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31 May 2021
- 09:3009:30, 31 May 2021 diff hist +3 The transcendental mellows are experienced in different stages. Similarly, there are many other forms of expression that have been analytically studied by the Gosvamis. In the Brs, Rupa Gosvami gives each and every symptom a particular name Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms
- 09:2909:29, 31 May 2021 diff hist +3 The author of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta says that if one does not take advantage of the Krsna consciousness movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he cannot be delivered for millions of such kalpas Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:2909:29, 31 May 2021 diff hist +3 The Hare Krsna maha-mantra - Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare - includes both the holy name of Lord Krsna and the name of Lord Rama Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:1709:17, 31 May 2021 diff hist +3 Lord Rama gives one the opportunity to be liberated, but simply by liberation one does not get actual spiritual benefit Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:1409:14, 31 May 2021 diff hist +3 In an indirect way, this verse (CC Antya 3.257) explains the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:0809:08, 31 May 2021 diff hist +3 Duryodhana clearly felt that the victory of the Kurus depended on the presence of Bhismadeva. He was confident of the full support of Bhismadeva and Dronacarya in the battle. BG 1972 purports Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:0209:02, 31 May 2021 diff hist +3 As far as raga is concerned, the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (3.2.87) says - That stage at which affection for the beloved converts unhappiness into happiness is called raga, or attachment Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 09:0009:00, 31 May 2021 diff hist +3,026 A description of mana can be found in Madhya-lila (Chapter Two, verse 66). Similarly, a description of pranaya is also there Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 08:4008:40, 31 May 2021 diff hist −21 “Introductions may be classified as follows: (1) udghatyaka, (2) kathodghata, (3) prayogatisaya, (4) pravartaka and (5) avalagita.” These five kinds of introduction are called amukha Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3908:39, 31 May 2021 diff hist −14 When the word natata (“dancing on the stage”) is linked with the moon, its meaning is obscure, but because the meaning becomes very clear when the word natata is linked with Krsna, this type of introduction is called udghatyaka Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3808:38, 31 May 2021 diff hist −14 When Srila Ramananda Raya inquired which of these five Srila Rupa Gosvami had used to accomplish the technical introduction to his drama Lalita-madhava, Rupa Gosvami replied that he had used the introduction technically called udghatyaka Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 08:3808:38, 31 May 2021 diff hist −21 When Srila Ramananda Raya inquired about the arrangement for introducing the assembly of players in the drama, Rupa Gosvami replied that when the players first enter the stage in response to the time, the introduction is technically called pravartaka Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 08:3608:36, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7 Unless one is a fully unalloyed devotee of the Lord, one should not try to describe the pastimes of Krsna in poetry, for it will be only mundane Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3608:36, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7 Unfortunately, at the present moment the bodily constitutions of the leaders of society, especially the governmental leaders, are polluted Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3408:34, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7 Through taxation, such men exploit the citizens as much as possible, & in this way they devour the citizens of the state instead of benefiting them. We therefore cannot expect a government to be efficient if it is headed by such unclean mlecchas & yavanas Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3308:33, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7 There are many descriptions of Krsna’s Bhagavad-gita written by persons whose consciousness is mundane and who are not qualified by pure devotion Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3308:33, 31 May 2021 diff hist −14 The vithi beginning of a drama consists of only one scene. In that scene, one of the heroes enters the stage, and by means of opposing statements uttered by a voice from the sky (offstage), he introduces the abundant conjugal mellow to some degree Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3308:33, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7 The transcendental vibration of the Lord’s holy name is completely spiritual. Thus it must be received from spiritual sources and must be chanted after having been heard from a spiritual master Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3208:32, 31 May 2021 diff hist −14 The technical names for the five kinds of introductory scenes of the drama are listed as udghatyaka, kathodghata, prayogatisaya, pravartaka and avalagita Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3208:32, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7 The special function of Srila Rupa Gosvami is to establish the feelings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. These feelings are His desires that His special mercy be spread throughout the world in this Kali-yuga Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 08:3108:31, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7 The principle of being empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead is essential Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3108:31, 31 May 2021 diff hist −14 The method of inducing the audience to become more and more eager to hear by praising the time and place, the hero and the audience is called prarocana Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3008:30, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7 The meaning is the same (Prakrit and Sanskrit), but the native language is different. It was spoken to Krsna by Madhumangala as he read Him a letter from Srimati Radharani Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3008:30, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7 The desire of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is that all over the world everyone, in every village and every town, know of Him and His sankirtana movement. These are the inner feelings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:2808:28, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7 Srila Sanatana Gosvami has