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15 August 2021

• 13:4213:42, 15 August 2021 diff hist +20,527‎ N The twenty-five percent of his (Rupa Gosvami's) accumulated wealth which he kept for personal emergencies was deposited with a good business firm, since in those days there were no banks ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The twenty-five percent of his accumulated wealth which he kept for personal emergencies was deposited with a good business fi..."

14 August 2021

• 16:4416:44, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,567‎ N We find the behavior of Rupa Gosvami to be exemplary; he gave fifty percent of his wealth for spiritual purposes. This should serve as an example for everyone ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we find the behavior of Rūpa Gosvāmī to be exemplary; he gave fifty percent of his wealth for spiritual purposes. This shou..."
• 16:4016:40, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,482‎ N Generally a person bequeaths all his accumulated wealth to his family members and then retires from family activities in order to make progress in spiritual knowledge ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Generally a person bequeaths all his accumulated wealth to his family members and then retires from family activities in order..."
• 16:3616:36, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,204‎ N Distribution of personal wealth is very instructive for all who desire to be elevated in spiritual knowledge ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"distribution of personal wealth is very instructive for all who desire to be elevated in spiritual knowledge"}} {{notes|}} {{c..."
• 16:3216:32, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,528‎ N The remaining fifty percent (of wealth) was again divided in twain - he (Rupa Gosvami) distributed one part to his relatives and dependent family members, and the other he kept for personal emergencies ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The remaining fifty percent was again divided in twain - he distributed one part to his relatives and dependent family members..."
• 16:2716:27, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,750‎ N Both brahmanas and Vaisnavas are supposed to be fully engaged in transcendental service, and Rupa Gosvami, considering their important transcendental position, gave them fifty percent of his wealth ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Both brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas are supposed to be fully engaged in transcendental service, and Rūpa Gosvāmī, consideri..."
• 16:2316:23, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,473‎ N Brahmanas are meant to understand the Absolute Truth, and once they understand the truth and actually engage in the loving service of the Lord, they can be called Vaisnavas ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brāhmaṇas are meant to understand the Absolute Truth, and once they understand the truth and actually engage in the loving..."
• 16:1916:19, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,631‎ N For the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he (Rupa Gosvami) distributed fifty percent of his accumulated wealth to persons engaged in the Supreme Lord's transcendental loving service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he distributed fifty percent of his accumulated wealth to persons..."
• 16:1616:16, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,614‎ N Indeed, the silver and gold coins he (Rupa Gosvami) brought back filled a large boat. After arriving home, he divided the accumulated wealth first in twain and distributed one part to the brahmanas and Vaisnavas ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Indeed, the silver and gold coins he brought back filled a large boat. After arriving home, he divided the accumulated wealth..."
• 13:0013:00, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,574‎ N After performing these religious rituals (known as purascarya), the younger brother, Sakara Mallika (Rupa Gosvami), returned home with an immense amount of money which he had acquired during his government service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After performing these religious rituals, the younger brother, Sākara Mallika (Rūpa Gosvāmī), returned home with an immens..."
• 12:5312:53, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,670‎ N Five items-time, worship, offering of respect, offering of oblation into the fire and offering of food to a brahmana-comprise purascarya. This and other rituals are mentioned in the hari-bhakti-vilasa, the authoritative book of directions ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Five items-time, worship, offering of respect, offering of oblation into the fire and offering of food to a brāhmaṇa-compri..."
• 12:5012:50, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,552‎ N These ritualistic functions (purascarya) demand that three times a day one worships and offers respects to his forefathers, offers oblations to a fire, and respectfully offers food to a learned brahmana ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These ritualistic functions demand that three times a day one worships and offers respects to his forefathers, offers oblation..."
• 12:4412:44, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,603‎ N Sanatana Gosvami and Rupa Gosvami appointed two learned brahmanas to perform certain Vedic religious rituals that would enable them to achieve complete freedom for the devotional service of Krsna. These preliminary activities are known as purascarya ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"they appointed two learned brāhmaṇas to perform certain Vedic religious rituals that would enable them to achieve complete..."
• 12:3912:39, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,436‎ N Upon making this decision (to retire from government service and join Lord Caitanya's sankirtana movement), the two brothers (Sanatana Gosvami and Rupa Gosvami) at once took steps to leave their material engagements ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Upon making this decision, the two brothers at once took steps to leave their material engagements"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Al..."
• 12:3312:33, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,539‎ N Being inspired by Lord Caitanya, they (Sanatana Gosvami and Rupa Gosvami) decided to retire from government service and join His sankirtana movement ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Being inspired by Lord Caitanya, they decided to retire from government service and join His saṅkīrtana movement"}} {{notes..."
• 12:2712:27, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,804‎ N In Maldah there was a village named Ramakeli, where two government ministers of the Nawab Hussain Shah's regime lived. These two ministers were named Dabira Khasa and Sakara Mallika, and they were later to be renamed Sanatana Gosvami and Rupa Gosvami ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In that area there was a village named Rāmakeli, where two government ministers of the Nawab Hussain Shah's regime lived. The..."
• 12:2312:23, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,822‎ I (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, by whose mercy even a person in the lowest form of life can find direction in transcendental devotional service to the Lord - CC Madhya 20.1 ‎No edit summary current
• 12:1912:19, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,426‎ N After Lord Caitanya accepted the renounced order of life (sannyasa), He traveled all over India. During this period He went to Maldah, a district in Bengal ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After Lord Caitanya accepted the renounced order of life (sannyāsa), He traveled all over India. During this period He went t..." current
• 12:1312:13, 14 August 2021 diff hist +20,831‎ N I (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, by whose mercy even a person in the lowest form of life can find direction in transcendental devotional service to the Lord - CC Madhya 20.1 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, by whose mercy even a person in the lowest form of life can f..."

