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10 May 2023
- 22:4322:43, 10 May 2023 diff hist +2,534 Advanced devotees manifest many bodily transformations, which are symptoms of ecstasy, but one should not imitate them to achieve cheap adoration from the public No edit summary
- 22:4122:41, 10 May 2023 diff hist +1,996 Gopinatha Acarya is pointing out that Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya had already seen uncommon symptoms of ecstasy in the body of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 22:3922:39, 10 May 2023 diff hist +7,218 He (Akrura) became overwhelmed with all the symptoms of ecstasy; he wept, and his body trembled. Out of extreme jubilation upon seeing the dust touched by the lotus feet of Krsna, Akrura fell flat on his face and began to roll on the ground No edit summary current
- 22:3722:37, 10 May 2023 diff hist +6,118 Her (Radharani's) entire body is bedecked with these (the natural symptoms of ecstasy - trembling, tears, jubilation, stunning, perspiration, faltering of the voice, bodily redness, madness and dullness) nine different jewels No edit summary current
- 22:3622:36, 10 May 2023 diff hist +6,124 Her (Radharani's) ornaments embody the natural symptoms of ecstasy - trembling, tears, jubilation, stunning, perspiration, faltering of the voice, bodily redness, madness and dullness No edit summary current
- 22:3422:34, 10 May 2023 diff hist +4,090 In this division of Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu there are five general topics: vibhava - special symptoms of ecstasy, anubhava - subsequent ecstasy, sattvika-bhava - constitutional ecstasy, vyabhicari-bhava- aggressive ecstasy & sthayi-bhava- fervent ecstasy No edit summary current
- 22:3222:32, 10 May 2023 diff hist +9,255 Sometimes all the above eight symptoms of ecstasy are imitated by the mundane devotees (prakrta-sahajiyas), but the pseudo symptoms are at once detected when one sees the pseudodevotee addicted to so many forbidden things No edit summary current
- 22:3022:30, 10 May 2023 diff hist +7,857 One who attains the perfectional stage of devotional service under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master may preach the science of devotion as Lord Caitanya did. When Lord Caitanya preached, He danced and showed other symptoms of ecstasy No edit summary current
- 22:2822:28, 10 May 2023 diff hist +7,872 One who becomes affected by the pleasure potency of the Supreme Lord manifests various symptoms of ecstasy, such as slackening of the heart, laughing, crying, shivering, and dancing. These symptoms are not material No edit summary current
- 22:2622:26, 10 May 2023 diff hist +3,780 Prahlada at once became transcendentally situated & all the symptoms of ecstasy became manifest in his body. His heart filled with love & his eyes with tears & thus he was able to completely capture the lotus feet of the Lord within the core of his heart No edit summary current
- 17:5517:55, 10 May 2023 diff hist +3,910 Regarding your feelings of burning impatience, these things are very explicitly explained in the Nectar of Devotion in the chapter on ecstasy. These are symptoms of ecstasy, that is not bad No edit summary current
- 17:5317:53, 10 May 2023 diff hist +3,035 When a devotee is permanently situated in devotional service, and by different symptoms of ecstasy he has developed and matured a fraternal mellow or flavor in relationship with the Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 17:5217:52, 10 May 2023 diff hist +3,963 The nondevotees are actually materialistic, but in contact with some pure devotee, they sometimes may manifest some symptoms of ecstasy. Devotional scholars call these dried-up symptoms No edit summary current
9 May 2023
- 17:1717:17, 9 May 2023 diff hist +19,715 When the mode of passion is mixed with the mode of ignorance, one worships Durga, or Kali, the external potency No edit summary current
- 17:1117:11, 9 May 2023 diff hist +2,427 They (low-class men) sometimes kill a human being before the deity (Bhadra Kali). They generally choose a person who is not very intelligent - in other words, an animal in the shape of a man No edit summary current
- 17:0817:08, 9 May 2023 diff hist +1,761 There are men and women in this world who sacrifice human beings to Bhairava or Bhadra Kali and then eat their victims' flesh No edit summary current
- 17:0517:05, 9 May 2023 diff hist +3,731 The Lord says that His external potency - Maha-maya, or Kali - serves Him in the form of the internal, spiritual potency No edit summary current
