User contributions for Iswaraj
19 May 2021
- 09:0609:06, 19 May 2021 diff hist +3,447 N The desire of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is that all over the world everyone, in every village and every town, know of Him and His sankirtana movement. These are the inner feelings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The desire of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is that all over the world everyone, in every village and every town, know of Him and Hi..."
- 09:0209:02, 19 May 2021 diff hist +3,451 N The special function of Srila Rupa Gosvami is to establish the feelings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. These feelings are His desires that His special mercy be spread throughout the world in this Kali-yuga Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The special function of Srila Rupa Gosvami is to establish the feelings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. These feelings are His des..."
- 08:4308:43, 19 May 2021 diff hist +3,028 N As far as possible, the devotees in the Krsna consciousness movement gather to chant the holy name of Krsna in public so that both the chanters and the listeners may benefit Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As far as possible, therefore, the devotees in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement gather to chant the holy name of Kṛṣ..."
- 08:4108:41, 19 May 2021 diff hist +3,168 N Srila Sanatana Gosvami has forbidden us to hear the holy name of Krsna chanted by non-Vaisnavas, such as professional actors and singers, for it will have no effect. It is like milk touched by the lips of a serpent Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Srila Sanatana Gosvami has forbidden us to hear the holy name of Krsna chanted by non-Vaisnavas, such as professional actors a..."
- 08:3808:38, 19 May 2021 diff hist +2,965 N One who hears the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra must receive it from the spiritual master by aural reception Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who hears the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra must receive it from the spiritual master by aural reception"}} {{notes|}}..."
- 08:3508:35, 19 May 2021 diff hist +3,115 N The transcendental vibration of the Lord’s holy name is completely spiritual. Thus it must be received from spiritual sources and must be chanted after having been heard from a spiritual master Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The transcendental vibration of the Lord’s holy name is completely spiritual. Thus it must be received from spiritual source..."
- 08:3108:31, 19 May 2021 diff hist +3,092 N It is said in the Padma Purana, atah sri-krsna-namadi na bhaved grahyam indriyaih (CC Madhya 17.136). Chanting and hearing of the transcendental holy name of the Lord cannot be performed by the ordinary senses Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is said in the Padma Purāṇa, ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ"|"Chanting and hearing of..."
- 08:0408:04, 19 May 2021 diff hist +4,977 N Through taxation, such men exploit the citizens as much as possible, & in this way they devour the citizens of the state instead of benefiting them. We therefore cannot expect a government to be efficient if it is headed by such unclean mlecchas & yavanas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Through taxation, such men exploit the citizens as much as possible, and in this way they devour the citizens of the state ins..."
- 07:5607:56, 19 May 2021 diff hist +4,910 N The processes of eating in different modes are explained in the Bhagavad-gita, wherein it is stated that those who eat rice, wheat, vegetables, milk products, fruit and sugar are situated in the elevated quality of goodness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The processes of eating in different modes are explained in the Bhagavad-gita, wherein it is stated that those who eat rice, w..."
- 07:5307:53, 19 May 2021 diff hist +4,774 N Politicians meet together and exchange good wishes by drinking liquor, which is so polluted and sinful that naturally drunkards and meat-eaters develop a degraded mentality in the mode of ignorance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Politicians meet together and exchange good wishes by drinking liquor, which is so polluted and sinful that naturally drunkard..."
- 07:4807:48, 19 May 2021 diff hist +4,447 N Unfortunately, at the present moment the bodily constitutions of the leaders of society, especially the governmental leaders, are polluted Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unfortunately, at the present moment the bodily constitutions of the leaders of society, especially the governmental leaders,..."
- 07:4507:45, 19 May 2021 diff hist +4,583 N If in all his activities a person strictly adheres to the mode of goodness, he will certainly develop his dormant Krsna consciousness and ultimately become a pure devotee of Lord Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If in all his activities a person strictly adheres to the mode of goodness, he will certainly develop his dormant Krsna consci..."
