User contributions for Madana Mohana
30 October 2023
- 10:4010:40, 30 October 2023 diff hist +7 Anyone who is acting in Krsna consciousness under the direction of the Supersoul or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, even though killing, does not kill. Nor is he ever affected with the reaction of such killing. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 10:1710:17, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36 When the devotee is constantly engaged in Krsna Consciousness, at that time, Krsna will give all intelligence from within how to make steady progress in Krsna Consciousness No edit summary current
- 10:1510:15, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36 We should not be greedy and we should not mix with persons not interested in Krishna. In this way, we can make steady progress and maintain our membership in Krishna's family No edit summary current
- 10:1110:11, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36 We have to make our steady progress, keeping both sides in balance; namely the Pancaratriki Biddhi and Bhagavat Biddhi No edit summary current
- 10:0910:09, 30 October 2023 diff hist −24 The Krsna conscious movement accepts both processes (bhagavata-marga and pancaratrika-vidhi) simultaneously and thus enables one to make steady progress on the path of realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 10:0810:08, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36 The devotees must bear in mind they are promising to follow four regulative principles & chanting a minimum of 16 rounds of japa daily. Everyone should take very seriously this vow & make steady & sure progress in KC & go back to Godhead in this lifetime No edit summary current
- 10:0710:07, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36 That is the sublime philosophy of Krishna Consciousness understanding; implicit faith in Krishna and Spiritual Master. This will make your steady progress towards the Ultimate Goal of back to Home, back to Godhead No edit summary
- 10:0610:06, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36 I am so glad to note how ISKCON Houston is making steady progress for becoming a grand success. And Sankirtana is being well received, especially at the schools and university No edit summary
- 10:0410:04, 30 October 2023 diff hist +36 I am glad that you have already started a center in small scale and please try to improve it as far as possible. There is no question of doing anything very hastily so please try to make steady, even if slow, progress No edit summary current
- 10:0210:02, 30 October 2023 diff hist +2 If one wants to make steady progress on the path of self-realization, he must try to control the forces of the material senses. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 10:0110:01, 30 October 2023 diff hist −11 If somebody comes and helps this movement, one or two, we can make very steady progress. We have no money. We are struggling very hard. You see? This boy is a professor in the Ohio University. So whatever he's earning, he's spending for this No edit summary current
- 10:0010:00, 30 October 2023 diff hist −26 If one wants to make steady progress on the path of self-realization, he must try to control the forces of the material senses. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 09:3509:35, 30 October 2023 diff hist −13 If one wants to make steady progress on the path of self-realization, he must try to control the forces of the material senses No edit summary
- 09:3309:33, 30 October 2023 diff hist −11 A Krsna conscious person can thoroughly understand that there is duality (simultaneous identity and individuality) in Krsna, and, equipped with such transcendental knowledge, one can make steady progress on the path of liberation. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 09:1409:14, 30 October 2023 diff hist +25 You discriminate actually. You do not kill human beings, but you kill animals. Similarly, you discriminate: instead of killing animal, kill vegetable. Importance No edit summary current
- 09:1209:12, 30 October 2023 diff hist +25 We take nice vegetables, nice food grains, rice, wheat, sugar, milk, all vitaminous, full of vitamins. So there is no deficiency of food. Even from food value it is very nice. We do not unnecessarily kill animals No edit summary current
- 09:1109:11, 30 October 2023 diff hist +23 We Krsna conscious people, we do not kill even a plant because, Krsna says - find out this - patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati - BG 9.26 No edit summary current
- 09:1009:10, 30 October 2023 diff hist +2 We Krsna conscious people, we do not kill even a plant because, Krsna says - find out this - patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati - BG 9.26 No edit summary
27 October 2023
- 15:2515:25, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 We do not say that don't read Bible. Read something, but learn something. Jesus Christ said, "Thou shall not kill." You learn this art. But you read Bible and kill animals, then what is your benefit No edit summary current
- 15:2315:23, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5 The gopis said, "We therefore appeal to You (Krsna), dear Lord of all lords: please do not kill our long-cherished desires to have You as our supreme husband" No edit summary current
- 15:2215:22, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 They give some false argument, "Lord Christ says, 'Thou shall not kill' and if I kill, Christ has taken the contract that whatever sinful activities we do, he will excuse." This is Christian dogma No edit summary current
- 15:1815:18, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5 Suppose I am not inclined to kill animals or I do not kill animals. I avoid it. But intentionally or unintentionally, sometimes we have to kill animals No edit summary current
- 15:1615:16, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5 Panditah sama-darsinah: (BG 5.18) because they (humble sages) are completely educated in Krsna consciousness, they see all living beings equally. Aryans do not kill even a small plant unnecessarily, not to speak of cutting trees for sense gratification No edit summary current
- 15:1415:14, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5 O Kamsa, you fool, what will be the use of killing me (Durga)? The SPG Krsna, who has been your enemy from the very beginning & who will certainly kill you, has already taken His birth somewhere else. Do not unnecessarily kill other children - SB 10.4.12 No edit summary current
- 15:1215:12, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 One must know what are sinful activities. Apart from any other scripture, in Christian scripture it is said, "Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not covet. Thou shall not do this." These are sinful activities No edit summary current
- 15:1115:11, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 One cannot continue killing animals and at the same time be a religious man. That is the greatest hypocrisy. Jesus Christ said, "Do not kill," but hypocrites nevertheless maintain thousands of slaughterhouses while posing as Christians No edit summary current
- 15:1015:10, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 Nonviolence does not mean that in right causes also you will remain nonviolent. No. You do not attack anybody unnecessarily. You do not kill unnecessarily animal even, not even an ant No edit summary current
- 15:0815:08, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 Killing is sinful activity, even if we do not kill willingly. When you walk down the street you are killing many animals. Whenever you drink water, you are also killing. Below a water pot there are many ants and microbes that are being killed No edit summary current
- 15:0615:06, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 Just like the Christians. Jesus is guiding them, “Thou shalt not kill,” but they are killing. Where is the Jesus guidance? Simply saying, “I am guided by Jesus Christ” - will that do? No edit summary current
- 15:0515:05, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 Jesus is guiding them, "Thou shalt not kill," but they are killing. Where is the Jesus guidance? Simply saying, "I am guided by Jesus Christ" - will that do? "But I don't care for his words." Is that guidance No edit summary current