- 16:5816:58, 9 May 2023 diff hist +4,768 The energy which acts as material nature in a combination of twenty-three ingredients is not the final source of creation. The Lord enters into the elements and applies His energy, called Kali. In all other Vedic scriptures the same principle is accepted No edit summary current
- 16:5416:54, 9 May 2023 diff hist +7,225 Sometimes Kali becomes so infuriated that she indiscriminately kills all kinds of asuras No edit summary current
- 16:5316:53, 9 May 2023 diff hist +8 Raghu Misra is described in the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (195 and 201) as Karpura-manjari. Similarly, Laksminatha Pandita is mentioned as Rasonmada, and Bangavati Caitanya dasa is mentioned as Kali No edit summary current
- 16:4716:47, 9 May 2023 diff hist +3,219 One can go from this (Atisara) village to Panihati and from there to Varaha-nagara, north of Calcutta. In those days the Ganges flowed to the south of Calcutta through Kali-ghata, which is still known as Adi-ganga No edit summary current
- 16:4116:41, 9 May 2023 diff hist +4,136 Meat-eaters and animal-killers are advised not to purchase meat from the slaughterhouse. They can worship Kali once a month, kill some unimportant animal and eat it. Even by following this method, one is still an offender No edit summary current
- 16:4016:40, 9 May 2023 diff hist +8 Maya is known as Durga because she is approached with great difficulty, as Bhadra because she is auspicious, and as Kali because she is deep blue No edit summary current
- 16:3516:35, 9 May 2023 diff hist +3,754 Kirtana means glorifying the Supreme Lord, not any demigod. Sometimes people invent kali-kirtana or siva-kirtana, and even big sannyasis in the Mayavada school say that one may chant any name and still get the same result No edit summary current
- 16:2816:28, 9 May 2023 diff hist +3,680 In the sastra it is said that "Those who are worshiping other demigods, their intelligence is lost." So he was worshiping Kali. So he had no intelligence or spiritual realization, and he became God? No edit summary current
- 16:2016:20, 9 May 2023 diff hist +5,493 If someone thinks that he can chant Kali, Kali! or Durga, Durga! and it is the same as Hare Krsna, that is the greatest offense No edit summary current
- 16:1416:14, 9 May 2023 diff hist +1,715 He therefore took up a very fearsome sword, which was very sharp and, consecrating it by the mantra of Bhadra Kali, raised it to kill Jada Bharata No edit summary current
3 May 2023
- 05:4705:47, 3 May 2023 diff hist +22,456 As soon as devotees begin to hear and chant about Visnu, some rascal svami will say, - No, hearing or chanting any name will do. Why Visnu? Why not Kali No edit summary current
- 05:3805:38, 3 May 2023 diff hist +2,283 At this time, being desirous of obtaining a son, a leader of dacoits who came from a sudra family wanted to worship the goddess Bhadra Kali by offering her in sacrifice a dull man, who is considered no better than an animal No edit summary
- 05:3605:36, 3 May 2023 diff hist +9 Those who are attracted to the materialistic way of life and who are always agitated and full of anxiety worship demigods who appear fierce - demigods like goddess Kali and Kala-bhairava (Rudra) No edit summary current
- 05:3405:34, 3 May 2023 diff hist +4,298 This energy (time) is called Kali and is represented by the dark destructive goddess generally worshiped by persons influenced by the mode of darkness or ignorance in material existence No edit summary current
- 05:3205:32, 3 May 2023 diff hist +3,243 There are many agents of the Lord, such as Indra, Candra, Varuna, goddess Durga, and Kali, who can chastise any formidable miscreants in the world No edit summary current
- 05:3005:30, 3 May 2023 diff hist +3,608 The goddess Durga is celebrated in Calcutta as Kali, in Bombay as Mumbadevi, in Varanasi as Annapurna, in Cuttack as Bhadrakali and in Ahmedabad as Bhadra. Thus in different places she is known by different names No edit summary current
- 05:2805:28, 3 May 2023 diff hist +7,085 Only those whose knowledge has been bewildered suggest that one may worship either Lord Visnu, the goddess Kali (Durga) or whomever one likes and achieve the same result No edit summary current
2 May 2023
- 22:0822:08, 2 May 2023 diff hist +5,199 Not to be confused with Kali, the demigoddess who is the devastating feature of material nature. The latter is actually pronounced kah-lee, whereas the Kali under discussion here (as in the age of kali) is pronounced kuh-ly No edit summary current
