User contributions for Nabakumar
19 April 2021
- 03:0503:05, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,426 N He (son of the elderly brahmana) was saying (to his father) - If you make the background like that (not lying directly but like a diplomat), I shall know how to fill in the argument and defeat him (the young brahmana) by word jugglery Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he was saying"|"If you make the background like that, I shall know how to fill in the argument and defeat him by word jugglery..."
- 02:5502:55, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,490 N He (son of the elderly brahmana) was saying (to his father) - Following this principle (not lying directly but like a diplomat), simply say that you do not remember anything and are completely unaware of the statements given by the young brahmana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he was saying"|"Following this principle, simply say that you do not remember anything and are completely unaware of the state..."
- 02:4502:45, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,592 N In essence, he (son of the elderly brahmana) was saying (to his father) - Have no anxiety. You do not have to lie directly, but you should speak like a diplomat, like King Yudhisthira when he spoke to Dronacarya - asvatthama hata iti gajah Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In essence, he was saying"|"Have no anxiety. You do not have to lie directly, but you should speak like a diplomat, like King..."
- 02:3902:39, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,777 N He (son of the elderly brahmana) assured his father that the witness was only a stone Deity and was not capable of speaking. Besides that, he assured his father that the Deity was situated far away and consequently could not come to bear witness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he assured his father that the witness was only a stone Deity and was not capable of speaking. Besides that, he assured his fa..."
- 02:3002:30, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,459 N He (son of the elderly brahmana) did not believe in the spiritual position of the Deity, nor did he have any faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, as a typical idol worshiper, he considered the form of God to be made of stone or wood Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he did not believe in the spiritual position of the Deity, nor did he have any faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Th..."
- 02:2502:25, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,099 N The son of the elderly brahmana was an atheist and a follower of the Raghunatha-smrti. He was very expert in dealing with pounds-shillings-pence, but he was fool number one Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The son of the elderly brāhmaṇa was an atheist and a follower of the Raghunātha-smṛti. He was very expert in dealing wit..."
- 02:1502:15, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,929 If people actually become God conscious, all quarrels can be settled outside of court, as happened in the case of the two brahmanas whose disagreement was settled by the witness Gopala No edit summary current
- 02:0702:07, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,508 This Krsna consciousness movement is very essential to reviving God consciousness among the general populace No edit summary current
- 02:0702:07, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,701 By not becoming God conscious, human society is deteriorating to the lowest standard of animal life No edit summary current
- 02:0302:03, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,452 N This same principle was followed in the Battle of Kuruksetra (promising before God). Therefore in the very beginning of the Bhagavad-gita it is stated: dharma-ksetre kuru-ksetre - BG 1.1 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This same principle was followed in the Battle of Kurukṣetra. Therefore in the very beginning of the Bhagavad-gītā it is s..." current
- 01:4701:47, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,851 N In Indian villages, whenever there is a quarrel between two parties, they go to a temple to settle the quarrel. Whatever is spoken in front of the Deity is taken to be true, for no one would dare lie before the Deity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Indian villages, whenever there is a quarrel between two parties, they go to a temple to settle the quarrel. Whatever is sp..."
- 01:4301:43, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,513 N In India the custom is to honor any promise made before the Deity. Such a promise cannot be canceled Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In India the custom is to honor any promise made before the Deity. Such a promise cannot be canceled"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|..." current
- 01:3901:39, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,795 N Following this custom (vag-datta), which is very old in India, the elderly brahmana promised to give his daughter to the younger brahmana in charity, and he promised this before the Gopala Deity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Following this custom, which is very old in India, the elderly brāhmaṇa promised to give his daughter to the younger brāhm..."
