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14 September 2021
- 08:5108:51, 14 September 2021 diff hist +170 N Category:Faith Evolving from the Three Modes Created page with "Category:Faith Category:Evolve Category:Modes of Nature Category:Mode Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes Category:Wanted Categories - Vaniquotes"
- 08:4908:49, 14 September 2021 diff hist +4,803 According to one's existence under the various modes of nature, one evolves a particular kind of faith. The living being is said to be of a particular faith according to the modes he has acquired No edit summary
- 08:3708:37, 14 September 2021 diff hist +138 N Category:Losing Faith in God Created page with "Category:Lose Category:Faith Category:God Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes Category:Wanted Categories - Vaniquotes" current
13 September 2021
- 15:3815:38, 13 September 2021 diff hist +6,845 Since the Supreme Lord is all-inclusive, if anyone worships Him with unflinching faith, he has automatically achieved all other opulences and performed all other duties No edit summary current
- 15:3515:35, 13 September 2021 diff hist +11,738 He (Kholaveca Sridhara) was quite happy in his present position and wanted only to gain unflinching faith and devotion unto the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya. That is the position of pure devotees No edit summary current
12 September 2021
- 14:2014:20, 12 September 2021 diff hist +1,941 According to Sridhara Svami, although the Bhagavatam (9.1.11-12) has previously included Iksvaku among the ten sons begotten by Manu in his wife Sraddha, this was a generalization No edit summary current
- 14:1914:19, 12 September 2021 diff hist +2,328 Manu had begun that sacrifice for the sake of getting a son, but because the priest was diverted by the request of Manu's wife, a daughter named Ila was born. Upon seeing the daughter, Manu was not very satisfied. Thus he spoke to his guru, Vasistha No edit summary current
- 14:1714:17, 12 September 2021 diff hist +1,760 During that sacrifice, Sraddha, Manu's wife, who was observing the vow of subsisting only by drinking milk, approached the priest offering the sacrifice, offered obeisances to him and begged for a daughter No edit summary current
- 13:5913:59, 12 September 2021 diff hist +2,237 O King, best of the Bharata dynasty, from Vivasvan, by the womb of Samjna, Sraddhadeva Manu was born. Sraddhadeva Manu, having conquered his senses, begot ten sons in the womb of his wife, Sraddha. The names of these sons were Iksvaku, Nrga, Saryati No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 12 September 2021 diff hist +205 N Category:Sraddha - Vaivasvata Manu's Wife Created page with "Category:Vaivasvata Manu Category:Wife Category:Sraddha Category:Personalities from Srimad Bhagavatam Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes Category:Wa..."
11 September 2021
- 16:0016:00, 11 September 2021 diff hist +4,358 Sraddha is a ritualistic performance observed by the followers of the Vedas. There is a yearly occasion of fifteen days when ritualistic religionists follow the principle of offering oblations to departed souls No edit summary current
- 15:5915:59, 11 September 2021 diff hist +4,350 The performance of sraddha, or offering oblations with prasada, is still current in India, especially at Gaya, where oblations are offered at the lotus feet of Visnu in a celebrated temple No edit summary
- 15:2915:29, 11 September 2021 diff hist +7,888 Just like death anniversary observed, similarly, in the family, the descendants, they offer some foodstuff after some religious ceremony. That is called sraddha No edit summary current
- 15:1115:11, 11 September 2021 diff hist +4,025 It is through the medium of this invisible body that those well versed in the rituals offer oblations to the Sadhyas and Pitas (in the form of their departed ancestors) on the occasion of sraddha No edit summary current
- 15:1115:11, 11 September 2021 diff hist +3,432 It is the duty of all householders to offer food grains to all their departed forefathers, but during the time of Hiranyakasipu this process was stopped; no one would offer sraddha oblations of food grains to the forefathers with great respect No edit summary current
- 15:1115:11, 11 September 2021 diff hist +19,791 It is not that one accepts a portion of Bhagavad-gita according to his own whimsical interpretations and then rejects another portion. This is not sraddha. Sraddha means accepting the instructions of Bhagavad-gita in their totality No edit summary current
- 15:1015:10, 11 September 2021 diff hist +3,951 It is evident that ksatriyas killed animals in the forest because the flesh of the animals was suitable to be offered at a particular type of yajna. Offering oblations to the forefathers in the ceremony known as sraddha is also a kind of yajna No edit summary current
- 14:0414:04, 11 September 2021 diff hist +6,142 We find that King Priyavrata had to be persuaded by Lord Brahma to accept the post of emperor of the entire universe. Similarly, his father, Svayambhuva Manu, felt relieved to entrust the universal government to Priyavrata No edit summary current
- 14:0314:03, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,087 If in a kalpa a suitable living entity is not available to take charge of Brahma's post, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself personally expands and becomes Lord Brahma No edit summary current
- 14:0314:03, 11 September 2021 diff hist +5,699 If a Raksasa, or demon, were situated in Brahma's post, then the entire arrangement of the universe, especially the protection of the brahminical culture and cows, would be ruined. All the demigods anticipated this danger No edit summary
- 14:0214:02, 11 September 2021 diff hist +4,466 The karmis, they are more and more becoming entangled: "Give me this, give me that, give me that"; ultimately, "Give me the post of Brahma," "Give me the post of Indra." So their business is simply "give me" No edit summary current
- 13:5813:58, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,150 The various names of the demigods - Lord Brahma, Lord Siva, Lord Indra and so on - are not personal names; they are names of different posts No edit summary current
- 13:4713:47, 11 September 2021 diff hist −10 Sometimes, when there is no ordinary living entity available, the post of Brahma is occupied by an expansion of Lord Visnu, but generally this post is occupied by a greatly pious living entity within this universe No edit summary current