- 07:3307:33, 19 May 2021 diff hist +4,697 N One’s bodily luster and beauty, one’s constitution, one’s activities and one’s qualities all depend on the law of cause and effect Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One’s bodily luster and beauty, one’s constitution, one’s activities and one’s qualities all depend on the law of caus..."
- 07:2207:22, 19 May 2021 diff hist +1,803 N The two works are the Vidagdha-madhava and the Lalita-madhava. The Vidagdha-madhava describes pastimes in Vrndavana, and the Lalita-madhava describes pastimes in Dvaraka and Mathura Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The two works are the Vidagdha-madhava and the Lalita-madhava. The Vidagdha-madhava describes pastimes in Vrndavana, and the L..." current
- 07:0607:06, 19 May 2021 diff hist +2,123 N It is customary among Hindus to carry a dying person to a nearby bank of the Ganges, for if one dies on the bank of the Ganges, his soul is considered to reach the lotus feet of Lord Visnu, wherefrom the Ganges flows Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is customary among Hindus to carry a dying person to a nearby bank of the Ganges, for if one dies on the bank of the Ganges..."
- 07:0207:02, 19 May 2021 diff hist +1,891 N Formerly when a person died it was commonly said that he had attained the shelter of mother Ganges, even if he did not die on the bank of the Ganges Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Formerly when a person died it was commonly said that he had attained the shelter of mother Ganges, even if he did not die on..."
- 06:5606:56, 19 May 2021 diff hist +3,077 N Everyone should be given a chance to take prasadam and thus be induced to chant the holy names Hare Krsna and also dance in ecstasy. By these three processes, although performed without knowledge or education, even an animal went back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone should be given a chance to take prasadam and thus be induced to chant the holy names Hare Krsna and also dance in ec..."
- 06:5206:52, 19 May 2021 diff hist +3,612 It is requested that all our devotees in the ISKCON community become pure Vaisnavas, so that by their mercy all the people of the world will be transferred to Vaikunthaloka, even without their knowledge No edit summary current
10 May 2021
- 09:2309:23, 10 May 2021 diff hist +3,503 Everyone in the human form of life should be induced to associate with devotees. By rendering a little service, even by eating prasadam, what to speak of chanting and dancing, everyone can be promoted to Vaikunthaloka No edit summary current
- 09:1309:13, 10 May 2021 diff hist +4,033 N Somehow or other we are now engaged in that service. We may conclude that even as dogs we must take shelter of a Vaisnava. The benefit will be the same as that which accrues to an advanced devotee under a Vaisnava’s care Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus somehow or other we are now engaged in that service. We may conclude that even as dogs we must take shelter of a Vaiṣ..."
- 09:1009:10, 10 May 2021 diff hist +4,099 N Fortunately we (Prabhupada) had the opportunity to be born of a Vaisnava father who took care of us very nicely. He prayed to Srimati Radharani that in the future we would become a servant of the eternal consort of Sri Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Fortunately we had the opportunity to be born of a Vaiṣṇava father who took care of us very nicely. He prayed to Śrīmat..." current
- 09:0609:06, 10 May 2021 diff hist +3,821 N Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has also sung, kita-janma ha-u yatha tuya dasa (Saranagati 11). There is no harm in taking birth again and again. Our only desire should be to take birth under the care of a Vaisnava Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has also sung, kīṭa-janma ha-u yathā tuyā dāsa"|"There is no harm in taking birth again..."
- 09:0409:04, 10 May 2021 diff hist +4,515 There are many other instances in which the pet animal of a Vaisnava was delivered back home to Vaikunthaloka, back to Godhead. Such is the benefit of somehow or other becoming the favorite of a Vaisnava No edit summary current
- 09:0109:01, 10 May 2021 diff hist +3,771 N Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has therefore sung, tumi ta’ thakura, tomara kukkura, baliya janaha more (Saranagati 19). He thus offers to become the dog of a Vaisnava Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has therefore sung, tumi ta’ ṭhākura, tomāra kukkura, baliyā jānaha more"|"He thus off..."
