User contributions for BhavesvariRadhika
11 September 2021
- 14:0214:02, 11 September 2021 diff hist +4,466 The karmis, they are more and more becoming entangled: "Give me this, give me that, give me that"; ultimately, "Give me the post of Brahma," "Give me the post of Indra." So their business is simply "give me" No edit summary
- 13:5813:58, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,150 The various names of the demigods - Lord Brahma, Lord Siva, Lord Indra and so on - are not personal names; they are names of different posts No edit summary current
- 13:4713:47, 11 September 2021 diff hist −10 Sometimes, when there is no ordinary living entity available, the post of Brahma is occupied by an expansion of Lord Visnu, but generally this post is occupied by a greatly pious living entity within this universe No edit summary current
- 13:4513:45, 11 September 2021 diff hist +5,705 Visnu pervades the entire material world, whereas Brahma merely occupies one subordinate post No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,807 The post of Lord Brahma is meant for very highly elevated, spiritually advanced living beings. When such living beings are unavailable, Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, expands Himself as Lord Brahma. This takes place very rarely No edit summary
- 13:4413:44, 11 September 2021 diff hist −10 The post of Brahma to officiate in the creation of the universe is offered to the most pure living being, and unless one is so qualified one cannot expect to be treated like Brahmaji directly No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,628 The post of Brahma is the supermost post in the universe, and it appears that there are many Brahmas and many universes besides the one in which we are situated No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,739 The post of Brahma is the highest responsible post within the universe, and it is offered to the most perfect personality of the universe No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 11 September 2021 diff hist −10 From this verse we can understand that Brahma is the name of the post and that the person occupying the post has a particular name also No edit summary current
- 13:3913:39, 11 September 2021 diff hist −10 Although they are ordinary living entities, they are able to attain responsible posts, like Lord Brahmā, Indra, Candra and Varuṇa No edit summary current
- 13:3613:36, 11 September 2021 diff hist +4,785 Brahma is also living being, but because he is very pure... This Brahma post is sometimes not available because there is no such pure living being. So Krsna becomes Himself Brahma sometimes No edit summary current
- 13:3413:34, 11 September 2021 diff hist +7,105 Although a living entity like us, Lord Brahma is exalted due to his pious activities; therefore he is given the high post of Brahma No edit summary current
- 13:3413:34, 11 September 2021 diff hist +6,852 My dear Uddhava, a person whose consciousness is completely absorbed in My thought and activities does not aspire even to occupy the post of Brahma, or the post of Indra, or the post of lordship over the planets, or the eight kinds of mystic perfections No edit summary
- 12:3212:32, 11 September 2021 diff hist +5,547 When the tithi of the death anniversary falls on the Ekadasi day, the sraddha ceremony should be held not on Ekadasi but on the next day, or dvadasi No edit summary current
- 12:3212:32, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 When He (Advaita prabhu) performed the sraddha ceremony for His father, He first of all called Haridasa Thakura and offered him food No edit summary current
- 12:3112:31, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,314 Vasistha could immediately understand that part of the flesh had already been taken by Vikuksi, and therefore he said that it was unfit to be used in the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 12:2612:26, 11 September 2021 diff hist +1,883 There was no end to the transcendental qualities of Haridasa Thakura. Here I mention but a fraction of his qualities. He was so exalted that Advaita Gosvami, when performing the sraddha ceremony of his father, offered him the first plate No edit summary current
- 12:2612:26, 11 September 2021 diff hist +9 There are three kinds of ceremonies - specifically, ceremonies to please the Supreme Lord or the demigods, those performed for social celebrations like marriages and birthdays, and those meant to please the forefathers, like the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 12:2612:26, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 The word yoga refers to a certain relationship between the sun and moon as they move in the sky. There are twenty-seven different degrees of yoga, of which the 17th is called Vyatipata. On the day when this occurs, one should perform the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 12:2512:25, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 Indians spend especially lavishly on three occasions - at the birth of a child, at marriage and while observing the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 12:2512:25, 11 September 2021 diff hist +6,361 The purpose of the sraddha ceremony is to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, so that after pleasing Him one may offer prasada to one's forefathers and in this way make them happy No edit summary
- 12:2512:25, 11 September 2021 diff hist +7,909 In many instances devotees have accepted the Deity as a son. In Bengal there are many such instances, and even after the death of the devotee, the Deity performs the sraddha ceremony for the father. The relationship is never destroyed No edit summary current
- 12:2512:25, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,923 If one recites this narration while offering oblations to the pitas and demigods, especially during the sraddha ceremony, the demigods and inhabitants of Pitrloka will be extremely pleased with him and bestow upon him the fulfillment of all desires No edit summary current
- 12:2512:25, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,927 The Caitanya-mangala, Madhya-khanda, describes this incident (CC Adi 17.91) as follows: Srivasa Pandita was performing the sraddha ceremony for his father, and as is customary, he was hearing the thousand names of Lord Visnu No edit summary
- 12:2412:24, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 Srila Jiva Gosvami has given quotations from many sastras stating that the sraddha ceremony of oblations to the forefathers should not be performed on Ekadasi tithi No edit summary