- 15:0315:03, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 In the Bible also it is said, "Thou shall not kill." Why it is forbidden? Because if he kills, he'll have to suffer. But they do not care for it. Therefore they suffer No edit summary current
- 11:2511:25, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 In every sastra, every scripture, every law book, man is warned, "Don't commit theft; you'll be punished. Don't tell lie; you'll be punished. Don't do this; you'll be punished. Thou shall not kill, otherwise you'll be punished." But nobody is caring No edit summary current
- 11:2411:24, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 If Lord Jesus Christ said "Thou shalt not kill'', or "Thou shalt do no murder'' to the people, it does not reflect very good social structure of the audience. Our philosophy is above all these things No edit summary current
- 11:2211:22, 27 October 2023 diff hist +25 Even you do ordinary killing, vegetable killing, you are killing so many germs. So in higher sense, if you take this principle of Bible, "Thou shall not kill," that means you must eat krsna-prasadam, otherwise you will be killing No edit summary current
- 11:0911:09, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5 Even if we do not kill animals, simply by eating vegetables, they are also life. It does not mean that vegetarians are not killing. They are also killing No edit summary current
- 11:0611:06, 27 October 2023 diff hist +5 Devaki said "You are not to be killed by any female child. That was the prophecy. You are to be killed by a male child, so please do not kill her. My dear brother, you have killed so many of my children who were just born, shining like the sun" No edit summary current
- 10:5810:58, 27 October 2023 diff hist +30 You don't require to labor and pay somewhere some five dollars, ten dollars, and practice this gymnastic. No. It is not possible. And as soon as you come out, you'll again engage yourself in all nonsense activities No edit summary current
- 10:4710:47, 27 October 2023 diff hist +30 This seeking for solitude is simply a reaction on our past nonsense activities, or it is negation, voidism. Our sound position is always being engaged in service of Krishna, that is the positive standing No edit summary current
- 10:3710:37, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 Our yoga system is not like that, that we whole day, twenty-three hours and forty-five minutes, I engage myself in all nonsensical activities, and fifteen minutes I concentrate my mind, the meditation. That kind of yoga system is not here No edit summary current
- 10:3610:36, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 No one can stop a child from playing by leaving him inactive; rather, the child can be stopped from engaging in nonsense by being engaged in superior activities - CC Preface No edit summary current
- 10:3510:35, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 No one can stop a child from playing by leaving him inactive. A child can be stopped from engaging in nonsense by being engaged in superior activities No edit summary current
- 10:3410:34, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 Nirvana means stop nonsense, but take to spiritual life. That is next, athato brahma jijnasa. Nirvana does not mean to stop activities; to stop nonsense activities. Come to the real activity No edit summary current
- 10:3210:32, 27 October 2023 diff hist −16 Lord Buddha propounded the philosophy, "Make all your nonsense activities zero, so much. First of all make zero, then positive we shall say" No edit summary current
- 10:3010:30, 27 October 2023 diff hist −9 Just like this small child, Sarasvati. According to the body, she is acting. She's acting sometimes nonsense, but we take it delight, because she is child. But the same nonsense if I do in another body, grown up body, that will be ridiculous No edit summary
- 10:2810:28, 27 October 2023 diff hist +30 I am very much disturbed to hear of Kanupriya's activities, and I advise you that so long he is engaged in these nonsense activities, you should not have any association with him. Best thing is that you remain in the association of devotees No edit summary current
- 10:2110:21, 27 October 2023 diff hist −9 In yoga one should have not only theoretical knowledge but practical knowledge. Simply understanding "I am not this body" and at the same time acting in a nonsensical way will not help No edit summary current
- 10:1810:18, 27 October 2023 diff hist −12 If we perform some nonsensical action and think, "I am doing this for Krsna," that will not be accepted. The work must be verified by Krsna's acceptance or by the acceptance of Krsna's representative No edit summary current
- 10:1710:17, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 If we don't adopt the process and simply waste our time by intoxication and speculation and all nonsensical activities, oh, that is not possible ever. You'll never understand what is God No edit summary current
- 10:1110:11, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 For a person to disregard the order of the spiritual master and act by concoction, accepting his nonsensical activities to be spiritual, is maya No edit summary current
- 10:1010:10, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 Devotional service not only puts an end to all nonsensical mundane activities, but also engages one in meaningful devotional activities No edit summary current
- 10:0910:09, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 Artificially, they (materialists) may sit down for so-called meditation, but immediately after their yogic performance they will engage themselves again in such activities as illicit sex life, gambling, meat-eating and many other nonsensical things No edit summary current
- 10:0010:00, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 When it is chanted by a pure devotee of the Lord in love, it has the greatest efficacy on hearers, and as such this chanting should be heard from the lips of a pure devotee of the Lord, so that immediate effects can be achieved No edit summary current
- 09:5809:58, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 Sri Yamunacarya, a great devotee in KC, said: Since I have been engaged in the transcendental loving service of Krsna, realizing ever-new pleasure in Him, whenever I think of sex pleasure, I spit at the thought, and my lips curl with distaste. BG 1972 p No edit summary current
- 09:5709:57, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 When a devotee becomes affected with this mental condition, his love is expressed through the lips No edit summary current
- 09:5509:55, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 Such words from the lips of a sincere devotee cannot be false. All possibilities abide in Him, for He is the primeval Lord No edit summary current
- 09:5509:55, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 Others who are associating with them (the Europeans and Americans who have taken to Krsna consciousness) and hearing the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra from the lips of pure devotees are also becoming captivated by the transcendental vibration No edit summary current
- 09:4809:48, 27 October 2023 diff hist +38 Now, namanta eva san-mukharitam bhavadiya-vartam. "Just hear the message of God." "From whom?" San-mukharitam: "through the mouth of the devotees." Not professional, not gramophone - through the mouth of, through the lips of real devotee No edit summary current
- 09:3709:37, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 If you hear from a professional man, that will not be effective. Hearing must be from sadhu, from devotee, from the lips of the devotee. Just like Sukadeva Gosvami was speaking to Maharaja Pariksit No edit summary current
- 09:3609:36, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 Hearing must be from sadhu, from devotee, from the lips of the devotee No edit summary current
- 09:3509:35, 27 October 2023 diff hist +21 A businessman is always very eager to go to a place where business is transacted. Similarly, a devotee is very eager to hear from the lips of liberated devotees No edit summary current
- 09:2809:28, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 When Brahma described the situation of pure devotees freed from the culture of empiric philosophy and fruitive actions, he recommended the process of hearing from persons who are on the path of devotion No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Those who are addicted to the pursuit of empiric philosophy are also advised to act in such a way that they will realize bhakti. Karma-yoga is therefore different from ordinary karma, and jnana-yoga is different from ordinary jnana No edit summary current
