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28 November 2020
- 11:4911:49, 28 November 2020 diff hist +2,038 N In the beginning they did not threaten the boy because when threatened he might not identify the real culprits. They very mildly and peacefully inquired Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the beginning they did not threaten the boy because when threatened he might not identify the real culprits. Therefore they..."
- 11:4411:44, 28 November 2020 diff hist +2,440 N Sanda and Amarka, the priests of the demons, were eager to know from Prahlada Maharaja who the Vaisnavas were that came to instruct him in Krsna consciousness. Their purpose was to discover the names of these Vaisnavas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, the priests of the demons, were eager to know from Prahlāda Mahārāja who the Vaiṣṇavas were tha..."
- 11:3111:31, 28 November 2020 diff hist +3,603 N The preachers of Krsna consciousness must go forward - in their Vaisnava dress or any other dress - for the purpose of preaching Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the preachers of Kṛṣṇa consciousness must go forward—in their Vaiṣṇava dress or any other dress—for the purpose..." current
- 11:2211:22, 28 November 2020 diff hist +3,782 N What was done by Hiranyakasipu long, long ago is still being done. That is the way of materialistic life. Demons or materialists do not at all like the advancement of Krsna consciousness, and they try to hinder it in many ways Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus what was done by Hiraṇyakaśipu long, long ago is still being done. That is the way of materialistic life. Demons or ma..."
- 11:1511:15, 28 November 2020 diff hist +3,755 N The greater demons, like Hiranyakasipu, are always prepared to chastise the Vaisnavas, and they try to make arrangements so that Vaisnavas will not come to sell their books and preach Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The greater demons, like Hiraṇyakaśipu, are always prepared to chastise the Vaiṣṇavas, and they try to make arrangement..."
- 11:1011:10, 28 November 2020 diff hist +3,661 The Vaisnavas are pleased when the demons chant Hare Krsna because this shows that the Hare Krsna movement is taking ground No edit summary current
- 11:0911:09, 28 November 2020 diff hist +3,321 N Since Hare Krsna is absolute, whether one chants it jokingly or sincerely, it will have its effect Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"since Hare Kṛṣṇa is absolute, whether one chants it jokingly or sincerely, it will have its effect"}} {{notes|}} {{compi..." current
- 11:0111:01, 28 November 2020 diff hist +3,260 N Krsna consciousness is not at all to the liking of the demons of the present age Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not at all to the liking of the demons of the present age"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{com..." current
- 10:5510:55, 28 November 2020 diff hist +3,593 N In our Krsna consciousness movement, the tactic of dressing oneself like an ordinary karmi is necessary because everyone in the demoniac kingdom is against the Vaisnava teachings Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, the tactic of dressing oneself like an ordinary karmī is necessary because everyon..." current
- 10:5110:51, 28 November 2020 diff hist +3,822 N He (Hiranyakasipu) asked that saintly persons like Narada not be allowed within the residential quarters of his son, for otherwise Prahlada would be further spoiled by Vaisnava instructions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He therefore asked that saintly persons like Nārada not be allowed within the residential quarters of his son, for otherwise..."
- 10:4710:47, 28 November 2020 diff hist +3,412 N Hiranyakasipu naturally became increasingly angry that his son Prahlada was being influenced by the camp of the enemies Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiraṇyakaśipu naturally became increasingly angry that his son Prahlāda was being influenced by the camp of the enemies"}}..."
- 10:3310:33, 28 November 2020 diff hist +3,738 N The asura-bhava, the atheistic nature, is directly represented by Hiranyakasipu. Such persons, being mudha and naradhama - fools and rascals, the lowest of men - would never accept Visnu as the Supreme and surrender to Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The asura-bhāva, the atheistic nature, is directly represented by Hiraṇyakaśipu. Such persons, being mūḍha and narādha..."
- 10:2910:29, 28 November 2020 diff hist +3,589 N Lord Visnu, Lord Krsna, says, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja (BG 18.66) - "Give up all other duties and surrender unto Me" - but demons like Hiranyakasipu never agree to do this Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Viṣṇu, Lord Kṛṣṇa, says, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66)—"Give up all oth..."
- 10:2510:25, 28 November 2020 diff hist +3,370 N Hiranyakasipu never agreed with the words of Visnu, or Krsna. Rather, he was angered by the intelligence of a Vaisnava Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiraṇyakaśipu never agreed with the words of Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa. Rather, he was angered by the intelligence of a Vai..."
- 10:2010:20, 28 November 2020 diff hist +3,492 N Hiranyakasipu, being a demon, would always consider Lord Visnu and His devotees to be his enemies. Therefore the word para-paksa ("on the side of the enemy") is used here - in SB 7.5.6 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiraṇyakaśipu, being a demon, would always consider Lord Viṣṇu and His devotees to be his enemies. Therefore the word p..."
- 10:1310:13, 28 November 2020 diff hist +6,122 N In our Krsna consciousness movement we invite all the elderly persons of the world to come to Vrndavana and stay there in retired life, making advancement in spiritual consciousness, Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement we therefore invite all the elderly persons of the world to come to Vṛndāvana and..."
