User contributions for Nabakumar
16 April 2021
- 14:0314:03, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,865 N Chanting can be executed anywhere, either inside or outside the temple. Madhavendra Puri even sat down in a vacant marketplace to perform his chanting Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"chanting can be executed anywhere, either inside or outside the temple. Mādhavendra Purī even sat down in a vacant marketpla..." current
- 13:5913:59, 16 April 2021 diff hist +4,141 N Even in the paramahamsa stage, one cannot give up chanting. Haridasa Thakura and the Gosvamis were all engaged in chanting a fixed number of rounds; therefore chanting on beads is very important for everyone, even though one may become a paramahamsa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"even in the paramahaṁsa stage, one cannot give up chanting. Haridāsa Ṭhākura and the Gosvāmīs were all engaged in chan..." current
- 13:5213:52, 16 April 2021 diff hist +4,047 N Although Madhavendra Puri was not interested in eating and sleeping, his interest in chanting the maha-mantra was as acute as if he were an aspiring transcendentalist rather than a paramahamsa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although Mādhavendra Purī was not interested in eating and sleeping, his interest in chanting the mahā-mantra was as acute..." current
- 13:4613:46, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,443 N He (Madhavendra Puri) left the temple (of Gopinatha) without saying anything to anyone. The paramahamsa is therefore called vijita-sad-guna. He must conquer the six material qualities - kama, krodha, lobha, moha, matsarya and ksudha-trsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he left the temple without saying anything to anyone. The paramahaṁsa is therefore called vijita-ṣaḍ-guṇa. He must con..." current
- 13:3413:34, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,362 Seeing the food uncovered before the Deity, Madhavendra Puri desired to taste a little of it so that he could prepare a similar sweet rice for his Gopala. Madhavendra Puri was so strict, however, that he considered this to be an offense No edit summary current
- 11:5811:58, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,055 N No one should be given a chance to even see it (the food which will be offered to the Deity). However, when it is brought before the Deity, it must be uncovered Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"no one should be given a chance to even see it. However, when it is brought before the Deity, it must be uncovered"}} {{notes|..." current
- 11:5411:54, 16 April 2021 diff hist +2,963 N Those who are not accustomed to following the advanced regulative devotional principles may desire to eat the food (which will be offered to the Deity), and that is an offense Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who are not accustomed to following the advanced regulative devotional principles may desire to eat the food, and that i..." current
- 11:4911:49, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,132 It is advisable that food being offered to the Deity be covered when taken from the kitchen to the Deity room; in that way, others may not see it No edit summary current
- 11:4511:45, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,244 N In the paramahamsa stage one conquers the desire for sleep, food and sense gratification. One remains a humble, meek mendicant engaged in the service of the Lord day and night. Madhavendra Puri had attained this paramahamsa stage Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the paramahaṁsa stage one conquers the desire for sleep, food and sense gratification. One remains a humble, meek mendica..."
- 11:4011:40, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,080 N A paramahamsa simply engages exclusively in the service of the Lord without caring even for eating or sleeping. It was stated about the six Gosvamis: nidrahara-viharakadi-vijitau Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a paramahaṁsa simply engages exclusively in the service of the Lord without caring even for eating or sleeping. It was state..." current
- 11:3511:35, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,266 N Ayacita-vrtti means being accustomed to refrain from begging, and ajagara-vrtti indicates one who is compared to a python, the big snake that makes no effort to acquire food but rather allows food to come automatically within its mouth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ayācita-vṛtti means being accustomed to refrain from begging, and ājagara-vṛtti indicates one who is compared to a pytho..." current
- 11:3011:30, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,070 N A sannyasi can beg from door to door just to collect food, but a paramahamsa who has taken ayacita-vrtti, or ajagara-vrtti, does not ask anyone for food. If someone offers him food voluntarily, he eats Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A sannyāsī can beg from door to door just to collect food, but a paramahaṁsa who has taken ayācita-vṛtti, or ājagara-v..." current
- 11:2611:26, 16 April 2021 diff hist +2,619 N This is the paramahamsa stage (described in CC Madhya 4.123), the highest stage for a sannyasi Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is the paramahaṁsa stage, the highest stage for a sannyāsī"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nabakumar}} {{complete|ALL}} {{fi..." current
- 08:3908:39, 16 April 2021 diff hist +4,135 N Diksa actually means initiating a disciple with transcendental knowledge by which he becomes freed from all material contamination Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dīkṣā actually means initiating a disciple with transcendental knowledge by which he becomes freed from all material conta..."