- 09:1709:17, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 The speculative process of empiric philosophy is as bitter as the fruit of the nimba tree. Tasting this fruit is the business of crows. In other words, the philosophical process of realizing the Absolute Truth is a process taken up by crowlike men No edit summary current
- 09:1609:16, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 The purport is that any transaction, either in the field of fruitive work or in empiric philosophy, which is not ultimately aimed at transcendental realization of the Supreme Lord, is considered to be useless No edit summary current
- 09:1409:14, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 The process of being liberated from the misconception of material identification is called, in different stages, fruitive activity, empiric philosophy and devotional service, up to transcendental realization No edit summary current
- 09:1309:13, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 The culture of empiric philosophy helps one realize the impersonal brahmajyoti, which is the glaring effulgence of the transcendental body of Lord Sri Krsna No edit summary current
- 09:0909:09, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 These dirty things of fruitive work and empiric philosophy can be removed only by association with the Supreme Lord. The Lord, being omnipotent, can offer His association by His inconceivable potencies No edit summary current
- 09:0809:08, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Such transcendental realization is made possible by dovetailing all the above items (fruitive activity, empiric philosophy and devotional service) in relation with the Lord No edit summary current
- 09:0609:06, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Pure devotional service cannot be attained by empiric philosophy, nor can perfection be attained simply by good association No edit summary current
- 09:0409:04, 27 October 2023 diff hist +11 In Krsna consciousness there is no scope for worshiping any demigod or any other form of Krsna, nor is there room for indulgence in speculative empiric philosophy, nor indulgence in fruitive activities. One should be free from all these contaminations No edit summary current
- 09:0309:03, 27 October 2023 diff hist +11 Foolish mundaners actually envy Sri Krsna and deride Him as one who is like other mundaners. The truth about Sri Krsna does not easily enter into the perverted brain of such mundaners infected with the empiric approach to philosophy No edit summary current
- 09:0209:02, 27 October 2023 diff hist −16 Empiric philosophy No edit summary current
- 09:0109:01, 27 October 2023 diff hist −16 Culture of empiric philosophy No edit summary current
- 09:0009:00, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 By the speculation of empiric philosophy, which discerns matter from spirit one can achieve the highest perfection, provided one is able to reach the stage of narayana-smrti, or constant remembrance of the Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 08:5908:59, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Brahma created four principles of knowledge: sankhya, or empirical philosophy for the analytical study of material conditions; and yoga, or mysticism for liberation of the pure soul from material bondage No edit summary current
- 08:5508:55, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 All fruitive activity, empirical philosophy and mysticism are more or less against the sense of subordination to the Lord No edit summary current
- 08:5008:50, 27 October 2023 diff hist +10 When one firmly realizes Krsna as the supreme goal, he is no longer attracted by mystic yoga practice or the speculative empirical methods of knowledge No edit summary current
- 08:4908:49, 27 October 2023 diff hist +10 When it comes to the real standard, yada, jnanam yada, when the knowledge or speculative empiric knowledge, pratinivrtta-gunormi-cakram, no more affected by the waves of these modes of nature No edit summary current
- 08:4908:49, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 When a person who is a little advanced (in devotional service) and is therefore called a jnani advances even more, he is in the category of a jnana-misra-bhakta, or a devotee whose love is mixed with empiric knowledge No edit summary current
- 08:4808:48, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Vyasadeva taught Sukadeva the difference between fruitive work and empiric knowledge, the ways and means of attaining spiritual realization and the four asramas (namely the student life, the householder's life, the retired life and the renounced life) No edit summary
- 08:4708:47, 27 October 2023 diff hist +10 The cleansing of the polluted heart by other methods (like the culture of empiric knowledge or mystic gymnastics) can simply cleanse one's own heart, but devotional service to the Lord is so powerful that it can cleanse the hearts of the people in general No edit summary current
- 08:4208:42, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Such devotees (who are essentially very advanced but still not able to understand the personal features or variegatedness of the spiritual world) are known as jnana-misra-bhaktas, or devotees whose devotional service is mixed with empiric knowledge No edit summary current
- 08:3908:39, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Persons who are bewildered by empiric knowledge or direct sensual perception, & who consider that this limited material world can be gauged by their material estimations, conclude that anything that one can discern by direct sense perception is but maya No edit summary current
- 08:3708:37, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Naradhitah: if Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is not worshiped, there is no point in practicing meditational yoga, performing karma-yoga or culturing empiric knowledge No edit summary current
- 08:3508:35, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 However perfect an empiric philosopher may be in presenting a philosophical thesis, such knowledge is never perfect because it is produced by an imperfect mind No edit summary current
- 08:3008:30, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 Empirical knowledge overcoated with devotional service is called jnana-yoga No edit summary current
- 08:1808:18, 27 October 2023 diff hist −13 After hearing Ramananda Raya speak in this way, Caitanya Mahaprabhu again rejected his statement and said, "Go ahead and say something more." Ramananda Raya then replied, "Devotional service mixed with empiric knowledge is the essence of perfection" No edit summary current
- 08:1008:10, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 The sages (the four Kumaras) tried with wide open ears to understand the words from the lips of the Supreme Lord, but although His speech was very concise and meaningful, the sages could not completely comprehend what He was saying No edit summary current
- 08:0908:09, 27 October 2023 diff hist +8 The Lord's excellent speech was difficult to comprehend because of its momentous import & its most profound significance. The sages heard it with wide-open ears & pondered it as well. But although hearing, they could not understand what He intended to do No edit summary current
- 08:0708:07, 27 October 2023 diff hist −19 They (the four Kumaras) could not even comprehend the purport of the speech or what the Supreme Lord wanted to do. Nor could they understand whether the Lord was angry or pleased with them No edit summary current
- 08:0608:06, 27 October 2023 diff hist −19 Lord Krsna put the Pandavas into a distressed condition so acute that even grandfather Bhisma could not comprehend how such distress could occur No edit summary current
- 08:0308:03, 27 October 2023 diff hist +31 How is everything being done? The word "inconceivable" has been used. It is not within the power of one's small brain to comprehend; unless one accepts the inconceivable power and energy of the Lord, one cannot make any progress No edit summary current
26 October 2023
