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19 January 2022
- 15:4215:42, 19 January 2022 diff hist +1,730 To protect the brahmana, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised him to chant the Hare Krsna mantra incessantly. By doing so, he would never become unnecessarily proud No edit summary current
- 15:3715:37, 19 January 2022 diff hist +1,472 Being meek and humble, the brahmana Vasudeva worried that he would become proud after being cured by the grace of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 14:2914:29, 19 January 2022 diff hist +4,210 They should not be proud that "I am brahmana." No. As you are required, as much, the sudra is also required. It is not that only the brahmanas are required No edit summary current
18 January 2022
- 11:0811:08, 18 January 2022 diff hist +4,719 A brahmana, or one who is properly qualified to understand the Absolute Truth, as well as the devotee of Lord Krsna, who is known as Muradvisa, enemy of a demon named Mura, is not subject to the rules and regulations of the state No edit summary current
- 11:0711:07, 18 January 2022 diff hist +5,223 According to Vedic civilization, a brahmana, or one who is properly qualified to understand the Absolute Truth - one belonging to the intelligent social order - as well as the devotee of Lord Krsna is not subject to the rules and regulations of the state No edit summary current
17 January 2022
- 16:2616:26, 17 January 2022 diff hist +7,667 When one perfectly understands the Absolute Truth he is called a brahmana. And when the brahmana reaches further perfection, he becomes a Vaisnava, or a devotee No edit summary current
- 16:2516:25, 17 January 2022 diff hist +3,347 Vrtrasura was a perfect Vaisnava, and therefore he was also a brahmana No edit summary current
- 16:1816:18, 17 January 2022 diff hist +5,060 The important members of ISKCON should give careful attention to our Dallas school, where children are being taught Sanskrit and English to become perfect brahmanas No edit summary current
- 16:1716:17, 17 January 2022 diff hist +4,308 The highest perfectional brahmana is the Vaisnava. A Vaisnava who knows the science of the Absolute Truth but is not able to preach such knowledge to others is described as being in the lower stage No edit summary current
- 16:1516:15, 17 January 2022 diff hist +3,150 The general populace should follow the perfect brahmana. In this way, one can learn how to control the mind and senses and thus gradually advance to spiritual perfection No edit summary
16 January 2022
- 16:5916:59, 16 January 2022 diff hist +3,508 Srila Sanatana Gosvami in his Hari-bhakti-vilasa says that a person, whatever he may be, can attain the perfection of a twice-born brahmana No edit summary
- 16:5616:56, 16 January 2022 diff hist +14,877 Romaharsana Suta had been given the chance to become a perfect brahmana, but because of his ill behavior in his relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his low birth was immediately remembered No edit summary current
- 16:1916:19, 16 January 2022 diff hist +3,714 My dear friends, O sons of the demons, you cannot please the SPG by becoming perfect brahmanas, demigods or great saints or by becoming perfectly good in etiquette or vast learning. None of these qualifications can awaken the pleasure of the Lord No edit summary current
- 15:0315:03, 16 January 2022 diff hist +3,361 How he (Ajamila) fell down in spite of all these qualities (of a perfect brahmana) and thus came to be threatened with punishment by Yamaraja will be described in the following verses - of SB Sixth Canto, Chapter one No edit summary
- 15:0315:03, 16 January 2022 diff hist +3,370 Gadadhara Gosvami is a representative of a perfect brahmana spiritual master. Srivasa Thakura represents a perfect brahmana devotee. These five (Lord Caitanya, Advaita Prabhu, Nityananda Prabhu, Gadadhara & Srivasa Thakura) are known as the Panca-tattva No edit summary current
13 January 2022
- 17:4417:44, 13 January 2022 diff hist +4,635 Every father has to take care. The state has to take care, the teacher has to take care - how to make the children, the poor children, the innocent children, to..., a perfect brahmana No edit summary
- 17:2217:22, 13 January 2022 diff hist +4,541 A perfect Vaisnava is also a perfect brahmana, as indicated by the words brahmanyah sila-sampannah No edit summary current
- 17:0417:04, 13 January 2022 diff hist +2,860 As a perfect brahmana he (Vasistha) tolerated all the taunts of Visvamitra. Once he tried to commit suicide on account of Visvamitra's torture, but all his attempts were unsuccessful No edit summary current
10 January 2022
- 14:2014:20, 10 January 2022 diff hist +2,891 The demigods are in a position many times higher than that of human beings. Therefore, although the great saints and sages were also powerful brahmanas, they requested the demigods to revive Nimi's body, which had been preserved in various perfumed balms No edit summary current
