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• 13:17, 11 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu (sometimes called Krsna Caitanya) is the embodiment of all of these: He is God, guru, devotee, incarnation, internal energy and expansion of God - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu (sometimes called Kṛṣṇa Caitanya) is the embodiment of all of these: He is God, guru, devotee,...")
• 13:14, 11 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page After offering obeisances to the disciplic succession, the author pays obeisances to all other devotees, to the Lord Himself, to His incarnations, to the expansions of Godhead and to the manifestation of Krsna's internal energy - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After offering obeisances to the disciplic succession, the author pays obeisances to all other devotees, to the Lord Himself,...")
• 12:56, 11 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page He (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) offers obeisances not to his spiritual master alone but to the whole parampara, the chain of disciplic succession beginning with Lord Krsna Himself - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He offers obeisances not to his spiritual master alone but to the whole paramparā, the chain of disciplic succession beginnin...")
• 12:54, 11 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page In the beginning of the Caitanya-caritamrta, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami writes, "I offer my respects to my spiritual masters." He uses the plural here to indicate the disciplic succession - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the beginning of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī writes"|"I offer my respects to my spirit...")
• 12:52, 11 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page The Caitanya-caritamrta shows that there are many wonderful things to discover by glorifying the Supreme - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Caitanya-caritāmṛta shows that there are many wonderful things to discover by glorifying the Supreme"}} {{notes|}} {{co...")
• 12:51, 11 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page A good analogy utilizes as many similarities between two objects as possible. A waterpot is not an active living force, but we are. Ever-silent meditation may be adequate for a waterpot, but not for us - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A good analogy utilizes as many similarities between two objects as possible. A waterpot is not an active living force, but we...")
• 12:49, 11 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page The Mayavadis, who hold the view that Absolute is impersonal and formless, contend that a realized soul has no need to talk. But the Vaisnavas, devotees of Krsna, contend that when one reaches the stage of realization, he really begins to talk - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Māyāvādīs, who hold the view that the Absolute is impersonal and formless, contend that a realized soul has no need to...")
• 12:46, 11 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page It is a fact that Krsna, His expansions and His devotees - that is, those who work for Him - are not in material nature, although people with a poor fund of knowledge think that they are - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is a fact that Kṛṣṇa, His expansions and His devotees—that is, those who work for Him—are not in material nature,...")
• 16:55, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page If our mind, senses, speech, money and energies are thus engaged in the service of Krsna, then we are no longer in material nature. By virtue of spiritual consciousness, or Krsna consciousness, we transcend the platform of material nature - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If our mind, senses, speech, money and energies are thus engaged in the service of Kṛṣṇa, then we are no longer in mater...")
• 16:53, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page One may justifiably ask, "How can I serve?" It is not simply a matter of meditation, which is just an activity of the mind, but of performing practical work for Krsna. In such work, we should leave no resource unused - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One may then justifiably ask"|"How can I serve"|"It is not simply a matter of meditation, which is just an activity of the min...")
• 16:50, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page The real question is, How can we remain unpolluted by material contamination while in the material world? Srila Rupa Gosvami explains that we can remain uncontaminated while in the world if we simply make it our ambition to serve Krsna - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The real question is, How can we remain unpolluted by material contamination while in the material world? Śrīla Rūpa Gosvā...")
• 16:37, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page In Srimad-Bhagavatam one who has a godly nature is actually defined as one who is not affected by the modes of material nature although in material nature. If even a devotee can attain this freedom, then what to speak of the Supreme Lord? - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam one who has a godly nature is actually defined as one who is not affected by the modes of material nat...")
• 16:34, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page We should not think that Krsna is overpowered by the material potency when He is in the material world. Neither Krsna nor His incarnations ever come under the control of material nature. They are totally free - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we should not think that Kṛṣṇa is overpowered by the material potency when He is in the material world. Neither Kṛṣ...")
• 16:31, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page God is infallible, and in the Bhagavad-gita He is addressed as Acyuta, which means "He who never falls down." This name is appropriate because in the Bhagavad-gita Arjuna falls into illusion but Krsna does not - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"God is also infallible, and thus in the Bhagavad-gītā He is addressed as Acyuta, which means “He who never falls down.”...")
• 16:29, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page Among the minute living entities, one being can excel another in one capacity or another. Like each of these living entities, the Lord is an individual, but He is different in that He is the supreme individual - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Among the minute living entities, one being can excel another in one capacity or another. Like each of these living entities,...")