- 22:0722:07, 2 May 2023 diff hist +8 Low-class men such as sudras worship demigods like goddess Kali, or Bhadra Kali, for the fulfillment of material desires No edit summary current
- 22:0422:04, 2 May 2023 diff hist +22,488 In Bengal there is a group of people who have invented "kali-kirtana," chanting the name of the demigoddess Kali. What is this nonsense? In the Vedic literature there is no such thing as - kali-kirtana No edit summary current
- 21:5221:52, 2 May 2023 diff hist +7,118 Great wars are symbolic representations of Kali's devastation of the asuras and are actually conducted by the goddess Kali No edit summary current
1 May 2023
- 04:2304:23, 1 May 2023 diff hist +3,736 These (women, children, brahmanas and cows being neglected and unprotected) are some of the symptoms of the Kali age which are harmful to the general welfare of human society No edit summary current
- 04:2304:23, 1 May 2023 diff hist +4,047 What are the symptoms of the age of Kali? No edit summary current
- 04:2304:23, 1 May 2023 diff hist +5,214 The symptoms of the worst conditions of the material world, at the last stage of this age, called Kali-yuga, are stated herein (SB 2.7.38). The sum and substance of such conditions is godlessness No edit summary
- 04:2104:21, 1 May 2023 diff hist +3,835 The symptoms of the age of Kali are (1) illicit connection with women, (2) indulgence in meat-eating, (3) intoxication and (4) taking pleasure in gambling No edit summary current
- 04:1804:18, 1 May 2023 diff hist +3,472 The next symptom of the age of Kali is the distressed condition of the cow No edit summary current
- 04:1404:14, 1 May 2023 diff hist +4,197 The state administration of Maharaja Pariksit was so perfect that he was sitting in his capital peacefully. But he got the news that the symptoms of the age of Kali had already infiltrated into the jurisdiction of his state, and he did not like this news No edit summary current
- 04:1204:12, 1 May 2023 diff hist +3,096 The next symptom of the age of Kali is that principles of religion, which are all spotlessly white, like the white lotus flower, will be attacked by the uncultured sudra population of the age No edit summary current
- 04:0904:09, 1 May 2023 diff hist +4,409 Maharaja Pariksit wanted to punish the miscreants indulging in the symptoms of Kali, and thus save the innocent citizens who were pure in habit by culture of religion No edit summary
- 04:0604:06, 1 May 2023 diff hist +426 Category:Prakrta-sahajiyas Sometime Display Devotional Symptoms to Exhibit Their Good Fortune No edit summary current
- 04:0204:02, 1 May 2023 diff hist +2,354 Everyone feels the absence of his relative who is away from home. The particular symptom of the age of Kali is that no family is now blessed to live together No edit summary current
- 03:5903:59, 1 May 2023 diff hist +4,778 The prakrta-sahajiyas exhibit these symptoms to advertise their so-called advancement in love of Krsna, but instead of praising the prakrta-sahajiyas for their symptoms of transcendental ecstasy, pure devotees do not like to associate with them No edit summary current
- 03:4703:47, 1 May 2023 diff hist +2,932 The symptoms of Kali are (1) wine, (2) women, (3) gambling and (4) slaughterhouses No edit summary current
17 April 2023
- 17:0017:00, 17 April 2023 diff hist +52,615 The body itself is composed of inferior nature, matter, but it is the superior nature that is moving the body. The symptom of that superior nature is consciousness - CC Intro No edit summary current
- 16:5816:58, 17 April 2023 diff hist +51,044 The body itself is composed of inferior nature, matter, but it is the superior nature that is moving the body. The symptom of that superior nature is consciousness No edit summary current
- 16:5516:55, 17 April 2023 diff hist +7,485 Consciousness is the symptom of atma. Because the atma is within your body, therefore your consciousness is there No edit summary current
- 16:5216:52, 17 April 2023 diff hist +2,742 Consciousness is not a production of the combinations of matter. It is the symptom of the living entity. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 16:5116:51, 17 April 2023 diff hist +2,768 Consciousness cannot be killed, for the symptom of the living entity is consciousness. The material consciousness simply has to be purified No edit summary current
- 16:4816:48, 17 April 2023 diff hist +20,383 Bhagavad-gita indicates that this material body is not all in all. Beyond this combination of material elements, there is spirit, and the symptom of that spirit is consciousness No edit summary current