- 16:0816:08, 26 October 2023 diff hist +4 Brahma is not an ordinary conditioned soul. He is far, far superior to all the other demigods, and yet he could not comprehend the display of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 16:0716:07, 26 October 2023 diff hist +4 As indicated in Srimad-Bhagavatam by Sukadeva Gosvami, we should not try to comprehend the greater mountainous areas of the universe merely by our calculations No edit summary current
- 16:0516:05, 26 October 2023 diff hist −16 When transcendental love of Krsna awakens in someone's heart, even a learned scholar cannot comprehend his activities No edit summary current
- 15:5515:55, 26 October 2023 diff hist −20 We should conclude that if one cannot comprehend the material expansions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one certainly cannot estimate the expansiveness of the spiritual world No edit summary current
- 15:5415:54, 26 October 2023 diff hist +11 We have to accept the Bhagavad-gita or any other Vedic literature in good faith. These Vedic literatures are the only source of knowledge about the Lord. We must understand that we cannot comprehend the Absolute Truth by the speculative process No edit summary current
- 15:5115:51, 26 October 2023 diff hist −16 We cannot factually comprehend even twelve hours of Brahma's life, to say nothing of the one hundred years that constitute his entire lifetime. How, then, can we understand his abode No edit summary
- 15:5015:50, 26 October 2023 diff hist −16 Unfortunately, the stubborn impersonalists cannot comprehend that the final spiritual destination, beyond the four Vedic goals (religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, and liberation) is absolutely pure and transcendental love of Godhead No edit summary current
- 15:4815:48, 26 October 2023 diff hist +11 The impersonalist philosophers, who wish to maintain that the Absolute Truth is without senses, cannot comprehend this (BG 9.26) verse of Bhagavad-gita. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:4715:47, 26 October 2023 diff hist −16 Persons who are everlastingly fooled by lust and desire lose all power of understanding their change of body and their stay in a particular body. They cannot comprehend it. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:4615:46, 26 October 2023 diff hist +4 If Krsna cannot comprehend the limit of His own attraction and bliss, it is certainly not possible for us with our limited knowledge No edit summary current
- 15:4515:45, 26 October 2023 diff hist −16 He (Krsna) pervades this material world and yet is beyond it. We cannot even comprehend this material world, which is insignificant compared to the spiritual world-so how can we comprehend what is beyond? BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:4415:44, 26 October 2023 diff hist +8 As far as we can conceive, the space which contains the universe is the greatest, but Krsna has shown millions of universes in His mouth. The greatness of God cannot be comprehended by the living entities, who are part and parcel of God No edit summary current
- 15:3815:38, 26 October 2023 diff hist +5 The wife is accepted as the better half of a man's body No edit summary current
- 15:3615:36, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6 The idea of giving even one's wife to the service of the public is that one's intimate relationship with his wife by which one thinks his wife to be his better half or to be identical with himself, must gradually be given up No edit summary current
- 15:2615:26, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6 A wife is so helpful that she is called the better half of a man's body because of her sharing in all auspicious activities. A man can move without anxiety entrusting all responsibilities to his wife No edit summary current
- 15:2415:24, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6 When the Gayatri mantra is offered men, they are offered also sacred thread, and girls, they are not offered sacred thread. If their husband is a brahmana, she automatically becomes brahmana because wife is considered to be the half, better half No edit summary current
- 15:2215:22, 26 October 2023 diff hist +24 By the Vedic injunction, the wife is accepted as the better half of a man's body because she is supposed to be responsible for discharging half of the duties of the husband No edit summary current
- 15:0915:09, 26 October 2023 diff hist +13 When he (Arjuna) went out to bring all other kings of the world under the subjection of the Pandavas, as was usual after the coronation of every emperor, he conquered the country named Kelinda and brought in subjugation King Bhagdutt No edit summary current
- 15:0815:08, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 The Lord confirms in Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.7), "O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me." No edit summary current
- 15:0615:06, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate - BG 7.27 No edit summary current
- 15:0315:03, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate. This is an explanation of how the living entity falls down into this material world No edit summary current
- 15:0215:02, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate No edit summary current
- 15:0015:00, 26 October 2023 diff hist +10 O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conquerer of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate. BG 7.27 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 14:5914:59, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 O conqueror of wealth, Arjuna, have you heard this attentively with your mind? And are your illusions and ignorance now dispelled? BG 18.72 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 14:5814:58, 26 October 2023 diff hist +10 O conquerer of wealth (Arjuna), there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread. BG 7.7 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 14:5714:57, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both its origin and dissolution. O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me (Krsna), as pearls on a thread - 7.6-7 No edit summary current
- 14:5614:56, 26 October 2023 diff hist −8 Kimpurusa-varsa is situated north of the great Himalaya Mountain, which is eighty thousand miles in length and height and which covers sixteen thousand miles in width. These parts of the world were also conquered by Arjuna No edit summary current
- 14:5514:55, 26 October 2023 diff hist −8 Ketumala was conquered by Arjuna. A description of this part of the world is available in the Mahabharata. It is said that it is situated on the western side of the Meru Parvata, and inhabitants of this province used to live up to ten thousand years No edit summary current
- 14:5414:54, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12 It was Krsna's program that the warriors were all destined to die, and Krsna gave Arjuna the opportunity of taking the credit of conquering them No edit summary current
- 14:5114:51, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 In this verse (of BG 10.20) Arjuna is addressed as Gudakesa, which means one who has conquered the darkness of sleep. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:5014:50, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.7), the Lord says, O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me No edit summary current
- 14:4914:49, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 In the Bhagavad-gita (7.7) Lord Krsna says to Arjuna, mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya - O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me - Thus it is here confirmed that there is no truth higher than Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya No edit summary current
- 14:4614:46, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12 In Bhagavad-gita Lord Krsna advises Arjuna to conquer all relativities through tolerance. Lord Krsna points out that it is the relativities like winter and summer that give us trouble in the material world No edit summary current
- 14:4514:45, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 In Bhagavad-gita (7.7) Krsna asserts His superiority Himself in this way: O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread No edit summary current