- 08:3408:34, 16 April 2021 diff hist +4,117 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu indicated that it does not matter whether the spiritual master is a grhastha (householder), a sannyasi or even a sudra No edit summary current
- 08:3208:32, 16 April 2021 diff hist +4,636 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave us His opinion in the verse kiba vipra kiba nyasi, etc. This indicates that the Lord understood the weakness of society in its maintaining that only a grhastha-brahmana should be a spiritual master Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave us His opinion in the verse kibā vipra kibā nyāsī, etc. This indicates that the Lord under..."
- 08:2708:27, 16 April 2021 diff hist +4,753 A spiritual master from the sannyasa order has very little opportunity to perform arcana, Deity worship, but when one accepts a spiritual master from the transcendental sannyasis, the principle of Deity worship is not at all neglected No edit summary current
- 08:2408:24, 16 April 2021 diff hist +4,860 N Actually, people beg to be initiated by householder brahmanas just to become successful in the varnasrama institution or to become free from material desires. It is therefore necessary for a spiritual master in the grhastha-asrama to be a strict Vaisnava Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually, people beg to be initiated by these householder brāhmaṇas just to become successful in the varṇāśrama institu..."
- 08:1408:14, 16 April 2021 diff hist +4,793 N When a person is initiated, it is assumed that he has become a brahmana; without being initiated by a proper brahmana, one cannot be converted into a brahmana. In other words, unless one is a brahmana, he cannot make another a brahmana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When a person is initiated, it is assumed that he has become a brāhmaṇa; without being initiated by a proper brāhmaṇa, o..."
- 08:0808:08, 16 April 2021 diff hist +4,418 N This statement (of Caitanya in CC Madhya 8.128) is supported by Sri Madhavendra Puri. According to the pancaratra injunction, only a householder brahmana can initiate. Others cannot Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This statement is supported by Śrī Mādhavendra Purī. According to the pañcarātra injunction, only a householder brāhma..."
- 07:5707:57, 16 April 2021 diff hist +4,484 N In this (CC Madhya 4.111) connection, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that Advaita Acarya took initiation from Madhavendra Puri, who was a sannyasi in the disciplic succession of the Madhva-sampradaya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this connection, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura comments that Advaita Ācārya took initiation from Mādhav..."
- 07:5107:51, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,003 Although the Vedic culture was once prevalent in Malaysia, now all the inhabitants are Muslims. The Vedic culture is now lost in Malaysia, Java and Indonesia No edit summary current
- 07:5007:50, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,330 The word malaya-ja is used to indicate the sandalwood produced in Malaya Province. Sometimes the word Malaya refers to the modern country of Malaysia. Formerly this country also produced sandalwood, but now they have found it profitable to produce rubber No edit summary current
- 07:4807:48, 16 April 2021 diff hist +2,793 Sandalwood produced in Malaya is very popular. That province is situated on the western ghata, and the hill Nilagiri is sometimes known as Malaya Hill No edit summary current
- 07:4607:46, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,071 N The Deity of Gopala had been buried within the jungle for many years, and although He was installed and was offered thousands of pots of water, He still felt very hot. He therefore asked Madhavendra Puri to bring sandalwood from the Malaya province Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Deity of Gopāla had been buried within the jungle for many years, and although He was installed and was offered thousands..." current
- 07:3907:39, 16 April 2021 diff hist +2,882 N The sevaitas who have inherited their positions now assume proprietorship of the temples, and some of them are selling the Deities’ property as if it were their own. However, the temples did not originally belong to these sevaitas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The sevāitas who have inherited their positions now assume proprietorship of the temples, and some of them are selling the De..." current
- 07:3307:33, 16 April 2021 diff hist +2,763 N At present, sevaitas assume the title of gosvami on the basis of their being engaged as sevaitas of the Deity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At present, sevāitas assume the title of gosvāmī on the basis of their being engaged as sevāitas of the Deity"}} {{notes|}..." current
- 07:2907:29, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,068 N It was not that the disciples were family members of the original Gosvamis. All the Gosvamis were in the renounced order of life, and Jiva Gosvami in particular was a lifelong brahmacari Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It was not that the disciples were family members of the original Gosvāmīs. All the Gosvāmīs were in the renounced order o..."
- 07:2507:25, 16 April 2021 diff hist +2,971 N The disciples of the (six) Gosvamis were entrusted with the seva-puja (Deity worship) of these temples - Govinda, Gopinatha, Madana-mohana, Radha-Damodara, Syamasundara, Radha-ramana and Gokulananda Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The disciples of the Gosvāmīs were entrusted with the sevā-pūjā (Deity worship) of these temples"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler..."