- 13:4513:45, 11 September 2021 diff hist +5,705 Visnu pervades the entire material world, whereas Brahma merely occupies one subordinate post No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,807 The post of Lord Brahma is meant for very highly elevated, spiritually advanced living beings. When such living beings are unavailable, Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, expands Himself as Lord Brahma. This takes place very rarely No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 11 September 2021 diff hist −10 The post of Brahma to officiate in the creation of the universe is offered to the most pure living being, and unless one is so qualified one cannot expect to be treated like Brahmaji directly No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,628 The post of Brahma is the supermost post in the universe, and it appears that there are many Brahmas and many universes besides the one in which we are situated No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,739 The post of Brahma is the highest responsible post within the universe, and it is offered to the most perfect personality of the universe No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 11 September 2021 diff hist −10 From this verse we can understand that Brahma is the name of the post and that the person occupying the post has a particular name also No edit summary current
- 13:3913:39, 11 September 2021 diff hist −10 Although they are ordinary living entities, they are able to attain responsible posts, like Lord Brahmā, Indra, Candra and Varuṇa No edit summary current
- 13:3613:36, 11 September 2021 diff hist +4,785 Brahma is also living being, but because he is very pure... This Brahma post is sometimes not available because there is no such pure living being. So Krsna becomes Himself Brahma sometimes No edit summary current
- 13:3413:34, 11 September 2021 diff hist +7,105 Although a living entity like us, Lord Brahma is exalted due to his pious activities; therefore he is given the high post of Brahma No edit summary current
- 13:3413:34, 11 September 2021 diff hist +6,852 My dear Uddhava, a person whose consciousness is completely absorbed in My thought and activities does not aspire even to occupy the post of Brahma, or the post of Indra, or the post of lordship over the planets, or the eight kinds of mystic perfections No edit summary
- 12:3212:32, 11 September 2021 diff hist +5,547 When the tithi of the death anniversary falls on the Ekadasi day, the sraddha ceremony should be held not on Ekadasi but on the next day, or dvadasi No edit summary current
- 12:3212:32, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 When He (Advaita prabhu) performed the sraddha ceremony for His father, He first of all called Haridasa Thakura and offered him food No edit summary current
- 12:3112:31, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,314 Vasistha could immediately understand that part of the flesh had already been taken by Vikuksi, and therefore he said that it was unfit to be used in the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 12:2612:26, 11 September 2021 diff hist +1,883 There was no end to the transcendental qualities of Haridasa Thakura. Here I mention but a fraction of his qualities. He was so exalted that Advaita Gosvami, when performing the sraddha ceremony of his father, offered him the first plate No edit summary current
- 12:2612:26, 11 September 2021 diff hist +9 There are three kinds of ceremonies - specifically, ceremonies to please the Supreme Lord or the demigods, those performed for social celebrations like marriages and birthdays, and those meant to please the forefathers, like the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 12:2612:26, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 The word yoga refers to a certain relationship between the sun and moon as they move in the sky. There are twenty-seven different degrees of yoga, of which the 17th is called Vyatipata. On the day when this occurs, one should perform the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 12:2512:25, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 Indians spend especially lavishly on three occasions - at the birth of a child, at marriage and while observing the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 12:2512:25, 11 September 2021 diff hist +6,361 The purpose of the sraddha ceremony is to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, so that after pleasing Him one may offer prasada to one's forefathers and in this way make them happy No edit summary
- 12:2512:25, 11 September 2021 diff hist +7,909 In many instances devotees have accepted the Deity as a son. In Bengal there are many such instances, and even after the death of the devotee, the Deity performs the sraddha ceremony for the father. The relationship is never destroyed No edit summary current
- 12:2512:25, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,923 If one recites this narration while offering oblations to the pitas and demigods, especially during the sraddha ceremony, the demigods and inhabitants of Pitrloka will be extremely pleased with him and bestow upon him the fulfillment of all desires No edit summary current
- 12:2512:25, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,927 The Caitanya-mangala, Madhya-khanda, describes this incident (CC Adi 17.91) as follows: Srivasa Pandita was performing the sraddha ceremony for his father, and as is customary, he was hearing the thousand names of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 12:2412:24, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 Srila Jiva Gosvami has given quotations from many sastras stating that the sraddha ceremony of oblations to the forefathers should not be performed on Ekadasi tithi No edit summary
- 12:2412:24, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 One who smears oil on his body while observing a vow in conjunction with a ritual, while bathing in the morning, while performing the sraddha ceremony, or on dvadasi day may as well pour wine over his body. Therefore, oil should be rejected No edit summary current
- 12:2412:24, 11 September 2021 diff hist +5,810 One should perform the sraddha ceremony on the Makara-sankranti (the day when the sun begins to move north) or on the Karkata-sankranti (the day when the sun begins to move south) No edit summary current
- 12:2312:23, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 On these two days of the year (Makara-sankranti and Karkata-sankranti), one should perform the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 12:2012:20, 11 September 2021 diff hist +5,914 On these two days of the year (the first day when the sun begins to move north and enter the zodiacal sign of Capricorn and the first day when the sun begins to move south and enter the sign of Cancer), one should perform the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 06:5706:57, 11 September 2021 diff hist +3,460 Even until today, the Deity performs the sraddha ceremony on the anniversary of the death of Govinda Ghosa. The temple of this Deity is managed by the raja-vamsa family of Krsnanagara, whose members are descendants of Raja Krsnacandra No edit summary current