- 14:4414:44, 26 October 2023 diff hist +13 If he (Arjuna) should conquer his enemies, he would enjoy the kingdom; and if he should die in the battle, he would be elevated to the heavenly planets whose doors were wide open to him. Fighting would be for his benefit in either case. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:4214:42, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12 He (Yudhisthira) sent Arjuna, accompanied by the soldiers of Kekayadesa, to conquer the kings of the northern side, and he ordered Bhimasena, accompanied by the soldiers of Madradesa (Madras), to conquer the kings on the eastern side No edit summary current
- 14:4014:40, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 Bhagavad-gita (7.27): "O scion of Bharata (Arjuna), O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate." This condition of life is called avidya. Opposed to this avidya is real knowledge No edit summary current
- 14:3814:38, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12 Because He (Krsna) was near me (Arjuna), it was possible for me to conquer with great dexterity the powerful King of heaven, Indradeva, along with his demigod associates and thus enable the fire-god to devastate the Khandava Forest No edit summary
- 14:3714:37, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 At that time Arjuna, the great warrior and conqueror of sleep, who is the intimate friend of the most beloved Supreme Lord (Krsna), took up an umbrella which had a handle of jewels and was embroidered with lace and pearls No edit summary current
- 14:3314:33, 26 October 2023 diff hist +12 Arjuna was always a conqueror because the Lord (Krsna) was his friend No edit summary current
- 14:3114:31, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 Arjuna is described here as the conqueror, and Krsna is described as his intimate friend. Bhismadeva, on his bed of arrows after the Battle of Kuruksetra, is remembering the particular dress of Lord Krsna which He put on as the driver of Arjuna's chariot No edit summary current
- 14:2914:29, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 Arjuna's another name is Dhananjaya. Dhananjaya means "one who can conquer over riches." His brother was in need of money, and he brought money. Therefore, from that day, his name was Dhananjaya, "one can conquer over riches" No edit summary current
- 14:2314:23, 26 October 2023 diff hist +33 Although the authority is acknowledged, there are many passages in Bhagavad-gita which appear to be dogmatic. For instance, in the Seventh Chapter Sri Krsna says - O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me No edit summary current
- 14:0514:05, 26 October 2023 diff hist +42 The devotee is not interested in liberation, but in serving; as such, the devotee is already liberated. So liberation is not very important business--it doesn't matter if he is liberated or non-liberated No edit summary current
- 14:0314:03, 26 October 2023 diff hist +20 Such devotees are not interested even in so-called liberation, and they certainly have no interest in material activities for elevation to the heavenly planets for sense gratification No edit summary current
- 13:5813:58, 26 October 2023 diff hist +20 So in this way Kali-yuga is polluted. Everything is contaminated, polluted. So it is called the ocean of faults. Because the life is meant for liberation. If one is not interested in liberation, simply for sense gratification, that is conditional life No edit summary current
- 13:5713:57, 26 October 2023 diff hist +14 Since those who engage in such activities (religiosity, economic development and sense gratification) are not interested in liberation, Narada did not inquire from the King about this No edit summary current
- 13:5613:56, 26 October 2023 diff hist −10 People are not interested for liberation. They want to become religious for material benefit. But that is not the real purpose of life No edit summary current
- 13:5413:54, 26 October 2023 diff hist +14 Not only now but since time immemorial, no one is interested in moksa, liberation. There are four principles - dharma (religion), artha (economic development), kama (sense gratification) and moksa - liberation No edit summary current
- 13:5213:52, 26 October 2023 diff hist +42 My (God's) devotees, who are always satisfied to be engaged in My loving service, are not interested even in the four principles of liberation (salokya, sarupya, samipya and sarsti), although these are automatically achieved by their service No edit summary current
- 13:4913:49, 26 October 2023 diff hist +42 In his prayer to the Lord, Prahlada Maharaja said that he was not personally interested in liberation from this material world; rather, he did not wish to be liberated from this material condition until all fallen souls were delivered No edit summary current
- 13:4813:48, 26 October 2023 diff hist −10 Brahma said, "I shall therefore consider myself fortunate to be given a chance to take birth in this land of Vrndavana in any of my future lives. My dear Lord, I am therefore not interested in either material opulences or liberation" No edit summary
- 13:4213:42, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6 When the Lord mentioned the birth of Prsnigarbha, He did not say tenaiva vapusa, but He assured Devaki that in the third birth the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna had appeared, not His partial expansion No edit summary current
- 13:4113:41, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6 The next birth takes place when one is initiated by the spiritual master, and this birth is called savitra. The third birth, called yajnika, takes place when one is given the opportunity to worship Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 13:4013:40, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6 Prsnigarbha and Vamana were partial expansions of Krsna, but in this third birth Krsna Himself appeared. This is the explanation given in Sri Krsna-sandarbha by Srila Jiva Gosvami No edit summary
- 13:3913:39, 26 October 2023 diff hist +6 King Bharata, who took his third birth in the family of a good brahmana, is an example of good birth for the revival of previous transcendental consciousness. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 13:3813:38, 26 October 2023 diff hist −13 In their third birth the same Jaya and Vijaya appeared in a family of ksatriyas as your cousins, the sons of your aunt. Because Lord Krsna has struck them with His disc, all their sinful reactions have been destroyed, and now they are free from the curse No edit summary current
- 13:2313:23, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 The world is mad after such temporary benefit and partial service and it is our duty to change the face altogether by an authorized spiritual movement No edit summary current
- 13:2213:22, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 The success obtained by such methods (of demigod worship) is certainly transient, and it is suitable only for a less intelligent person. That is the verdict of the Bhagavad-gita. No sane man should be satisfied by such temporary benefits No edit summary current
- 13:2113:21, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 The karmis benefits are temporary and those who are seeking after such benefits are mudhas No edit summary current
- 13:2013:20, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 The intelligent person is in KC, & he has no need to worship the paltry demigods for some immediate, temporary benefit. The demigods of this material world, as well as their worshipers, will vanish with the annihilation of this material world. BG 1972 p No edit summary current
- 13:1913:19, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 The fruitive workers are described in Bhagavad-gita as mudhas, or foolish. Such foolish living entities are very enthusiastic to work for some temporary benefit within perpetual bondage No edit summary current
- 13:1813:18, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 The demigods can award the worshipers some temporary benefit only, and not the ultimate one No edit summary current
- 13:1713:17, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 They (the mistaken leaders) mislead us into taking some temporary benefit, but how long can their plans and schemes go on? If they persist until they die of heart failure or are killed by assassins, then another just like them takes their place No edit summary current
- 13:1613:16, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 They're busy collecting the ingredients for ritualistic ceremonies that yield only temporary benefits, such as elevation to Svargaloka for material happiness. They're not attracted to the sankirtana movement No edit summary current
