User contributions for Samruddhi
6 November 2023
- 16:2316:23, 6 November 2023 diff hist +20 At the entrance to Jagannatha Puri is a bridge with eighteen arches called Atharanala - Athara means eighteen No edit summary current
- 16:1916:19, 6 November 2023 diff hist +20 Asadhu, or demon, means persons who deny the authority of God. They are called demons No edit summary current
- 16:1816:18, 6 November 2023 diff hist +20 As you inquire what is svami, svami means master. And master, what does it mean? Master of the senses. Generally people are driven by the dictation of the senses. So if you can control your senses, then you become a svami No edit summary current
- 16:1716:17, 6 November 2023 diff hist +20 As we understand from Brahma-samhita, advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam (BS 5.33). Ananta means "innumerable No edit summary current
- 16:1516:15, 6 November 2023 diff hist +20 As stated in this verse, sadrso 'sti sivah pantha. Para-brahman is Krsna, and brahma-siddhaye means understanding our relationship with Krsna No edit summary current
- 16:1316:13, 6 November 2023 diff hist +20 As stated in Srinivasacarya's prayer to the six Gosvamis (Sad-gosvamy-astaka): sankhya-purvaka-nama-gana-natibhih kalavasani-krtau. The word sankhya-purvaka means "maintaining a numerical strength No edit summary current
- 16:1116:11, 6 November 2023 diff hist +20 As Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura explains, the word nirapeksa means not being affected by anything material and remaining fixed in the service of the Lord No edit summary current
- 16:0916:09, 6 November 2023 diff hist +20 As soon as we speak of karma, there must be somebody else to judge. And that judgment is said, daiva netrena. Daiva means divine supervision No edit summary current
- 16:0016:00, 6 November 2023 diff hist +20 As described in the beginning of the Vedanta-sutra, the Supreme Person is the origin of all qualities. He is generally called nirguna. Nirguna means "whose qualities are beyond estimation." Guna means "quality," and nir means "beyond estimation" No edit summary current
- 15:5715:57, 6 November 2023 diff hist +20 As a sincere friend of Krsna, one should preach this philosophy, requesting everyone to surrender unto Krsna. Atma-nivedanam means offering Krsna everything, including one's body, mind, intelligence and whatever one may possess No edit summary current
- 15:5215:52, 6 November 2023 diff hist +20 Arthadam means you can derive the greatest value in this life. Arthadam. Artha means money, and paramartha means spiritual consciousness No edit summary current
- 15:5015:50, 6 November 2023 diff hist +20 Arcanam means worshiping Lord Visnu as one does in the temple, and vandanam means offering respectful obeisances. Man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru (BG 18.65). Vandanam means namaskuru - offering obeisances or offering prayers No edit summary current
- 15:4515:45, 6 November 2023 diff hist +20 Anyone who is well-versed in bhagavat-tattva-vijnanam, he can become guru. Not others. And in many places this is confirmed, that sat-karma-nipuno vipro. A brahmana, very well expert in his business. Brahmana's business means sat-karma, 6 kinds of karma No edit summary current
3 October 2023
- 06:4406:44, 3 October 2023 diff hist +20 Apaurusa means "not spoken by any person materially created." It is stated in the beginning of Srimad-Bhagavatam, tene brahma hrda No edit summary current
- 06:4306:43, 3 October 2023 diff hist +20 Any living entity who is within this material world, they have come here with that two principles - iccha, dvesa. Iccha means they want to be happy with material enjoyment and "What is God? I am God." These two things No edit summary current
- 06:4206:42, 3 October 2023 diff hist +20 Anukulyena krsnanusilanam means when you have accepted the bona fide spiritual master, you should work in such a way that your spiritual master is pleased with you. Then your path is very clear No edit summary current
- 06:4106:41, 3 October 2023 diff hist +20 Anu means "following", and anu also means "always." So one must always follow the disciplic succession and not hear from any stray professional reciter, whether a Mayavadi or an ordinary man No edit summary current
- 06:3906:39, 3 October 2023 diff hist +20 Antardhana means that these living creatures can be perceived to be present, but they cannot be seen by vision No edit summary current
- 06:3406:34, 3 October 2023 diff hist +20 Anagha, O sinless one, means that unless one is free from all sinful reactions, it is very difficult to understand Krsna. One has to become free from all contamination, all sinful activities; then he can understand. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 3 October 2023 diff hist +20 Ahimsa, nonviolence, means that one should not do anything which will put others into misery or confusion. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current