- 07:2007:20, 16 April 2021 diff hist +238 The Six Gosvamis and their followers started many temples, including the temples of Govinda, Gopinatha, Madana-mohana, Radha-Damodara, Syamasundara, Radha-ramana and Gokulananda No edit summary current
- 07:1707:17, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,132 N This (bhakti) is the process of giving humanity the chance to awaken Krsna consciousness. Thus people can perfect their lives in all respects Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is the process of giving humanity the chance to awaken Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Thus people can perfect their lives in..." current
- 07:1207:12, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,459 N When the dormant propensity for bhakti is awakened, one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is. Bhaktya mam abhijanati yavan yas casmi tattvatah Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the dormant propensity for bhakti is awakened, one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is. Bhaktyā m..." current
- 07:0607:06, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,458 N Hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam bhaktir ucyate (CC Madhya 19.170). By serving the Lord, one’s senses are gradually purified. The engagement of one’s purified senses in the service of Lord Hrsikesa is called bhakti Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyate"|"By serving the Lord, one’s senses are gradually purified. The enga..."
- 07:0007:00, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,438 N The desire to satisfy the material senses will automatically diminish, and the senses will become so purified that they will be able to engage in bhakti - devotional service to the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The desire to satisfy the material senses will automatically diminish, and the senses will become so purified that they will b..." current
- 06:5406:54, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,381 N Wealthy people can also be attracted to take part in these activities (construction of the temple, contribute food for prasadam). In this way everyone will become spiritually inclined, and the entire society will be converted to Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Wealthy people can also be attracted to take part in these activities. In this way everyone will become spiritually inclined,..."
- 06:4606:46, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,621 Devotees should preach the gospel of devotional service and thus engage people in practical service to the Deity No edit summary current
- 06:4406:44, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,214 N Everyone should be enthusiastic to contribute to the construction of the temple for the Deity, and everyone should also contribute food for the distribution of prasadam Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone should be enthusiastic to contribute to the construction of the temple for the Deity, and everyone should also contri..." current
- 06:3706:37, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,036 N This (CC Madhya 4.102) is the way to install the Deity, construct the temple and increase the property of the temple Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is the way to install the Deity, construct the temple and increase the property of the temple"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Na..." current
- 06:2906:29, 16 April 2021 diff hist +50 Religion means abiding by the orders of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If one is not qualified to talk with Him and take lessons from Him, how can one understand the principles of religion No edit summary current
- 06:2806:28, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,876 N Religion means abiding by the orders of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If one is not qualified to talk with Him and take lessons from Him, how can one understand the principles of religion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Religion means abiding by the orders of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If one is not qualified to talk with..."
- 06:2106:21, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,985 N Today many scholars defend the science of religion, and they have some conception of the SPG, but religion without practical experience of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is no religion at all. Srimad-Bhagavatam describes this as a form of cheating Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Today many scholars defend the science of religion, and they have some conception of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but r..." current
- 06:1506:15, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,682 N One who is sincerely engaged in the service of the Lord with love and faith can talk with Krsna and receive instructions by which he can speedily return home, back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one who is sincerely engaged in the service of the Lord with love and faith can talk with Kṛṣṇa and receive instructions..." current
- 06:0806:08, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,319 N The actual mission of human life is to understand Krsna and return home, back to Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The actual mission of human life is to understand Kṛṣṇa and return home, back to Godhead"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nabaku..." current
- 06:0406:04, 16 April 2021 diff hist +248 Krsna confirms in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 10.10): To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me No edit summary current
- 06:0206:02, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,601 N Krsna confirms in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 10.10): To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me"|"Kṛṣ..."
- 05:5905:59, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,780 N The more a devotee sincerely loves Krsna, the more Krsna reciprocates, so much so that a highly advanced devotee can talk with Krsna face to face. Krsna confirms this in the Bhagavad-gita - BG 10.10 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The more a devotee sincerely loves Kṛṣṇa, the more Kṛṣṇa reciprocates, so much so that a highly advanced devotee c..." current
- 05:5205:52, 16 April 2021 diff hist +3,436 N In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 4.11) it is said, ye yatha mam prapadyante tams tathaiva bhajamy aham. There is a responsive cooperation between the Supreme Lord Krsna and His devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is said, ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham. There is a responsive cooperation between the Supreme..." current
- 05:4205:42, 16 April 2021 diff hist +4,396 N When the people are Krsna conscious, naturally the government will be so also Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the people are Kṛṣṇa conscious, naturally the government will be so also"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nabakumar}} {{com..."
- 05:3705:37, 16 April 2021 diff hist +4,682 When the people take to eating only prasadam offered to the Deity, all the demons will be turned into Vaisnavas No edit summary current
- 05:3305:33, 16 April 2021 diff hist +5,040 N Since eating is the first necessity in human society, those engaged in solving the problems of preparing and distributing food should take lessons from Madhavendra Puri and execute the Annakuta ceremony Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since eating is the first necessity in human society, those engaged in solving the problems of preparing and distributing food..."