- 13:1513:15, 26 October 2023 diff hist +9 That is the instruction of Krsna. Don't be attracted by the temporary material benefits. Just try for permanent, eternal benefit. Go back to home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 13:1413:14, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 Sri Narada Muni wanted to stop King Barhisman from engaging in such fruitive activities. Therefore he is now directly telling him, "Don't be interested in such temporary benefits." No edit summary current
- 13:1313:13, 26 October 2023 diff hist −12 Sri Isopanisad therefore instructs that we should not seek temporary relief of our difficulties by worshiping the dependent demigods, who can bestow only temporary benefit No edit summary current
25 October 2023
- 15:2415:24, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 One thinks himself very clever throughout his life if he is able to leave behind him a great asset of wealth for his children, and to achieve this temporary benefit he takes the risk of all sinful activities No edit summary current
- 15:2415:24, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 One should try to do good for others, but only after knowing perfectly how to do good for others. Otherwise, if one embraces others in a false sense of altruism, one can get only a temporary benefit No edit summary current
- 15:1915:19, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 Materialistic persons are engaged in striving for temporary benefits, whereas persons advanced in spiritual knowledge, such as Prahlada Maharaja, are not interested in the materialistic way of life No edit summary current
- 15:1815:18, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 Krsna says in this verse (BG 9.24), "I am the enjoyer of all sacrifices because I am the supreme master." However, less intelligent persons, without knowing this fact, worship demigods for temporary benefit. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 15:1815:18, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 Krsna says, "I am the enjoyer of all sacrifices because I am the supreme master." However, less intelligent persons, without knowing this fact, worship demigods for temporary benefit No edit summary current
- 15:1715:17, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.20-23) it is clearly said that those who are mad after material enjoyment approach the different demigods for temporary benefits, which are meant for men with a poor fund of knowledge No edit summary current
- 15:1515:15, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 If one embraces others in a false sense of altruism, one can get only a temporary benefit for himself in the shape of some profit, adoration, or distinction No edit summary current
- 15:1315:13, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 He (Prahlada Maharaja) did not want to be delivered alone; rather, he wanted to deliver all fallen souls, who are bereft of knowledge of bhakti and who misuse their intelligence for the temporary benefit of the material body No edit summary
- 15:1215:12, 25 October 2023 diff hist +9 Demigod worship is meant for unintelligent men because the benefits derived from demigod worship are all material, temporary and retractable No edit summary current
- 15:1115:11, 25 October 2023 diff hist +9 By pleasing goddess Durga one can obtain such benefits (wealth, strength, fame, a good wife and so on), but since they are temporary, they result only in maya-sukha (illusory happiness) No edit summary current
- 15:1015:10, 25 October 2023 diff hist +11 By executing religious rituals one can achieve economic development, sense gratification or liberation (merging into the existence of the Supreme), but the results of transcendental devotional service are completely different from such temporary benefits No edit summary current
- 15:0915:09, 25 October 2023 diff hist +9 As confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.20), kamais tais tair hrta jnanah prapadyante 'nya-devatah: those who are unintelligent approach the various demigods for temporary material benefits No edit summary
- 15:0115:01, 25 October 2023 diff hist −11 Arjuna became liberated by the knowledge received from Krsna, but he never became one with Krsna. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 14:5714:57, 25 October 2023 diff hist −15 Rather, they (so-called mahatmas (great souls) with long beards and mustaches who tell everyone that they are one with God) are duratma, hard-hearted, because they want to encroach on the rightful position of Krsna and become one with Him No edit summary current
- 14:5614:56, 25 October 2023 diff hist −15 Our philosophy is also the same, kaivalya. But we depend on Krsna. We do not become one with, one with Krsna. That is oneness. If we simply agree to abide by the order of Krsna, there is no disagreement, that is oneness No edit summary current
- 14:5414:54, 25 October 2023 diff hist +2 It is not that we can enjoy ourselves independent of Krsna. Nor can we say that to enjoy ourselves we have to become one with Krsna No edit summary current
- 14:5214:52, 25 October 2023 diff hist +13 Different people are of different mentalities. Therefore it is not my business either to praise them or to blaspheme them. I only desire their welfare, hoping that they will agree to become one with the Supersoul, Krsna No edit summary current
- 14:4914:49, 25 October 2023 diff hist −22 Attempt to become one with Krsna will be baffled because of delusion. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:3814:38, 25 October 2023 diff hist +2 It (Krsna consciousness) is the stage beyond self-realization at which the devotee becomes one with Krsna in the sense that Krsna becomes everything for the devotee, and the devotee becomes full in loving Krsna. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:3414:34, 25 October 2023 diff hist −13 Our philosophy of Krsna consciousness is the same, but instead of becoming one with Krsna, we depend on Krsna. That is actual oneness No edit summary current
- 14:3214:32, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0 For a crooked, sinful person there is no scope for sayujya-mukti, or becoming one with the effulgence of Krsna No edit summary current
- 14:1814:18, 25 October 2023 diff hist +1 So far as Krsna is concerned, I understand that you did not keep any copy of the manuscript. Generally it is the custom to make at least four copies, so how is it that you have neglected this? No edit summary current
- 14:1714:17, 25 October 2023 diff hist +1 As far as Krsna Himself is concerned, He is directly situated in His spiritual energy, or specifically in His internal potency No edit summary current
- 14:1714:17, 25 October 2023 diff hist +1 All the demigods were created within this material world, but as far as Krsna is concerned, it is said that He is not created; therefore Krsna is different even from the great demigods like Brahma and Siva. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:1514:15, 25 October 2023 diff hist +1 As far as Krsna is concerned, every Vedic authority has accepted Him as God. When He was present on earth, His activities displayed were superhuman. If one does not believe this, it is to be concluded that he will not believe whatever evidence is given No edit summary
- 14:1214:12, 25 October 2023 diff hist +1 As far as Krsna is concerned, He is God always, either as a child on the lap of His mother, or as the coverer of the universe, Vamanadeva. He does not require to become God by undergoing severe penances, although some men think of becoming God that way No edit summary current
- 13:4113:41, 25 October 2023 diff hist +13 For a crooked, sinful person there is no scope for sayujya-mukti, or becoming one with the effulgence of Krsna No edit summary
- 13:2013:20, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0 So far as Krsna is concerned, I understand that you did not keep any copy of the manuscript. Generally it is the custom to make at least four copies, so how is it that you have neglected this? No edit summary
- 13:1813:18, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0 As far as Krsna is concerned, He is God always, either as a child on the lap of His mother, or as the coverer of the universe, Vamanadeva. He does not require to become God by undergoing severe penances, although some men think of becoming God that way No edit summary