- 01:3501:35, 19 April 2021 diff hist +4,367 There are many instances in which the parents of a female child have given someone a verbal promise that their daughter will be married to his son. Both parties agree to wait until the boy and girl are grown up, and then the marriage takes place No edit summary current
- 01:3301:33, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,379 In India it is still the custom for a daughter to be offered to someone simply by word. This is called vag-datta No edit summary current
- 01:3301:33, 19 April 2021 diff hist +232 This (vag-datta) means that the father, brother or guardian of a girl has given his word that she will be married to a certain man. Consequently, that daughter cannot be married to anyone else. She is reserved by virtue of the honest words of the father No edit summary current
- 01:3201:32, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,738 N This (vag-datta) means that the father, brother or guardian of a girl has given his word that she will be married to a certain man. Consequently, that daughter cannot be married to anyone else. She is reserved by virtue of the honest words of the father Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This means that the father, brother or guardian of a girl has given his word that she will be married to a certain man. Conseq..."
- 01:2401:24, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,731 N In India it is still the custom for a daughter to be offered to someone simply by word. This is called vag-datta Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In India it is still the custom for a daughter to be offered to someone simply by word. This is called vāg-datta. This means..."
- 01:1601:16, 19 April 2021 diff hist +2,963 N Krsna shaved off all of Rukmi's hair with His sword. Sri Balarama did not like this, and so to please Rukmini, Balarama rebuked Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa shaved off all of Rukmī’s hair with His sword. Śrī Balarāma did not like this, and so to please Rukmiṇī,..." current
- 01:1201:12, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,466 N There ensued a great fight between Krsna and the opposing party, headed by Rukmini’s brother Rukmi. Rukmi was defeated and, because of his harsh words against Krsna, was about to be killed, but he was saved at the request of Rukmini Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There ensued a great fight between Kṛṣṇa and the opposing party, headed by Rukmiṇī’s brother Rukmī. Rukmī was def..." current
- 01:0501:05, 19 April 2021 diff hist +3,319 N Rukmini conceived of a trick: she sent a letter to Krsna asking Him to kidnap her. Thus in order to please Rukmini, who was His great devotee, Krsna kidnapped her Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Rukmiṇī conceived of a trick: she sent a letter to Kṛṣṇa asking Him to kidnap her. Thus in order to please Rukmiṇī..." current
- 00:5200:52, 19 April 2021 diff hist +4,425 N One should not misunderstand when a sannyasi takes part in a marriage ceremony. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu took great pleasure in hearing about the marriage ceremony between the young brahmana and the daughter of the elderly brahmana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one should not misunderstand when a sannyāsī takes part in a marriage ceremony. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda P..."
- 00:4600:46, 19 April 2021 diff hist +4,861 In order to fix the devotees in concentration on the service of the Lord, marriage is sometimes allowed. We have experienced that such married couples actually render very important service to the mission No edit summary current
- 00:4500:45, 19 April 2021 diff hist +192 We are giving all facility to the general populace to take to Krsna consciousness, and in order to fix the devotees in concentration on the service of the Lord, marriage is sometimes allowed No edit summary current
- 00:3900:39, 19 April 2021 diff hist +4,423 N We are giving all facility to the general populace to take to Krsna consciousness, and in order to fix the devotees in concentration on the service of the Lord, marriage is sometimes allowed Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We are giving all facility to the general populace to take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and in order to fix the devotees in c..."
18 April 2021
- 15:2315:23, 18 April 2021 diff hist +5,002 A sannyasi should not take part in a marriage ceremony between a young boy and a young girl. However, this is not a karma-kanda activity, because our purpose is to spread the Krsna consciousness movement No edit summary
- 15:2115:21, 18 April 2021 diff hist +4,547 m Sometimes we take part in a marriage ceremony for our disciples, but this does not mean that we are interested in karma-kanda activities. Sometimes, not knowing the Vaisnava philosophy, an outsider criticizes such activity Nabakumar moved page Sometimes we take part in a marriage ceremony for our disciples, but this does not mean that we are interested in karma-kanda activities to Sometimes we take part in a marriage ceremony for our disciples, but this does not mean that we are interested in karma-kanda activities. Sometimes, not knowing the Vaisnava philosophy, an outsider criticizes such activity
- 14:5914:59, 18 April 2021 diff hist +4,350 N Sometimes we take part in a marriage ceremony for our disciples, but this does not mean that we are interested in karma-kanda activities. Sometimes, not knowing the Vaisnava philosophy, an outsider criticizes such activity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes we take part in a marriage ceremony for our disciples, but this does not mean that we are interested in karma-kāṇ..."