warned all neophyte devotees that one should not hear from the mouth of a non-Vaisnava Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:2808:28, 31 May 2021 diff hist −14 Srila Ramananda Raya used highly technical terms when he discussed this subject (five kinds of introductory scenes) with Srila Rupa Gosvami Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:2708:27, 31 May 2021 diff hist −21 Srila Ramananda Raya asked which of the five introductions had been employed, and Srila Rupa Gosvami replied that he had used the introduction called the pravartaka Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 08:2308:23, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7 Politicians meet together and exchange good wishes by drinking liquor, which is so polluted and sinful that naturally drunkards and meat-eaters develop a degraded mentality in the mode of ignorance Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:2108:21, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7 One’s bodily luster and beauty, one’s constitution, one’s activities and one’s qualities all depend on the law of cause and effect Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:2108:21, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7 One who hears the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra must receive it from the spiritual master by aural reception Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:1608:16, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7 It is said in the Padma Purana, atah sri-krsna-namadi na bhaved grahyam indriyaih (CC Madhya 17.136). Chanting and hearing of the transcendental holy name of the Lord cannot be performed by the ordinary senses Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:1408:14, 31 May 2021 diff hist −14 In the course of the introduction, all the seeds of the play are planted. This introduction is called udghatyaka because the player dances on the stage Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:1008:10, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7 Exchanges of letters between a young boy and young girl concerning their awakening of attachment for each other are called kama-lekha Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:0508:05, 31 May 2021 diff hist −7 By the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the same feelings are being spread all over the world by the servants of the Gosvamis, and devotees who are pure and simple will appreciate this attempt Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:0108:01, 31 May 2021 diff hist −14 Any literature presented in Sanskrit must follow the rules and regulations mentioned in the authoritative reference books Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:0108:01, 31 May 2021 diff hist −14 Although Srila Rupa Gosvami was quite fit to answer Srila Ramananda Raya’s questions, due to his Vaisnava humility he said that his words were impudent Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 08:0008:00, 31 May 2021 diff hist −14 According to the Bharati-vrtti, three technical terms used are prarocana, vithi and prahasana. Thus Rupa Gosvami also mentioned vithi, which is a technical term for a certain type of expression Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections
- 08:0008:00, 31 May 2021 diff hist +3,406 A materialistic poet who describes in his poetry the material activities of men and women cannot describe the transcendental pastimes of the Lord or the transcendental conclusions of devotional service Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
16 May 2021
- 09:1409:14, 16 May 2021 diff hist +3 In all the universes there are innumerable planets, and there are innumerable living entities upon those planets - in the air, on land and in the water Vanibot #0034: AttributeFixer - update invalid page properties to valid forms current
- 08:3608:36, 16 May 2021 diff hist −7 Within a moment, cowherd boys, calves and unlimited Vaikunthas - all expansions of the Lord’s spiritual energy - were manifested Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3508:35, 16 May 2021 diff hist −7 When there is a discussion about the Absolute Truth, there are always various pros and cons. The purpose of such arguments is to come to the right conclusion. Such an argument is generally known as neti neti (“not this, not that”) Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3308:33, 16 May 2021 diff hist −7 Until one comes to the right conclusion, the process of thinking “This is not the Absolute Truth, that is not the Absolute Truth” will continue Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3308:33, 16 May 2021 diff hist −7 Unless one is freed from the reactions of sinful activities, one cannot understand Krsna or engage in His transcendental loving service Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3008:30, 16 May 2021 diff hist −14 There are many people who are just like owls and never open their eyes to see the sunshine. These owlish personalities, who are inferior even to the Mayavadi sannyasis, cannot see the brilliance of Krsna’s favor upon the maha-bhagavata devotee Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3008:30, 16 May 2021 diff hist −7 The word try-adhisvara means “proprietor of the three worlds.” There are three worlds, and Krsna is the supreme proprietor of them all Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:3008:30, 16 May 2021 diff hist −7 The word avadhuta means “rambling, agitating, moving, absorbed, defeated.” In some readings of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, it is said: yahara sravane citta-mala haya dhuta Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:2908:29, 16 May 2021 diff hist −7 The spiritual world is divided into two portions - Goloka Vrndavana and the Vaikunthas. The material world is a combination of universes unlimited in number Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:2708:27, 16 May 2021 diff hist −14 Such (spiritual master) a personality is krsnalingita-vigraha - that is, he is always embraced by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna. Such a person is above the considerations of the varnasrama institution Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:2108:21, 16 May 2021 diff hist −21 One should dry the entire body of the Lord with a towel. (23) A new dress should be put on the Lord’s body. (24) A sacred thread should be placed on His body. (25) Water should be offered for cleansing His mouth (acamana) Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current
- 08:2008:20, 16 May 2021 diff hist −21 One should burn incense. (30) Lamps should be offered. (31) Precautions should always be taken so that demons and atheists cannot harm the body of the Lord. (32) Food offerings should be placed before the Lord Vanibot #0032: QuoteRegulator - regulates the markup syntax of quoted text sections current