- 13:1713:17, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0 As far as Krsna is concerned, every Vedic authority has accepted Him as God. When He was present on earth, His activities displayed were superhuman. If one does not believe this, it is to be concluded that he will not believe whatever evidence is given No edit summary
- 13:1413:14, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0 As far as Krsna Himself is concerned, He is directly situated in His spiritual energy, or specifically in His internal potency No edit summary
- 13:1313:13, 25 October 2023 diff hist 0 All the demigods were created within this material world, but as far as Krsna is concerned, it is said that He is not created; therefore Krsna is different even from the great demigods like Brahma and Siva. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 13:0413:04, 25 October 2023 diff hist +2 We cannot claim to be God without being able to display the powers of God. As far as Krsna is concerned, He proved that He was God by displaying so much power and by revealing His universal form to Arjuna No edit summary current
- 13:0213:02, 25 October 2023 diff hist +41 So far as Krsna is concerned, I understand that you did not keep any copy of the manuscript. Generally it is the custom to make at least four copies, so how is it that you have neglected this? No edit summary
- 12:5912:59, 25 October 2023 diff hist −29 As far as Krsna is concerned, He is God always, either as a child on the lap of His mother, or as the coverer of the universe, Vamanadeva. He does not require to become God by undergoing severe penances, although some men think of becoming God that way No edit summary
- 12:5712:57, 25 October 2023 diff hist −16 As far as Krsna is concerned, every Vedic authority has accepted Him as God. When He was present on earth, His activities displayed were superhuman. If one does not believe this, it is to be concluded that he will not believe whatever evidence is given No edit summary
- 12:5612:56, 25 October 2023 diff hist −43 As far as Krsna Himself is concerned, He is directly situated in His spiritual energy, or specifically in His internal potency No edit summary
- 12:5312:53, 25 October 2023 diff hist −12 All the demigods were created within this material world, but as far as Krsna is concerned, it is said that He is not created; therefore Krsna is different even from the great demigods like Brahma and Siva. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
24 October 2023
- 10:3110:31, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 The representation of the internal potency, Gadadhara, represents the confidential devotee, and the representation of the marginal potency is the pure devotee. Both of these are worshipers of the other three categories: Caitanya, Nityananda and Advaita No edit summary current
- 10:2910:29, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by His plenary expansion Sri Nityananda Prabhu, His incarnation Sri Advaita Prabhu, His internal potency Sri Gadadhara Prabhu and His marginal potency Srivasa Prabhu. He is in the midst of them as the SPG No edit summary current
- 10:2710:27, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna, and Nityananda Prabhu is His immediate expansion, and Advaita Prabhu is incarnation. Gadadhara Prabhu is internal potency, and Srivasa is heading the list of His devotees. Srivasa represents the marginal potency No edit summary current
- 10:2110:21, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 With great affection and respect, that Kurma brahmana made Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu eat all kinds of food. After that, the remnants were shared by all the members of the family No edit summary current
- 10:2010:20, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 When they received the remnants of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s prasadam through Govinda, they respected it, and then they both began to dance in ecstasy No edit summary current
- 10:2010:20, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 When Lord Krsna was a child, He was nursed by a woman named Ambika, who had a younger sister named Kilimbika. During the time of Lord Caitanya’s incarnation, the same Kilimbika used to eat the remnants of food left by Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 10:1610:16, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 The remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were taken by the whole family of Tapana Misra. When news spread that the Lord had come, Candrasekhara came to see Him No edit summary current
- 10:1510:15, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 The remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were later distributed among devotees who begged for them, and finally Govinda personally took the last remnants No edit summary current
- 10:1210:12, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Tapana Misra did not offer Sanatana food immediately, however, but after the Lord (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) finished His eating there were some remnants of His foodstuff, and that was offered to Sanatana while the Lord took His rest No edit summary current
- 10:1010:10, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would accept with great satisfaction all the food he prepared. After the Lord was satisfied, Raghunatha Bhatta would eat His remnants No edit summary current
- 10:0910:09, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was throwing remnants of green coconut pulp to the dog. Smiling in His own way, He was saying to the dog, "Chant the holy names Rama, Krsna and Hari" No edit summary current
- 09:5909:59, 24 October 2023 diff hist +5 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was greatly pleased to accept the food that he cooked, and Raghunatha Bhatta used to take the remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 09:5809:58, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "I will not be able to eat so much food, and it is not the duty of a sannyasi to leave remnants" No edit summary current
- 09:5409:54, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 Since we belong to this chain of disciplic succession from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, this edition of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta will contain nothing newly manufactured by our tiny brains, but only remnants of food originally eaten by the Lord Himself No edit summary current
- 09:4409:44, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Raghunatha dasa stayed under the care of Svarupa Damodara Gosvami, and Govinda supplied him remnants of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s food for five days No edit summary
- 09:4209:42, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Narayani eternally eats the remnants of the food of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura was born of her womb No edit summary current
- 09:4109:41, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 Kalidasa was standing outside the door, expecting the remnants of food from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Knowing this, Mahaprabhu gave an indication to Govinda No edit summary current
- 09:3909:39, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 It was a steady, long-standing rule that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would lie down to rest after lunch and Govinda would come to massage His legs. Then Govinda would honor the remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 09:3809:38, 24 October 2023 diff hist +5 In this connection (Narayani became the mother of Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura) the sahajiyas cite a malicious story that after eating the remnants of Lord Caitanya’s food Narayani became pregnant and gave birth to Vrndavana dasa Thakura No edit summary current
- 09:3609:36, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 He said, "Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has eaten this food. If you take His remnants, you will be released from the bondage of your family" No edit summary current
- 09:3509:35, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 He also personally ate the remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Then the Lord again sent Govinda No edit summary current