- 14:5314:53, 18 April 2021 diff hist +4,450 N Srila Narottama dasa Thakura says: karma-kanda jnana-kanda kevala visera bhanda. For a Vaisnava, the karma-kanda and jnana-kanda sections of the Vedas are unnecessary. Indeed, a real Vaisnava takes these sections as a poison pot - visera bhanda Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says: karma-kāṇḍa jñāna-kāṇḍa kevala viṣera bhāṇḍa. For a Vaiṣṇava,..." current
- 14:4814:48, 18 April 2021 diff hist +4,276 N Marriage arrangements and ceremonies belong to ordinary material karma-kanda sections of the scriptures. The Vaisnavas, however, are not interested in any kind of karma-kanda dealings Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Marriage arrangements and ceremonies belong to ordinary material karma-kāṇḍa sections of the scriptures. The Vaiṣṇava..."
- 14:4214:42, 18 April 2021 diff hist +4,252 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would certainly not have liked to hear about marital dealings unless such dealings were exchanged between two Vaisnavas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would certainly not have liked to hear about marital dealings unless such dealings were exchanged b..." current
- 14:3714:37, 18 April 2021 diff hist +4,547 N Krsna is pleased when a Vaisnava is rendered service. Because the younger brahmana served the older one, Lord Gopala agreed to become a witness of the marriage negotiation in order to maintain the prestige of both devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa is pleased when a Vaiṣṇava is rendered service. Because the younger brāhmaṇa served the older one, Lord Gop..."
- 14:3114:31, 18 April 2021 diff hist +4,463 N In this (CC Madhya 5.24) regard, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that the younger brahmana rendered service to the older one with the purpose of pleasing Krsna. It was not a matter of ordinary worldly dealings Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this regard, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura comments that the younger brāhmaṇa rendered service to the o..."
- 14:2314:23, 18 April 2021 diff hist +2,763 N Unless one serves a liberated Vaisnava, he cannot attain liberation by directly serving Krsna. He must serve the servant of Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless one serves a liberated Vaiṣṇava, he cannot attain liberation by directly serving Kṛṣṇa. He must serve the ser..." current
- 14:1814:18, 18 April 2021 diff hist +3,018 N A pure Vaisnava serves a servant of Krsna and identifies himself as a servant of a servant of Krsna. This is pleasing to Lord Krsna. Srila Narottama dasa Thakura confirms this philosophy: chadiya vaisnava-seva nistara peyeche keba Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A pure Vaiṣṇava serves a servant of Kṛṣṇa and identifies himself as a servant of a servant of Kṛṣṇa. This is p..." current
- 14:1214:12, 18 April 2021 diff hist +2,652 N One should not try to serve Krsna directly Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should not try to serve Kṛṣṇa directly"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nabakumar}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2021-04-18T14:1..." current
- 14:0914:09, 18 April 2021 diff hist +3,096 N In SB 11.19.21 Krsna says, mad-bhakta-pujabhyadhika: "It is better to render service to My devotee." Thus, according to the Gaudiya-Vaisnava philosophy of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, it is better to be a servant of the servant of God - CC Madhya 13.80 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"|"Kṛṣṇa says, mad-bhakta-pūjābhyadhikā: “It is better to render service to My devotee.” T..." current
- 14:0314:03, 18 April 2021 diff hist +2,813 N Both brahmanas were pure Vaisnavas. The younger man took special care of the older one simply to please Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Both brāhmaṇas were pure Vaiṣṇavas. The younger man took special care of the older one simply to please Kṛṣṇa"}}..."
- 13:5713:57, 18 April 2021 diff hist +2,913 N He (young brahmana) asked the elderly brahmana why he was proposing something unprecedented (asambhava). It was unheard of for an aristocratic person to offer his daughter to a person who was both uneducated and poor Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he asked the elderly brāhmaṇa why he was proposing something unprecedented (asambhava). It was unheard of for an aristocrat..."
