Brahmana community
Expressions researched:
"brahmana community"
|"brahmanas as a community"
|"brahminical community"
|"brahminical communities"
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Preface and Introduction
SB Canto 1
SB Canto 4
SB Canto 8
SB Cantos 10.14 to 12 (Translations Only)
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Adi-lila
CC Madhya-lila
CC Antya-lila
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Nectar of Devotion
Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead
Lectures
Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
Devotee (1): They weren't pure devotees right from..., they weren't devotees right from the first. The Nectar of Devotion says that the four Kumāras were first situated in the...
Prabhupāda: Right from the... What do you mean by "right from the first"? What do you mean by that? Just like Rūpa Gosvāmī. Rūpa Gosvāmī was a minister of Muhammadan government. So what is his position? He was minister, he was working under government service, and he was rejected by the brāhmaṇa community. Then how he became gosvāmī?Nectar of Devotion Lectures
Pradyumna: "They belonged to the highly situated sārasvata-brāhmaṇa community, but they were ostracized due to their acceptance of ministerial posts in the government of Hussain Shah. It is the grace of Lord Caitanya that He accepted these two exalted personalities as His disciples..."
Prabhupāda: The brāhmaṇa community was so strong that because acceptance of service is the business of the śūdra... The brāhmaṇas, they would not accept anyone's service.Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures
- nīca jāti nīca saṅgī patita adhama
- kuviṣaya-kūpe paḍi' goṅāinu janama
Festival Lectures
General Lectures
Conversations and Morning Walks
1967 Conversations and Morning Walks
1974 Conversations and Morning Walks
1975 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: A brāhmaṇa says because he is saṅkara, varṇa-saṅkara. Yes.
Dr. Patel: Who?
Prabhupāda: Śaṅkarācārya.
Dr. Patel: Was he? No, no. Both were brāhmaṇas.
Prabhupāda: He was born when his mother was widow, and she became pregnant by the priest. So she was going to kill herself. Then her father restrained her, that "Don't do it. Your... In the womb there is a big personality." So the brāhmaṇa community did not like her.
Yaśomatīnandana: Oh, I see.
Prabhupāda: Therefore he is called Śaṅkarācārya.Correspondence
1971 Correspondence
Page Title: | Brahmana community |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti |
Created: | 18 of Oct, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=9, CC=8, OB=3, Lec=18, Con=4, Let=1 |
No. of Quotes: | 43 |