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9 March 2021
- 11:2111:21, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,825 I am always very much encouraged when senior devotees like yourself and Rupanuga Maharaja are tending to their Lordships. This gives me assurity that our high standard will continue. Thank you very much for this Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:2111:21, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,393 I am always thinking of Caracas temple. Although I went there once, it has given me some impression. Now I am an old man, and am depending on you to carry on our mission more enthusiastically. The seed is already there. Now water it Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:2011:20, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,571 I am able to give You an entire island because I am the proprietor of the three divisions of the universe. You have come to take something from me and have pleased me by Your sweet words, but You are asking only three paces of land Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:2011:20, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,409 I (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) shall describe all these incidents elaborately later on. Now I have given only a brief reference Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:2011:20, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,718 I (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) have thus given a summary description of the madhya-lila, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's travels to and from Jagannatha Puri. Indeed, the Lord traveled to and fro continuously for six years Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:2011:20, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,459 I (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) have here given a brief account of these pastimes of Lord Caitanya, but later I shall describe them in an extensive way Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:2011:20, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,591 I (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) have given but a single hint of these pastimes, for Vrndavana dasa Thakura, in his book Caitanya-mangala (now Caitanya-bhagavata), has described them all vividly Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1911:19, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,811 I'm not very much fond of reception. I want to know how people give reception to this movement. That is my concern Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1811:18, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,785 How the Deity will be kept from being mishandled or kept in a dirty place or even thrown away at the whim of the child? You cannot always check her. Therefore to such a small child the Deity of Lord Jagannatha should not be given Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 11:1711:17, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,270 His real name was Pradyumna Brahmacari. The name Nrsimhananda had been given to him by Lord Gaurasundara Himself Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1711:17, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,737 His purpose (Maharaja Priyavrata's) was to give abundant benefits in material existence Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1711:17, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,470 His brothers used to give him broken rice, oil cakes, the chaff of rice, worm-eaten grains and burned grains that had stuck to the pot, but he gladly accepted all this as if it were nectar. He did not hold any grudges and ate all this very gladly Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1711:17, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,083 His (Dhaumya's) name is mentioned also when the general funeral ceremony was performed after the Battle of Kuruksetra. In the Anusasana-parva of Mahabharata (127.15-16), he gave religious instructions very elaborately to Maharaja Yudhisthira Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 11:1611:16, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,137 His (Balarama) exemplary action in performing sacrifices was only to give a lesson to the common man to show how one should abide by the injunctions of the Vedas Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1611:16, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,937 His (Arjuna's) samskara of being given a name was performed in the presence of the rsis, residents of Satasrnga Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1611:16, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,672 Hiranyakasipu advised his assistants: My dear demons, give complete protection to this boy at the guru-kula where he is instructed, so that his intelligence will not be further influenced by Vaisnavas who may go there in disguise Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1611:16, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,774 Hiranya dasa was collecting 2,000,000 coins and therefore should have delivered 1,500,000 to the government. Instead, he was giving only 1,200,000, thus making an extra profit of 300,000 coins Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1611:16, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,177 Here is a programme of spiritual movement (an appeal enclosed herewith). I am struggling alone very hard to give it an effective shape without any help from persons like you. You can help the movement a lot without the least difficulty or disturbances Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1511:15, 9 March 2021 diff hist +7,614 Here (in Srimad-Bhagavatam) ten subjects are described: (1) the creation of the ingredients of the cosmos, (2) the creations of Brahma, (3) the maintenance of the creation, (4) special favor given to the faithful, (5) impetuses for activity Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 11:1511:15, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,659 Here (in SB 9.2.17) it is said, ksatram brahma-bhuyam gatam ksitau: although the Dharstas belonged to the ksatriya, they were able to convert themselves into brahmanas. This gives clear evidence supporting the statement by Narada in SB 7.11.35 Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 11:1511:15, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,107 Here (in SB 8.24.15) is an example of giving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead even without knowledge. Such service is called ajnata-sukrti Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 11:1511:15, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,159 Here (in SB 10.10.38) the process of understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead is given. This process is bhakti Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 11:1411:14, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,615 Hearing this request, Raghunatha dasa's father agreed. Giving him many servants and materials, the father sent him to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, requesting him to return soon Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1411:14, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,769 Hearing Mukunda dasa give this proper decision, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu confirmed it, saying, "Yes, it