- 14:0714:07, 10 January 2022 diff hist +3,664 The brahmanas (dvija, the twice-born), are given a chance by the sastric regulations to become almost as powerful as the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 14:0614:06, 10 January 2022 diff hist +2,346 Sri Suta Gosvami said: While returning home, the King (Maharaja Pariksit) felt that the act he had committed against the faultless and powerful brahmana was heinous and uncivilized. Consequently he was distressed No edit summary current
- 12:0212:02, 10 January 2022 diff hist +3,695 Durvasa Muni was certainly a powerful brahmana, but his acts against the pure devotee Maharaja Ambarisa were no better than the activities of asuras No edit summary current
8 January 2022
- 18:4618:46, 8 January 2022 diff hist +3,303 Ajamila was like a perfect brahmana. A brahmana is expected to be perfectly pious, to follow all the regulative principles and to have all good qualities No edit summary current
7 January 2022
- 17:4117:41, 7 January 2022 diff hist +11 According to the system of varnasrama-dharma, the pious and learned brahmanas were the natural guardians of society No edit summary current
- 17:3217:32, 7 January 2022 diff hist +5,510 Screaming loudly, the demon (Balvala), who had been such a great disturbance to the pious brahmanas, fell to the ground like a great mountain with a red oxide peak being struck and smashed to the ground by a thunderbolt No edit summary current
6 January 2022
- 15:5715:57, 6 January 2022 diff hist +4,646 A qualified brahmana must be expert in the occupational duties of a brahmana. His duties are mentioned as six brahminical engagements No edit summary current
- 15:2915:29, 6 January 2022 diff hist +5,701 Actually, we should become on the platform of brahmana, qualified brahmana, qualification Vaisnava so that others may not criticize. That is our special request. That chance is there, everyone No edit summary current
- 11:5711:57, 6 January 2022 diff hist +4,886 One who is not mature in his performance of yoga, he is given chance, another chance -- another chance in a very nice family, sucinam, very pure brahmana family; srimatam, very rich, royal or very rich mercantile family No edit summary current
- 08:0308:03, 6 January 2022 diff hist +3,990 Anyone who hears this history (The Brahmana Sudama Blessed by Lord Krsna) gradually becomes as qualified as Sudama Vipra, and he is thus transferred to the spiritual kingdom of Lord Krsna No edit summary current
5 January 2022
- 15:1815:18, 5 January 2022 diff hist +4,468 One who stops these four principles of sinful activity (meat-eating, intoxication, illicit sex and gambling) and chants the Hare Krsna maha-mantra can certainly become a pure brahmana through the process of bona fide initiation No edit summary current
- 12:5512:55, 5 January 2022 diff hist +5,623 As indicated here (in SB 9.4.21) by the words tan-nistha-viprabhihitah, Maharaja Ambarisa took advice from brahmanas who were pure devotees of the Lord No edit summary
- 11:5311:53, 5 January 2022 diff hist +4,821 The conclusion is that Vidura was never a sudra, but was greater than the purest type of brahmana No edit summary current
4 January 2022
- 16:3316:33, 4 January 2022 diff hist +2,627 After seeing a man embracing a young woman and practically doing everything required for sex life, even a fully qualified brahmana, as described above (Ajamila), could not control his lusty desires and restrain himself from pursuing them No edit summary current
- 16:2416:24, 4 January 2022 diff hist +4,769 According to Vedic civilization, charity should be given only to the qualified brahmanas No edit summary current
- 16:2216:22, 4 January 2022 diff hist +4,961 Above Angaraka by another 200,000 yojanas is the planet called Brhaspati-graha (Jupiter), which is always very favorable for qualified brahmanas. Above Brhaspati-graha is the planet Sanaiscara (Saturn), which is very inauspicious No edit summary
- 15:0515:05, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,671 Who is a real brahmana? No edit summary current
- 05:0405:04, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,850 When You go through the jungle, there will be no brahmana available from whom You can accept lunch. Therefore please give permission for at least one pure brahmana to accompany You No edit summary current
3 January 2022
- 17:4117:41, 3 January 2022 diff hist +3,218 Srila Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, after giving up the body of a deer, Bharata Maharaja took birth in a very pure brahmana family No edit summary
- 14:1114:11, 3 January 2022 diff hist +3,499 From a pure brahmana, he fell down No edit summary current
15 February 2021
- 06:3506:35, 15 February 2021 diff hist +4,286 N Ultimate goal of life is to please Lord Visnu, the Supreme Lord. The uncivilized man or materialistic person, however, does not know this aim of life. Na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum-SB 7.5.31. One's real self-interest lies in satisfying Lord Visnu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The ultimate goal of life is to please Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Lord. The uncivilized man or materialistic person, however,..."