• 16:23, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page There are innumerable living entities, and all of them are individuals. This is very easy to understand: We are all individual in our thoughts and desires, and the Supreme Lord is also an individual person - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are innumerable living entities, and all of them are individuals. This is very easy to understand: We are all individual...")
• 16:21, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page The supreme living force is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is also the supreme entity - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The supreme living force is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is also the supreme entity"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankru...")
• 15:58, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page With His followers in the renounced order Lord Caitanya was very strict. He even banished Junior Haridasa, an important kirtana leader, for glancing lustfully at a woman - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"With His followers in the renounced order, however, Lord Caitanya was very strict. He even banished Junior Haridāsa, an impor...")
• 15:55, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page If we remain with maya, we should live in such a way that we will not be subject to illusion, as did the many householders among Lord Caitanya's closest devotees - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if we remain with māyā, we should live in such a way that we will not be subject to illusion, as did the many householders a...")
• 15:53, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page If we wish to become fully Krsna conscious, we have to give up the shackles of maya - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we wish to become fully Kṛṣṇa conscious, we have to give up the shackles of māyā"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankruth...")
• 15:52, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu officially renounced this illusion at the age of twenty-four, although His wife was sixteen and His mother seventy and He was the only male in the family - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu officially renounced this illusion at the age of twenty-four, although His wife was sixteen and His...")
• 15:48, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page Unrestricted sex puts one fully in the clutches of illusion - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unrestricted sex puts one fully in the clutches of illusion"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|202...")
• 15:48, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page Maya has many ways to entrap us, and her strongest shackle is the female. Of course, in actuality we are neither male nor female, for these designations refer only to the outer dress, the body - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Māyā has many ways to entrap us, and her strongest shackle is the female. Of course, in actuality we are neither male nor fe...")
• 15:28, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page Even an elephant in the jungle is caught by the use of a trained she-elephant who leads him into a pit. We should learn by observing these tricks of nature - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even an elephant in the jungle is caught by the use of a trained she-elephant who leads him into a pit. We should learn by obs...")
• 15:27, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page It is a fact that we are constantly being kicked by maya, just as the male ass is kicked in the face by the she-ass when he comes for sex. Similarly, cats and dogs are always fighting and whining when they have sex - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is a fact that we are constantly being kicked by māyā, just as the male ass is kicked in the face by the she-ass when he...")
• 15:25, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page We say, "Oh, surrender? But I have so many responsibilities." And maya, illusion, says to us, "Don't do it, or you'll be out of my clutches. Just stay in my clutches, and I’ll kick you" - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Oh, surrender? But I have so many responsibilities"|"And māyā, illusion, says to us"|"Don’t do it, or you’ll be out of m...")
• 15:23, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page We should always remember that Caitanya is Krsna Himself teaching us how to become Krsna conscious, and we must study Him in that light - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we should always remember that Lord Caitanya is Kṛṣṇa (God) Himself teaching us how to become Kṛṣṇa conscious, and...")
• 15:21, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page Although Caitanya appears in the guise of a devotee, we should not foolishly think He is an ordinary human being - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although Lord Caitanya appears in the guise of a devotee, we should not foolishly think He is an ordinary human being"}} {{not...")
• 14:19, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page Lord Caitanya came to earth simply to preach krsna-bhakti, love of Krsna. In other words, He is Lord Krsna Himself teaching the living entities the proper way to approach Krsna - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya came to earth simply to preach kṛṣṇa-bhakti, love of Kṛṣṇa. In other words, He is Lord Kṛṣṇa H...")
• 14:12, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page Lord Caitanya should not be considered one of us. He is Krsna Himself, the supreme living entity, and as such He never comes under the cloud of maya. Krsna, His expansions and even His higher devotees never fall into the clutches of illusion - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu should therefore not be considered one of us. He is Kṛṣṇa Himself, the supreme living entity,...")
• 14:05, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page Impersonalist philosophers (Mayavadis) maintain that both the living entity and God Himself are under the control of maya when they come into this material world. This is the fallacy of their philosophy - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Impersonalist philosophers (Māyāvādīs) maintain that both the living entity and God Himself are under the control of māy...")
• 14:02, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page The Supreme Lord is not subject to fall down into illusion (maya) any more than the sun is subject to fall beneath the clouds - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Lord is not subject to fall down into illusion (māyā) any more than the sun is subject to fall beneath the cloud...")
• 12:33, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page The tendency of the living entity is to come down from the heights, where everything can be seen in perspective. God, however, does not have this tendency - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The tendency of the living entity is to come down from the heights, where everything can be seen in perspective. God, however,...")