- 09:3309:33, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Govinda understood all the indications of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Therefore he immediately delivered the remnants of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's food to Kalidasa No edit summary current
- 09:3309:33, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 Govinda saved some remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and kept them carefully. Later, one portion of these remnants was delivered to Haridasa Thakura No edit summary current
- 09:3209:32, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 Govinda offered him a plate with the remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and Raghunatha dasa accepted the prasadam with great happiness No edit summary current
- 09:3009:30, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Govinda gave Sanatana Gosvami the plate with the remnants of Lord Caitanya's food. After taking the prasadam, Sanatana Gosvami approached Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 09:2909:29, 24 October 2023 diff hist +5 During the misunderstanding with Sivananda’s family, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ordered His personal attendant, Govinda, to give them all the remnants of His food. This is described in (Caitanya-caritamrta) Antya-lila, Chapter Twelve, verse 53 No edit summary current
- 09:2709:27, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 Balabhadra Bhattacarya invited the two brothers to take lunch also. The remnants of food from the plate of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were offered to them No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 After saying this, the Lord ate the rice mixed with yogurt and offered Caitanya dasa the remnants of His food No edit summary current
- 09:2209:22, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 After eating, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took rest for a while. Tapana Misra then gave Sanatana Gosvami the remnants of food left by Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 09:2109:21, 24 October 2023 diff hist +33 Actually the authorized compiler of the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Srila Vrndavana dasa, the incarnation of Vyasadeva. Only upon his orders am I trying to chew the remnants of food that he has left No edit summary current
- 09:1109:11, 24 October 2023 diff hist −17 When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu danced, He forgot Himself and was simply absorbed in ecstatic bliss. But His internal potency arranged everything perfectly. This is the difference between the internal and external potency No edit summary current
- 09:0909:09, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 The representation of the internal potency, Gadadhara, represents the confidential devotee, and the representation of the marginal potency is the pure devotee. Both of these are worshipers of the other three categories: Caitanya, Nityananda and Advaita No edit summary
- 09:0409:04, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by His plenary expansion Sri Nityananda Prabhu, His incarnation Sri Advaita Prabhu, His internal potency Sri Gadadhara Prabhu and His marginal potency Srivasa Prabhu. He is in the midst of them as the SPG No edit summary
- 09:0209:02, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna, and Nityananda Prabhu is His immediate expansion, and Advaita Prabhu is incarnation. Gadadhara Prabhu is internal potency, and Srivasa is heading the list of His devotees. Srivasa represents the marginal potency No edit summary
- 09:0009:00, 24 October 2023 diff hist +41 As His (Caitanya's) associate Nityananda, He is the first expansion of God; as Advaita, He is an incarnation; as Gadadhara, He is the internal potency; and as Srivasa, He is the marginal living entity in the role of a devotee - CC Intro No edit summary current
- 08:4608:46, 24 October 2023 diff hist +41 Although the King had been refused an interview, he was indirectly bestowed causeless mercy. Who can understand the internal potency of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 08:4008:40, 24 October 2023 diff hist +32 Thinking Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was uncomfortable sleeping on bark of plantain trees, Jagadananda made a pillow and quilt for Him. The Lord, however, did not accept them No edit summary current
- 08:3808:38, 24 October 2023 diff hist +32 Nevertheless, for the deliverance of all the fallen souls of the world, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took sannyasa and left home when He was only twenty-four years old. He lived a very strict life as a sannyasi, refusing all bodily comforts No edit summary current
- 08:3708:37, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Jagadananda Pandita (as an incarnation of Satyabhama) always wanted to see to the comfort of Lord Caitanya, but since the Lord was a sannyasi He did not accept the luxuries that Jagadananda Pandita offered No edit summary current
- 08:3508:35, 24 October 2023 diff hist +32 He (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) was in renounced order of life; He gave up His family, beautiful wife, very affectionate mother, very comfortable home, very prestige, too much prestige of His personality in the society. He gave up everything No edit summary current
- 08:3208:32, 24 October 2023 diff hist +32 Everyone wants money, everyone wants good wife, good family, good comfortable life. Caitanya Mahaprabhu denies, that "I don't want all these things." No edit summary current
- 08:1208:12, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 When it was time for the Lord to go to bed, Svarupa Damodara stayed nearby, but when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw the quilt and pillow, He was immediately very angry No edit summary current
- 08:1108:11, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 Jagadananda said to Svarupa Damodara Gosvami, "Today please personally persuade Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to lie down on the bed" No edit summary current
- 08:0908:09, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 In this way Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu passed half the night experiencing varieties of emotions. Finally, after making the Lord lie down on His bed, Svarupa Damodara and Ramananda Raya returned to their homes No edit summary current
- 08:0208:02, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 In His (Lord Caitanya's) childhood pastimes the Lord tried to catch the wall and stand up, but as an ordinary child falls down, so the Lord also fell down and again took to lying on His bed No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 24 October 2023 diff hist +28 Early the following morning, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to see Lord Jagannatha in the temple, and He saw the Lord rise from His bed No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 After rising from bed the next morning, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited the local temple, where there was a deity of Hanuman. After offering him obeisances, the Lord departed for South India No edit summary current
- 07:5407:54, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 After half the night had passed in this way, Ramananda Raya and Svarupa Damodara Gosvami made Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu lie down on His bed in the inner room No edit summary current
- 07:5007:50, 24 October 2023 diff hist +11 After Gopinatha Acarya finished talking, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu smiled and, calling for Advaita Acarya, made Him act like the Sesa Naga bed No edit summary current
20 October 2023
- 15:0115:01, 20 October 2023 diff hist +18 You are very sincere boy trying your best to serve Krishna and by His Grace you are quite fit for this business, and considering all these points, I have entrusted Back To Godhead in your hand. Because this paper is the beginning of my spiritual life No edit summary current
- 15:0015:00, 20 October 2023 diff hist +4 You are a sincere student from the very beginning of your spiritual life and I wish that you may advance more and more No edit summary current
- 14:5914:59, 20 October 2023 diff hist −7 Without this (qualification) one is unfit for service. But in devotional service the only qualification required is surrender. Surrendering oneself is in one's own hand. If one likes, surrender immediately, without delay, that begins his spiritual life No edit summary current