- 06:2306:23, 15 February 2021 diff hist +3,896 N The varnasrama system is entirely meant for visnu-aradhana, worship of Lord Visnu. Varnasramacaravata purusena parah puman/ visnur aradhyate - CC Madhya 8.58 (Visnu Purana 3.8.9) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The varṇāśrama system is entirely meant for viṣṇu-ārādhana, worship of Lord Viṣṇu. Varṇāśramācāravatā pur..." current
14 February 2021
- 09:1309:13, 14 February 2021 diff hist +4,127 N The varnasrama system is entirely meant for visnu-aradhana, worship of Lord Visnu. Varnasramacaravata purusena parah puman/ visnur aradhyate - CC Madhya 8.58 - (Visnu Purana 3.8.9). The ultimate goal of life is to please Lord Visnu, the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The varṇāśrama system is entirely meant for viṣṇu-ārādhana, worship of Lord Viṣṇu. Varṇāśramācāravatā pur..."
- 08:4408:44, 14 February 2021 diff hist +1 Mad-bhakta-pujabhyadhika (SB 11.19.21). The Lord says, "Worshiping My devotees is better than worshiping Me directly No edit summary
- 08:4308:43, 14 February 2021 diff hist +3,810 N Mad-bhakta-pujabhyadhika (SB 11.19.21). The Lord says, "Worshiping My devotees is better than worshiping Me directly Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mad-bhakta-pūjābhyadhikā (SB 11.19.21). The Lord says, "Worshiping My devotees is better than worshiping Me directly"}} {{n..."
- 08:3608:36, 14 February 2021 diff hist +4,047 N They (vrajavasis) were not daridra, nor were they Narayana. Rather, they were devotees of Narayana, and by their educational qualifications they would satisfy Narayana. Therefore, satisfying them was an indirect way of satisfying Lord Visnu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They were not daridra, nor were they Nārāyaṇa. Rather, they were devotees of Nārāyaṇa, and by their educational qualif..."
12 February 2021
- 08:1408:14, 12 February 2021 diff hist +3,981 N Although it has become fashionable to speak of daridra-narayana, the words visnor aradhanarthaya do not mean that all the people satisfied by Nanda Maharaja in this great ceremony were Visnus Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although it has become fashionable to speak of daridra-nārāyaṇa, the words viṣṇor ārādhanārthāya do not mean that..." current
11 February 2021
- 12:2812:28, 11 February 2021 diff hist +2,410 N There was (five thousand years ago) no limit to how extensively milk, butter, curd and other such products were used in human society Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There was no limit to how extensively milk, butter, curd and other such products were used in human society"}} {{notes|}} {{co..."
- 12:2312:23, 11 February 2021 diff hist +2,613 N From this statement (in SB 10.5.14) we can understand that five thousand years ago not only was there enough milk, butter and curd to eat, drink and cook with, but when there was a festival it would be thrown about without restriction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From this statement we can understand that five thousand years ago not only was there enough milk, butter and curd to eat, dri..."
- 11:3611:36, 11 February 2021 diff hist +3,005 N The Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (BG 4.7) - Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion - at that time I descend Myself. Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (BG 4.7): yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātm..."
10 February 2021
- 09:2309:23, 10 February 2021 diff hist +3,744 N All these gopis were going to offer Krsna their presentations because the gopis are eternal associates of the Lord. Now the gopis were more jubilant because of the news of Krsna's appearance in Vrndavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All these gopīs were going to offer Kṛṣṇa their presentations because the gopīs are eternal associates of the Lord. No..."