- 16:4616:46, 17 April 2023 diff hist +20,405 What is this consciousness? Just as heat or smoke are symptoms of fire, so consciousness is the symptom of the soul. The energy of the soul, or self, is produced in the shape of consciousness No edit summary current
- 16:2816:28, 17 April 2023 diff hist +5,803 The soul is full of knowledge, or full always with consciousness. Therefore, consciousness is the symptom of the soul. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 16:1216:12, 17 April 2023 diff hist −7 What is the symptom of possessing soul? First of all try to understand. That is explained in the Bhagavad-gita. The presence of soul can be perceived when there is consciousness on the body. This is the proof No edit summary current
- 16:1016:10, 17 April 2023 diff hist −7 What is the symptoms of possessing soul? The symptoms of possessing soul is described in the Bhagavad-gita: yena sarvam idam tatam (BG 2.17). The consciousness No edit summary current
- 16:0816:08, 17 April 2023 diff hist −1 What is the symptoms of possessing soul? The symptoms of possessing soul is described in the Bhagavad-gita: yena sarvam idam tatam. The consciousness. The animals have no consciousness? How foolish they are No edit summary current
- 16:0616:06, 17 April 2023 diff hist +4,243 We can feel the presence of the soul by the symptom of consciousness No edit summary current
- 16:0516:05, 17 April 2023 diff hist +26 Vyasadeva taught Sukadeva the consciousness of the material nature and the living entity, the symptoms of the self-realized soul, the working principles of the material body, the symptoms of the influential modes of nature and the tree of perpetual desire No edit summary
- 16:0216:02, 17 April 2023 diff hist +15,128 This Krsna consciousness movement is also concerned with the soul, and therefore we have used the word "consciousness" because consciousness belongs to the soul. Consciousness is the symptom of the soul's presence No edit summary current
- 16:0016:00, 17 April 2023 diff hist −7 The spirit soul is a fact. And everyone can understand by the presence of consciousness. Any child can understand. The consciousness is the symptom of the spirit soul No edit summary current
- 15:5415:54, 17 April 2023 diff hist +5,507 It is very common sense affair, that consciousness, that is the main thing in this body. So any intelligent man with common sense can understand this. Now, what is this consciousness? This consciousness is the symptom of the soul No edit summary current
- 15:3315:33, 17 April 2023 diff hist +25,833 For the last few weeks we have been learning that we are not this body; we are consciousness. Not exactly consciousness, for consciousness is actually the symptom of our real identity: we are pure soul, now merged within this material body No edit summary current
- 15:3115:31, 17 April 2023 diff hist +6,703 Imperfect vision of existence, of the existence of the soul, does not mean that there is no soul. The soul is there. Soul is there, and we can feel the presence of the soul by the symptom of consciousness No edit summary current
- 15:3015:30, 17 April 2023 diff hist +25,695 Spirit soul is a fact, which anyone can understand by the presence of consciousness. Any child can understand that consciousness is the symptom of the spirit soul No edit summary current
- 15:2815:28, 17 April 2023 diff hist +5,779 The pure soul, which is symptomized by consciousness, can be easily perceived even by a common man because consciousness is spread all over the body No edit summary current
- 00:3100:31, 17 April 2023 diff hist +6,723 Each and every body is the embodiment of an individual soul, and the symptom of the soul's presence is perceived as individual consciousness. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
16 April 2023
- 04:2004:20, 16 April 2023 diff hist +27 Consciousness is there. That is a symptom of life, symptom of spirit soul. But the difference is due to material contamination No edit summary current
15 April 2023
- 15:1115:11, 15 April 2023 diff hist +20 Consciousness is eternal, and consciousness is the symptom of the soul. Soul is eternal. When the soul takes shelter in the matter, then the matter develops, not that that combination of matter, you can produce soul No edit summary current
- 15:0315:03, 15 April 2023 diff hist +10,435 Consciousness belongs to the soul. That is the symptom of presence of soul No edit summary current