• 12:32, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page From the ground we may see only clouds in the sky, but if we fly above the clouds we can see the sun shining. From the sky, skyscrapers and cities seem very tiny; similarly, from God’s position this entire material creation is insignificant - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From the ground we may see only clouds in the sky, but if we fly above the clouds we can see the sun shining. From the sky, sk...")
• 08:07, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs deleted page Being all-powerful, He never comes under the control of material nature. Indeed, material nature is but one display of His inconceivable energies - CC Intro (content was: "#REDIRECT Being all-powerful, He (God) never comes under the control of material nature. Indeed, material nature is but one display of His inconceivable energies - CC Intro", and the only contributor was "Alankrutha" (talk))
• 08:06, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs moved page Being all-powerful, He never comes under the control of material nature. Indeed, material nature is but one display of His inconceivable energies - CC Intro to Being all-powerful, He (God) never comes under the control of material nature. Indeed, material nature is but one display of His inconceivable energies - CC Intro
• 08:06, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page Being all-powerful, He never comes under the control of material nature. Indeed, material nature is but one display of His inconceivable energies - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Being all-powerful, He never comes under the control of material nature. Indeed, material nature is but one display of His inc...")
• 07:57, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page As living entities, we perform many activities, but we have a tendency to fall down into material nature. God has no such tendency - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As living entities, we perform many activities, but we have a tendency to fall down into material nature. God has no such tend...")
• 07:44, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page It is stated in the Katha Upanisad that eternality and the living force belong to both ourselves and God. Although this is true in that both God and ourselves are immortal, there is a difference - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is stated in the Kaṭha Upaniṣad that eternality and the living force belong to both ourselves and God. Although this is...")
• 07:42, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page We possess the living force, we perform activities, and we are immortal by our nature and constitution, but the material condition into which we have been put does not allow our immortality to be displayed - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We possess the living force, we perform activities, and we are immortal by our nature and constitution, but the material condi...")
• 07:39, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page It may be said that there can be no activity without the living force. Although the living force is present in the material condition, this condition is not amrta, immortal - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it may be said that there can be no activity without the living force. Although the living force is present in the material co...")
• 07:37, 9 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page As living entities we can move, but a table cannot because it does not possess living force. Movement and activity may be considered signs or symptoms of the living force - CC Intro (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As living entities we can move, but a table cannot because it does not possess living force. Movement and activity may be cons...")
• 19:01, 8 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page Due to a poor fund of knowledge, the Mayavadi philosophers cannot go beyond the Brahman effulgence, which may be compared to the sunshine - CC Preface (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Due to a poor fund of knowledge, the Māyāvādī philosophers cannot go beyond the Brahman effulgence, which may be compared...")
• 19:00, 8 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page The Upanisads confirm that one has to penetrate the dazzling effulgence of Brahman before one can see the real face of the Personality of Godhead - CC Preface (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Upaniṣads confirm that one has to penetrate the dazzling effulgence of Brahman before one can see the real face of the P...")
• 19:00, 8 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page When one is situated on the transcendental stage, one attains the most coveted position - the stage of loving God - CC Preface (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one is situated on the transcendental stage, one attains the most coveted position—the stage of loving God"}} {{notes|}...")
• 18:56, 8 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page No one can stop a child from playing by leaving him inactive; rather, the child can be stopped from engaging in nonsense by being engaged in superior activities - CC Preface (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"No one can stop a child from playing by leaving him inactive; rather, the child can be stopped from engaging in nonsense by be...")
• 18:43, 8 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page I (Prabhupada) sincerely hope that by understanding the teachings of Lord Caitanya presented in this book, Sri CC, human society will experience a new light of spiritual life, which will open the field of activity for the pure soul - CC Preface (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I sincerely hope that by understanding the teachings of Lord Caitanya presented in this book, Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, hu...")
• 18:40, 8 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page As long as one is engaged in fruitive activity, one is sure to be baffled in the attempt to attain the ultimate goal of life - CC Preface (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As long as one is engaged in fruitive activity, one is sure to be baffled in the attempt to attain the ultimate goal of life"}...")
• 18:39, 8 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page Everyone has to suffer or enjoy the fruits of his activity; no one can check the laws of material nature that govern such things - CC Preface (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone has to suffer or enjoy the fruits of his activity; no one can check the laws of material nature that govern such thin...")
• 18:37, 8 July 2021 Alankrutha talk contribs created page Illuminating knowledge can be acquired by studying the teachings of Lord Caitanya, and by such knowledge one can advance in spiritual existence - CC Preface (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Illuminating knowledge can be acquired by studying the teachings of Lord Caitanya, and by such knowledge one can advance in sp...")