behind the western side of the Jagannatha temple, where he had a well dug to supply water ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Paramānanda Purī established a small monastery behind the western side of the Jagannātha temple, where he had a well dug to..."
• 06:4506:45, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,150‎ N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu exchanged respectful obeisances with Paramananda Puri, who was very dear to Him ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exchanged respectful obeisances with Paramānanda Purī, who was very dear to Him"}} {{notes|}..."
• 06:4206:42, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,209‎ N My (Caitanya's) eyes, My mind, My religious activities and My acceptance of the sannyasa order have now all become perfect because today Madhavendra Puri is manifest before Me in the form of Paramananda Puri ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My eyes, My mind, My religious activities and My acceptance of the sannyāsa order have now all become perfect because today M..."
• 06:3406:34, 14 March 2021 diff hist +4,112‎ N As Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu offered full respect to His spiritual master, Isvara Puri, He similarly respected Paramananda Puri and Svarupa Damodara ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu offered full respect to His spiritual master, Īśvara Purī, He similarly respected Paramānand..."
• 06:2706:27, 14 March 2021 diff hist +4,336‎ N When Lord Caitanya accepted the renounced order, Paramananda Puri offered Him the danda. Paramananda Puri was always engaged in meditation, and Sri Svarupa was always engaged in chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Lord Caitanya accepted the renounced order, Paramānanda Purī offered Him the daṇḍa. Paramānanda Purī was always e..."
• 06:2206:22, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,638‎ N Among his sannyasi disciples, Isvara Puri and Paramananda Puri were very dear to Madhavendra Puri. Thus Paramananda Puri, like Svarupa Damodara, who was also a sannyasi, was very dear to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and was His constant associate ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Among his sannyāsī disciples, Īśvara Purī and Paramānanda Purī were very dear to Mādhavendra Purī. Thus Paramānanda..."
• 05:4505:45, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,419‎ N Paramananda Puri belonged to a brahmana family of the Trihut district in Uttara Pradesh. Madhavendra Puri was his spiritual master. In relationship with Madhavendra Puri, Paramananda Puri was very dear to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Paramananda Puri belonged to a brahmana family of the Trihut district in Uttara Pradesh. Madhavendra Puri was his spiritual ma..."

16 February 2021

• 14:3514:35, 16 February 2021 diff hist +5,672‎ N It has now become customary for devotees, following the example of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, to go there (Isvara Puri's birthplace) and collect some earth from that place ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It has now become customary for devotees, following the example of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, to go there and collect some ea..."
• 14:3214:32, 16 February 2021 diff hist +5,662‎ N This (earth from Isvara Puri's birthplace) He (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu) kept very carefully, and He used to eat a small portion of it daily. This is stated in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanda, Chapter Seventeen ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This He kept very carefully, and He used to eat a small portion of it daily. This is stated in the Caitanya-bhāgavata, Adi-kh..."
• 14:2914:29, 16 February 2021 diff hist +5,746‎ N To teach others by example how to be a faithful disciple of one’s spiritual master, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, visited the birthplace of Isvara Puri at Kumara-hatta and collected some earth from his birth site ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To teach others by example how to be a faithful disciple of one’s spiritual master, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme..."
• 14:2214:22, 16 February 2021 diff hist +5,682‎ N It is understood that he (Isvara Puri) served Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by reciting his book, Krsna-lilamrta. This is explained in Sri Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanda, Chapter Eleven ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is understood that he served Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu by reciting his book, Kṛṣṇa-līlāmṛta. This is explained i..."
• 14:1814:18, 16 February 2021 diff hist +5,830‎ N Srila Isvara Puri was the spiritual master of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, but before initiating Lord Caitanya he went to Navadvipa and lived for a few months in the house of Gopinatha Acarya. At that time Lord Caitanya became acquainted with him ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Īśvara Purī was the spiritual master of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, but before initiating Lord Caitanya he went to..."
• 14:1314:13, 16 February 2021 diff hist +5,595‎ N Isvara Puri pleased his spiritual master by service, and by the blessings of his spiritual master he became such a great personality that Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted him as His spiritual master ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Īśvara Purī pleased his spiritual master by service, and by the blessings of his spiritual master he became such a great pe..."
• 08:1408:14, 16 February 2021 diff hist +5,400‎ N It is by the mercy of the spiritual master that one becomes perfect, as vividly exemplified here ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is by the mercy of the spiritual master that one becomes perfect, as vividly exemplified here"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswa..."
• 08:1108:11, 16 February 2021 diff hist +5,541‎ N By the mercy of the spiritual master one is blessed by the mercy of Krsna. Without the grace of the spiritual master one cannot make any advancement ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By the mercy of the spiritual master one is blessed by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa. Without the grace of the spiritual master one..."
• 07:5007:50, 16 February 2021 diff hist +5,723‎ N Always chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra and reminding Sri Madhavendra Puri about the pastimes of Lord Krsna in the last stage of his life, Isvara Puri gave the best service among his disciples ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Always chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra and reminding Sri Madhavendra Puri about the pastimes of Lord Krsna in the last sta..."