- 08:5908:59, 10 May 2021 diff hist +3,873 N As will be evident from the following verses, the dog got the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and was immediately promoted to Vaikuntha to become an eternal devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As will be evident from the following verses, the dog got the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and was immediately promoted to..." current
- 08:5408:54, 10 May 2021 diff hist +3,841 N When the servant forgot to feed the dog and the dog disappeared, Sivananda, being very anxious, sent ten men to find it. When they could not find it, Sivananda observed a fast Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Then when the servant forgot to feed the dog and the dog disappeared, Śivānanda, being very anxious, sent ten men to find it..."
- 08:4708:47, 10 May 2021 diff hist +4,017 N It appears that although on one occasion the dog was not allowed aboard a boat, Sivananda did not leave the dog behind but paid more money just to induce the boatman to take the dog across the river Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It appears that although on one occasion the dog was not allowed aboard a boat, Sivananda did not leave the dog behind but pai..."
- 08:4408:44, 10 May 2021 diff hist +3,927 N Since it (dog) naturally began to follow Sivananda Sena while he was going to Jagannatha Puri with his party, he accepted it into his party and maintained it the same way he was maintaining the other devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since it naturally began to follow Śivānanda Sena while he was going to Jagannātha Purī with his party, he accepted it int..." current
- 08:4108:41, 10 May 2021 diff hist +3,703 N Sivananda Sena’s attachment to the dog was a great boon for that animal. The dog appears to have been a street dog Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sivananda Sena’s attachment to the dog was a great boon for that animal. The dog appears to have been a street dog"}} {{note..."
- 08:2508:25, 10 May 2021 diff hist +2,991 N With one paisa in those days, one could purchase sufficient vegetables to provide for a whole family. Even thirty years ago, vegetables were occasionally so inexpensive that one paisa’s worth could provide for a whole family for a day Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"With one paisa in those days, however, one could purchase sufficient vegetables to provide for a whole family. Even thirty yea..."
- 08:2108:21, 10 May 2021 diff hist +2,798 N In those days one paisa was also subdivided into small conchshells, but at the present moment the prices for commodities have gone so high that there is nothing one can get in exchange for only one paisa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In those days one paisa was also subdivided into small conchshells, but at the present moment the prices for commodities have..." current
- 08:1708:17, 10 May 2021 diff hist +2,944 N Four pieces of kadi made one ganda, and twenty such gandas equaled one pana. This kadi was also used as a medium of exchange; therefore Sivananda Sena paid for the dog with dasa pana, or eighty times ten pieces of kadi Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Four pieces of kadi made one ganda, and twenty such gandas equaled one pana. This kadi was also used as a medium of exchange;..." current
- 08:1408:14, 10 May 2021 diff hist +2,873 N One pana is eighty kadis, or small conchshells. Formerly, even fifty or sixty years ago, there was no paper currency in India. Coins were generally made not of base metal but of gold, silver and copper Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One paṇa is eighty kaḍis, or small conchshells. Formerly, even fifty or sixty years ago, there was no paper currency in In..."
- 08:0608:06, 10 May 2021 diff hist +2,947 N I am trying to finish the translation of Srimad-Bhagavatam as soon as possible, but before finishing it, I have given my readers the book Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, so that if I die before finishing the whole task, they may enjoy this book Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I am trying to finish the translation of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as soon as possible, but before finishing it, I have given my re..."
- 07:5607:56, 10 May 2021 diff hist +2,485 N I started the Krsna consciousness movement at the age of seventy. Now I am seventy-eight, and so my death is imminent Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I started the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement at the age of seventy. Now I am seventy-eight, and so my death is imminent"}}..."
- 07:5307:53, 10 May 2021 diff hist +2,687 N Knowing myself to be an old man and almost an invalid because of rheumatism, I have already translated the essence of all literatures, the Tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam, as a summary study in English Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"However, knowing myself to be an old man and almost an invalid because of rheumatism, I have already translated the essence of..."
- 07:4407:44, 10 May 2021 diff hist +2,492 N Following in the footsteps of Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, I am trying to translate Srimad-Bhagavatam as quickly as possible Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Following in the footsteps of Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, I am trying to translate Srimad-Bhagavatam as quickly as possi..."