- 10:0910:09, 28 November 2020 diff hist +5,805 N Prahlada recommended to his father that accepting vanaprastha life would be better than going deeper and deeper into grham andha-kupam, the blind well of life as a grhastha Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda recommended to his father that accepting vānaprastha life would be better than going deeper and deeper into gṛham..."
27 November 2020
- 19:3519:35, 27 November 2020 diff hist +5,829 N Prahlada Maharaja recommended that his father accept vanaprastha life because as a grhastha he was becoming increasingly demoniac due to bodily attachment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja recommended that his father accept vānaprastha life because as a gṛhastha he was becoming increasingly..."
- 19:3019:30, 27 November 2020 diff hist +6,209 N Society must have divisions of brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra, and for spiritual advancement one must gradually develop as a brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasi Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Society must have divisions of brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra, and for spiritual advancement one must gradually..."
- 19:2719:27, 27 November 2020 diff hist +5,754 N If one remains in the bodily conception, one must rot within this material world, and his life will be a failure Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one remains in the bodily conception, one must rot within this material world, and his life will be a failure"}} {{notes|}}..."
- 19:2219:22, 27 November 2020 diff hist +6,033 N As confirmed in the Visnu Purana (3.8.9): by accepting the institution of varna and asrama, one can very easily elevate himself to the platform of worshiping Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As confirmed in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (3.8.9), varṇāśramācāravatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān viṣṇur ārādhyate:..."
- 19:1819:18, 27 November 2020 diff hist +6,103 N In the varnasrama system, one first becomes a brahmacari, then a grhastha, a vanaprastha and finally a sannyasi. Going to the forest means accepting vanaprastha life, which is between grhastha life and sannyasa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the varṇāśrama system, one first becomes a brahmacārī, then a gṛhastha, a vānaprastha and finally a sannyāsī. Go..."
- 19:1419:14, 27 November 2020 diff hist +5,772 N Prahlada Maharaja recommended that to stop this material condition of repeated birth and death, one should go to the forest - vana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja therefore recommended that to stop this material condition of repeated birth and death, one should go to..."
- 19:1019:10, 27 November 2020 diff hist +6,161 N One should understand himself to be part and parcel of Krsna and thus completely take shelter of His lotus feet for guaranteed spiritual success. Everyone in the material world is in the bodily conception, struggling hard for existence, life after life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should understand himself to be part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa and thus completely take shelter of His lotus feet for guar..."
- 19:0119:01, 27 November 2020 diff hist +5,914 N Those who are attached to the bodily conception of life and who thus stick to life as a grhastha, or householder, on the platform of material sense enjoyment, cannot see the welfare of the eternal soul Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"those who are attached to the bodily conception of life and who thus stick to life as a gṛhastha, or householder, on the pla..."
- 18:5018:50, 27 November 2020 diff hist +6,454 N Hiranyakasipu thought that Prahlada, being nothing but a small boy with no actual experience, might reply with something pleasing but nothing practical. Prahlada Maharaja, however, being an exalted devotee, had acquired all the qualities of education Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiraṇyakaśipu thought that Prahlāda, being nothing but a small boy with no actual experience, might reply with something p..."
- 18:4318:43, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,390 N Prahlada Maharaja was able to solve the most difficult parts of problems because of his advanced Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja was able to solve the most difficult parts of problems because of his advanced Kṛṣṇa consciousness"..."
- 18:3218:32, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,356 N Prahlada Maharaja knew the best of knowledge, and when his father inquired from him, Prahlada gave him that knowledge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja, therefore, knew the best of knowledge, and when his father inquired from him, Prahlāda gave him that kn..."
- 18:2618:26, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,895 N It is impossible, practically speaking, for ordinary men to challenge scientists or philosophers concerning genuine knowledge, but a devotee can challenge them because the best of everything is known to a devotee by the grace of Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is impossible, practically speaking, for ordinary men to challenge scientists or philosophers concerning genuine knowledge,..."
- 18:1518:15, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,554 N Prahlada Maharaja, of course, being a perfect devotee, knew everything and could say what the best part of life is Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja, of course, being a perfect devotee, knew everything and could say what the best part of life is"}} {{not..."
- 18:0918:09, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,624 N Hiranyakasipu did not ask his young son (Prahlada) anything that would be very difficult for him to answer; instead, he gave the boy a chance to speak plainly about whatever he thought might be best Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiraṇyakaśipu did not ask his young son anything that would be very difficult for him to answer; instead, he gave the boy a..."
- 18:0218:02, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,316 N Although Prahlada Maharaja was obliged to hear the instructions of Sanda and Amarka, he did not like the philosophy of friends and enemies, which forms the basis of politics. He was not interested in this philosophy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although Prahlāda Mahārāja was obliged to hear the instructions of Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, he did not like the philosophy o..."