- 13:5113:51, 18 April 2021 diff hist +3,008 N No poor man will dare marry the daughter of a rich man. Because of this, when the elderly brahmana offered the young brahmana his daughter, the young brahmana did not believe that it would be possible to marry her Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"No poor man will dare marry the daughter of a rich man. Because of this, when the elderly brāhmaṇa offered the young brāhm..."
- 12:1512:15, 18 April 2021 diff hist +2,947 N In India it is still current for an aristocratic family never to consider a marriage with a common family. Though the caste may be the same, to maintain the aristocracy such marriages are rejected Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In India it is still current for an aristocratic family never to consider a marriage with a common family. Though the caste ma..." current
- 12:1012:10, 18 April 2021 diff hist +2,885 N These (obtain birth in an aristocratic family, become highly educated, become very beautiful or get a sufficient quantity of riches) are symptoms of pious activities performed in one’s past life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These are symptoms of pious activities performed in one’s past life"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nabakumar}} {{complete|ALL}} {{..." current
- 12:0512:05, 18 April 2021 diff hist +2,862 N Due to pious activities, one can be enriched by four opulences: one may obtain birth in an aristocratic family, become highly educated, become very beautiful or get a sufficient quantity of riches Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Due to pious activities, one can be enriched by four opulences: one may obtain birth in an aristocratic family, become highly..." current
- 11:5411:54, 18 April 2021 diff hist +2,717 N Out of the twelve forests, the Vrndavana forest extends from the town of Vrndavana up to Nanda-grama and Varsana, a distance of thirty-two miles, within which the Pancakrosi Vrndavana town is situated Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Out of the twelve forests, the Vṛndāvana forest extends from the town of Vṛndāvana up to Nanda-grāma and Varṣāṇā,..." current
- 11:5111:51, 18 April 2021 diff hist +2,535 N After visiting all these (twelve) forests (of Vrndavana), these pilgrims (two brahamanas from South India) went to a place known as Pancakrosi Vrndavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After visiting all these forests, these pilgrims went to a place known as Pañcakrośī Vṛndāvana"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|..." current
- 11:4211:42, 18 April 2021 diff hist +2,684 N The five forests situated on the eastern side of the river Yamuna are Bhadra, Bilva, Loha, Bhandira and Mahavana. The seven forests situated on the western side of the Yamuna are Madhu, Tala, Kumuda, Bahula, Kamya, Khadira and Vrndavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The five forests situated on the eastern side of the river Yamunā are Bhadra, Bilva, Loha, Bhāṇḍīra and Mahāvana. The..." current
- 11:3511:35, 18 April 2021 diff hist +3,037 N A new temple was constructed (for Saksi-gopala in the village Satyavadi). Now there is a Saksi-gopala station, and people go to Satyavadi to see the witness Gopala Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a new temple was constructed. Now there is a Sākṣi-gopāla station, and people go to Satyavādī to see the witness Gopāla..." current
- 11:3311:33, 18 April 2021 diff hist −23 In order to settle this love quarrel (between Jagannatha & Saksi-gapala), the King of Orissa constructed a village about eleven miles from Jagannatha Puri. The village was called Satyavadi, and Gopala was stationed there No edit summary current
- 11:2611:26, 18 April 2021 diff hist +3,180 N In order to settle this love quarrel (between Jagannatha & Saksi-gapala), the King of Orissa constructed a village about eleven miles from Jagannatha Puri. The village was called Satyavadi, and Gopala was stationed there Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In order to settle this love quarrel, the King of Orissa constructed a village about eleven miles from Jagannātha Purī. The..."
- 11:1611:16, 18 April 2021 diff hist +3,266 Saksi-gopala was situated for some time in the Jagannatha temple. It seems that in the temple of Jagannatha there was some disagreement between Jagannatha and Saksi-gopala, a disagreement called prema-kalaha, a quarrel of love No edit summary current