is correct. One who awakens devotion to Krsna is certainly the spiritual master" Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1411:14, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,887 He would like to stay with us very much so see that full prasadam as well as a room is given during his stay in Vrndavana Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1411:14, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,639 He would also give them good instructions on how to become first-class citizens. (This is called anusasana.) Such were the characteristics of King Gaya's royal order Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1311:13, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,559 He will give us 25 bighas at Mathura Gochar Bhumi as a concessional free gift. So immediately go and see the land, and if suitable then immediately take it Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1311:13, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,843 He who is able to give charity does not know the beggar's difficulty, for otherwise he would not refuse to give the beggar anything he might want as charity Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1311:13, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,836 He who gives permission, he who kills the animal, he who sells the slaughtered animal, he who cooks the animal, he who administers distribution of the foodstuff, and at last he who eats such cooked animal food are all murderers Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1311:13, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,775 He was called Mahapurusa because as a king he gave the citizens all facilities, and as a householder he executed all his duties so that at the end he became a strict devotee of the Supreme Lord Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1311:13, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,926 He wants to live in our Mayapur Center. You can call him, talk to him and if he is useful give him shelter. He is very much anxious to live in our place Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted
- 11:1211:12, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,747 He told the brahmana, "My dear sir, I belong to the dynasty of Kusa. Because we are aristocratic ksatriyas, you have to give some dowry for my daughter" Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1211:12, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,712 He then met all the other devotees, headed by Advaita Acarya, and gave them the prasadam of Jagannatha. After staying for one month, he took permission from mother Saci to leave Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1211:12, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,308 He said personally to me that under dictation of Srimate Radharani he has given the land to us in charity. We have invested already lacs of rupees for constructing a temple Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1111:11, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,100 He said, "O mother, O father, please excuse Us for this inability." All this behavior of the Lord gives me pain at heart Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1111:11, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,509 He said, "As long as Sivananda Sena's wife and children stay in Jagannatha Puri, they must be given the remnants of My food" Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1111:11, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,713 He may be treated as a guest, if he comes to our center, give him prasadam, honor him as an elder Vaisnava, but he cannot speak or lecture. If he wants to lecture, you can tell him that there is already another speaker scheduled. That's all Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1111:11, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,569 He has not given millions of eyes to see the beauty of Krsna. He has given only two eyes, and even those eyes blink. How then shall I see the lovely face of Krsna? Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1111:11, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,988 He has given us the book, and we have printed 30,000 copies. We shall not publish on the basis of royalty Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1111:11, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,174 He has been very helpful to us in many ways for our Vrindaban Project. He is traveling with his wife, and I wish that you give him a very good reception Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1011:10, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,267 He gave the middle to Kasyapa and the place known as Aryavarta to the upadrasta. Whatever remained he distributed among the sadasyas, the associate priests Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1011:10, 9 March 2021 diff hist +2,049 He gave ten daughters in charity to Yamaraja, thirteen to Kasyapa, twenty-seven to the moon-god, and two each to Angira, Krsasva and Bhuta. The other four daughters were given to Kasyapa. Thus Kasyapa received seventeen daughters in all Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1011:10, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,224 He gave Raghunatha dasa a large quantity of prasadam to eat on his way home. Then Raghunatha dasa again spoke to Raghava Pandita Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1011:10, 9 March 2021 diff hist +1,349 He eats if someone gives him something to eat. Sometimes he fasts, and sometimes he chews fried grains Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:1011:10, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,390 He carried out Sukracarya's order and served him like a slave. He gave his daughter Sarmistha to Devayani, and Sarmistha served Devayani like a slave, along with thousands of other women Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:0911:09, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,259 He (the sadhu) will give us instructions on how to cut the knot of the contamination of material attraction and how to elevate ourselves in devotional service. That is the result of associating with a sadhu Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:0911:09, 9 March 2021 diff hist +4,800 He (the father) should find out some suitable boys and give in charity: "My dear boy, take charge of this girl. So long she was under my charge. Now it is under your charge." So where is the brahmacarini? There is no question of brahmacarini Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:0911:09, 9 March 2021 diff hist +6,667 He (the Supersoul) lives within all of them (the living entities) and witnesses their actions, allowing them to act according to their desires and also giving them the results of their different activities Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:0811:08, 9 March 2021 diff hist +3,685 He (a devotee) considers that dangerous condition to be due to his past misdeeds and takes it as an opportunity to pray to the Lord and offer thanks for having been given such an opportunity Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current
- 11:0811:08, 9 March 2021 diff hist +5,673 He (a devotee) also wishes that the Personality of Godhead will be pleased to give him directions as to how to fan Vanibot #0046: Restore a category that has been deleted current