- 17:5817:58, 27 November 2020 diff hist +2,754 N A devotee never creates a situation of friendship and enmity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A devotee, however, never creates a situation of friendship and enmity"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{fi..." current
- 17:4517:45, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,043 N The public is concerned with friendly countries and friendly groups or enemy countries and enemy groups, but as stated in Bhagavad-gita, a learned person does not make distinctions between enemies and friends Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The public is concerned with friendly countries and friendly groups or enemy countries and enemy groups, but as stated in Bhag..."
- 17:3917:39, 27 November 2020 diff hist +2,688 N The very name Sukracarya indicates a person interested in obtaining benefits for his sons and descendants, regardless of how the money comes. A real brahmana would not become a priest for atheistic men Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The very name Śukrācārya, however, indicates a person interested in obtaining benefits for his sons and descendants, regard..."
- 17:3517:35, 27 November 2020 diff hist +2,718 N Sukracarya should not have become the priest of Hiranyakasipu because Hiranyakasipu and his followers were all atheists. A brahmana should become the priest of a person interested in the advancement of spiritual culture Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śukrācārya should not have become the priest of Hiraṇyakaśipu because Hiraṇyakaśipu and his followers were all atheis..."
- 17:3017:30, 27 November 2020 diff hist +2,665 N The beginning of the life story of Prahlada is recounted as follows. Sukracarya became the priest of the atheists, especially Hiranyakasipu, and thus his two sons, Sanda and Amarka, resided near Hiranyakasipu's residence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The beginning of the life story of Prahlāda is recounted as follows. Śukrācārya became the priest of the atheists, especia..."
- 17:2117:21, 27 November 2020 diff hist +2,025 N In the history of human society, an affectionate father is rarely found to chastise a noble and devoted son. Therefore Maharaja Yudhisthira wanted Narada Muni to dissipate his doubt Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the history of human society, an affectionate father is rarely found to chastise a noble and devoted son. Therefore Mahār..."
- 17:0517:05, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,152 N As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 3.25.25), satam prasangan mama virya-samvido bhavanti hrt-karna-rasayanah kathah: only by association with devotees can one authoritatively understand the position of the Lord and His devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 3.25.25), satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanā..."
- 16:5316:53, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,197 N To know about the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the characteristics of His pure devotee, one must inquire from authorities like Devarsi Narada. One cannot inquire about transcendental subject matters from a layman Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To know about the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the characteristics of His pure devotee, one must inquire from authoritie..."
- 16:4516:45, 27 November 2020 diff hist +2,158 One who oppresses a pure devotee loses all the results of his austerities, penances and pious activities No edit summary current
- 16:2616:26, 27 November 2020 diff hist +2,622 N As stated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His Siksastaka, the words caksusa pravrsayitam refer to tears falling incessantly from the devotee's eyes. These symptoms, which appear in pure devotional ecstasy, were visible in the body of Prahlada Maharaja Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Śikṣāṣṭaka, yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa cakṣuṣā prāvṛṣāyitam...." current
- 16:1816:18, 27 November 2020 diff hist +2,376 N When a devotee feels separation from the Lord, he becomes eager to see where the Lord is, and sometimes when he feels pangs of separation, tears flow incessantly from his half-closed eyes Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When a devotee feels separation from the Lord, he becomes eager to see where the Lord is, and sometimes when he feels pangs of..."
- 16:1116:11, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,604 N Prahlada Maharaja achieved the spiritual ecstasies described herein (in SB 7.4.40) by his advancement in spiritual understanding Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prahlāda Mahārāja achieved the spiritual ecstasies described herein by his advancement in spiritual understanding"}} {{note..."
- 16:0516:05, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,756 N The devotee, in full ecstasy, sometimes imitates the pastimes of the Lord, just as the cowherd boys used to imitate the behavior of the jungle animals. However, he does not actually become the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the devotee, in full ecstasy, sometimes imitates the pastimes of the Lord, just as the cowherd boys used to imitate the behavi..." current
- 15:5815:58, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,603 N The devotee, without being ashamed due to his surroundings and circumstances, begins to dance, thinking, "Here is my Lord! My Lord is coming Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the devotee, without being ashamed due to his surroundings and circumstances, begins to dance, thinking, "Here is my Lord! My..."
- 15:4315:43, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,707 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead is worshiped by the transcendental feelings of a devotee in a relationship of santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya or madhurya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is worshiped by the transcendental feelings of a devotee in a relationship of śānta,..." current
- 15:3815:38, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,711 N The first realization is impersonal Brahman, but one must go still further to realize Paramatma and eventually the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is worshiped by the transcendental feelings of a devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The first realization is impersonal Brahman, but one must go still further to realize Paramātmā and eventually the Supreme P..."
- 15:3115:31, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,325 N One must go further and further into spiritual understanding Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must go further and further into spiritual understanding"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Angela}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2020-1..."
- 15:2815:28, 27 November 2020 diff hist +3,810 N Sometimes, thinking himself one with the Supreme, he (Prahlada) imitated the Lord's pastimes, and in separation from the Lord he would sometimes show symptoms of madness. These feelings of a devotee would not be appreciated by impersonalists Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes, thinking himself one with the Supreme, he imitated the Lord's pastimes, and in separation from the Lord he would so..." current