- 07:3707:37, 10 May 2021 diff hist +2,678 N If we adhere to the lotus feet of the six Gosvamis and pray for their mercy, all impediments will be annihilated, and the transcendental devotional desire to serve the Supreme Lord will be fulfilled Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nevertheless, if we adhere to the lotus feet of the six Gosvāmīs and pray for their mercy, all impediments will be annihilat..."
- 07:3407:34, 10 May 2021 diff hist +2,416 N It is not astonishing that impediments are placed before those who are spreading the Krsna consciousness movement all over the world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not astonishing that impediments are placed before those who are spreading the Krsna consciousness movement all over the..."
- 07:3107:31, 10 May 2021 diff hist +2,389 N If a devotee seeks shelter at the lotus feet of the six Gosvamis, the merciful Gosvamis will certainly give the Lord’s servitor all protection Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But if a devotee seeks shelter at the lotus feet of the six Gosvāmīs, the merciful Gosvāmīs will certainly give the Lord..."
- 07:2107:21, 10 May 2021 diff hist +2,542 N If one wants to benefit the entire world, he will certainly find persons like hogs and pigs who will put forward many impediments. That is natural Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one wants to benefit the entire world, he will certainly find persons like hogs and pigs who will put forward many impedime..."
8 May 2021
- 09:3609:36, 8 May 2021 diff hist +3,610 N Due to our solid logic and scientific presentation, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s prediction that Krsna consciousness will spread to every town and village throughout the world is gradually being realized Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Due to our solid logic and scientific presentation, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s prediction that Kṛṣṇa consciousness w..."
- 09:3309:33, 8 May 2021 diff hist +3,575 N It is not a question of being Christian, Muslim or Hindu. One should be purely religious and freed from all these material designations. In this way one can learn the art of devotional service. This argument appeals to all intelligent men Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not a question of being Christian, Muslim or Hindu. One should be purely religious and freed from all these material des..." current
- 09:2709:27, 8 May 2021 diff hist +3,414 N It does not matter whether one is Christian, Muslim or whatever. He simply must accept the sublime position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and render service unto Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It does not matter whether one is Christian, Muslim or whatever. He simply must accept the sublime position of the Supreme Per..." current
- 09:2309:23, 8 May 2021 diff hist +3,327 N If a person is religious, he must accept the supreme authority of the Lord, become His devotee and try to love Him. This is the real principle of religion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If a person is religious, he must accept the supreme authority of the Lord, become His devotee and try to love Him. This is th..."
- 09:1909:19, 8 May 2021 diff hist +3,250 N Following in the footsteps of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, we are trying to convince everyone that the devotional service of the Lord is enjoined in every scripture Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Following in the footsteps of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, we are trying to convince everyone that the devotional service of the L..."
- 09:1609:16, 8 May 2021 diff hist +3,687 N In our recent tour of European cities, many learned Christian scholars, priests, philosophers and yogis came to see us, and by the grace of Krsna they agreed that the Krsna consciousness movement, the bhakti cult, offers the topmost conclusion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in our recent tour of European cities like Rome, Geneva, Paris and Frankfurt, many learned Christian scholars, priests, philos..."
- 09:0309:03, 8 May 2021 diff hist +5,365 N They (owlish personalities) are prepared to criticize the person engaged in distributing the holy name all over the world and following in the footsteps of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who wanted Krsna consciousness preached in every town and city Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They are prepared to criticize the person engaged in distributing the holy name all over the world and following in the footst..."
- 08:5608:56, 8 May 2021 diff hist +5,542 N There are many people who are just like owls and never open their eyes to see the sunshine. These owlish personalities, who are inferior even to the Mayavadi sannyasis, cannot see the brilliance of Krsna’s favor upon the maha-bhagavata devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nonetheless, there are many people who are just like owls and never open their eyes to see the sunshine. These owlish personal..."
- 08:5208:52, 8 May 2021 diff hist +6,287 He is the guru, or spiritual master, for the entire world, a devotee on the topmost platform, the maha-bhagavata stage, and a paramahamsa-thakura, a spiritual form only fit to be addressed as paramahamsa or thakura No edit summary current