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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
• 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
• 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
• 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