- 12:2412:24, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 One who smears oil on his body while observing a vow in conjunction with a ritual, while bathing in the morning, while performing the sraddha ceremony, or on dvadasi day may as well pour wine over his body. Therefore, oil should be rejected No edit summary current
- 12:2412:24, 11 September 2021 diff hist +5,810 One should perform the sraddha ceremony on the Makara-sankranti (the day when the sun begins to move north) or on the Karkata-sankranti (the day when the sun begins to move south) No edit summary current
- 12:2312:23, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 On these two days of the year (Makara-sankranti and Karkata-sankranti), one should perform the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 12:2012:20, 11 September 2021 diff hist +5,914 On these two days of the year (the first day when the sun begins to move north and enter the zodiacal sign of Capricorn and the first day when the sun begins to move south and enter the sign of Cancer), one should perform the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 06:5706:57, 11 September 2021 diff hist +3,460 Even until today, the Deity performs the sraddha ceremony on the anniversary of the death of Govinda Ghosa. The temple of this Deity is managed by the raja-vamsa family of Krsnanagara, whose members are descendants of Raja Krsnacandra No edit summary current
- 06:5706:57, 11 September 2021 diff hist +1,956 During the months of January, February and March, oblations offered to the forefathers are called astaka-sraddha. The sraddha ceremony is held during the dark fortnight of the month No edit summary current
- 06:5706:57, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 At that time (when Srivasa Pandita was hearing the thousand names of Lord Visnu in the sraddha ceremony of his father) Gaurahari (Lord Caitanya) appeared on the scene, and He also began to hear the thousand names of Visnu with full satisfaction No edit summary
6 September 2021
- 07:2707:27, 6 September 2021 diff hist +40,967 The hunter's complexion was very dark, and his eyes were red. It appeared to be dangerous just to see him standing there with his bow and arrows, looking just like an associate of Yamaraja, death No edit summary current
- 07:2707:27, 6 September 2021 diff hist +1,722 The hunter's body was blackish. He had reddish eyes, and he appeared fierce. It was as if the superintendent of death, Yamaraja, were standing there with a bow and arrows in his hands No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 6 September 2021 diff hist +41,044 The hunter received the two great sages at his home and offered them a sitting place, brought water, washed their feet, took water to them to drink, and finally both he and his wife touched the water with their heads No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 6 September 2021 diff hist +1,959 He then fetched water and washed the sages' feet with great devotion. Then both husband and wife drank that water and sprinkled it on their heads No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 6 September 2021 diff hist +2,793 After you have distributed all your riches to the brahmanas, you and your wife should leave home, each of you taking only one cloth to wear No edit summary current
- 07:2007:20, 6 September 2021 diff hist +41,223 After this, they (the hunter and his wife) began to feel ecstasy and began to dance and sing Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. They raised their hands and danced with their clothes flying No edit summary current
- 07:1907:19, 6 September 2021 diff hist +1,732 With great alacrity the hunter began to run toward his spiritual master, but he could not fall down and offer obeisances because ants were running hither and thither around his feet No edit summary current
- 07:1707:17, 6 September 2021 diff hist +1,920 When the hunter chanted the Hare Krsna maha-mantra before his spiritual master, his body trembled and tears welled up in his eyes. Filled with ecstatic love, he raised his hands and began to dance, waving his garments up and down No edit summary current
- 07:1707:17, 6 September 2021 diff hist +40,717 On his way to greet the great sages, the hunter saw that there were ants on the ground before him and that they were hindering his passage No edit summary current
- 07:1707:17, 6 September 2021 diff hist +1,781 Seeing the ants, the hunter whisked them away with a piece of cloth. After thus clearing the ants from the ground, he fell down flat to offer his obeisances No edit summary current
- 07:1207:12, 6 September 2021 diff hist +3,786 There is one instance where a hunter was taking pleasure in killing animals, but after becoming a devotee he was not prepared to kill even an ant. Such is the quality of a devotee No edit summary current
- 07:1007:10, 6 September 2021 diff hist +1,279 I beg you that from this day on you will kill animals completely and not leave them half-dead No edit summary current
- 07:1007:10, 6 September 2021 diff hist +40,743 If you (the hunter) want to kill an animal, why don't you kill it completely? Why do you leave it half-killed and allow it to die flopping around No edit summary
- 07:0907:09, 6 September 2021 diff hist +1,571 The hunter replied, 'My dear sir, what are you asking of me? What is wrong with the animals' lying there half-killed? Will you please explain this to me No edit summary current
4 September 2021
- 15:3015:30, 4 September 2021 diff hist +1,177 When I see half-killed animals suffer, I feel great pleasure No edit summary current
- 15:2915:29, 4 September 2021 diff hist +40,965 When he (the hunter) reached the sages, he tried to bow down before them, but he saw that there were so many ants that he could not bow down without crushing them. Thus he slowly cleared away the ants with his cloth No edit summary current
- 05:5905:59, 4 September 2021 diff hist +2,423 A person can be relieved from his sinful activity if he surrenders to the lotus feet of a person who actually represents Narada Muni. Narada Muni gave instructions to the hunter after the hunter surrendered No edit summary
- 05:4805:48, 4 September 2021 diff hist +5,551 A hunter in the forest, although a great sinner, was not an intentional offender. He was at once influenced by the presence of Narada, and he agreed to take the path of devotion, leaving aside his hearth and home No edit summary