9 August 2021

• 15:5615:56, 9 August 2021 diff hist +47,365‎ N All these relationships (santa-rasa, dasya-rasa, sakhya-rasa and vatsalya-rasa) culminate on the highest platform of conjugal love (madhura-rasa), wherein all these transcendental relationships exist simultaneously ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All these relationships culminate on the highest platform of conjugal love (madhura-rasa), wherein all these transcendental re..." current
• 15:5215:52, 9 August 2021 diff hist +47,604‎ N The transcendental relationship of santa-rasa, taking the shape of unflinching faith in Krsna, is developed into dasya-rasa with the spirit of service, and then to sakhya-rasa or undeterred fraternity, and to the transcendental platform of paternal love ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the transcendental relationship of śānta-rasa, taking the shape of unflinching faith in Kṛṣṇa, is further developed in..." current
• 15:4315:43, 9 August 2021 diff hist +47,194‎ N The Lord (Caitanya) instructed Srila Rupa Gosvami to write the transcendental literature named Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, the science of devotional service, and indicate therein the substance of five transcendental relationships ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord instructed Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to write the transcendental literature named Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, the scienc..."
• 15:3815:38, 9 August 2021 diff hist +47,216‎ N As a parent of the SPG, the devotee sometimes chastises the Lord and considers himself to be the Lord's maintainer. This transcendental sense of being the maintainer of the supreme maintainer is very pleasing both to the devotee and to the Supreme Lord ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As a parent of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the devotee sometimes chastises the Lord and considers himself to be the Lo..." current
• 15:3315:33, 9 August 2021 diff hist +47,139‎ N On the platform of paternal affection (vatsalya-rasa) there are four qualities. In addition to the three qualities, there is the sense that the Supreme Lord is dependent on the mercy of the devotee ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"on the platform of paternal affection (vātsalya-rasa) there are four qualities. In addition to the three qualities already me..." current
• 15:1915:19, 9 August 2021 diff hist +46,871‎ N In the sakhya-rasa, the relationship of fraternity, the transcendental qualities are further increased ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the sakhya-rasa, the relationship of fraternity, the transcendental qualities are further increased"}} {{notes|}} {{compile..." current

8 August 2021

• 17:5317:53, 8 August 2021 diff hist +47,121‎ On the platform of santa-rasa there is no spiritual activity, but on the platform of dasya-rasa, service begins. Thus in the dasya-rasa the quality of the santa-rasa is exhibited, and, in addition, there is consciousness of the transcendental taste ‎No edit summary current
• 17:5317:53, 8 August 2021 diff hist +46,885‎ N On the platform of visrambha, fraternity, there is no sense of awe or veneration towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"On the platform of viśrambha, fraternity, there is no sense of awe or veneration towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead"}..." current
• 17:5217:52, 8 August 2021 diff hist +47,292‎ N Transcendental qualities are certainly present in the santa-rasa and dasya-rasa, but beyond these there is another quality, confidential attachment, which is pure transcendental love. This loving confidence in the God is technically known as visrambha ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Transcendental qualities are certainly present in the śānta-rasa and dāsya-rasa, but beyond these there is another quality,..." current
• 17:4917:49, 8 August 2021 diff hist +46,933‎ N On the platform of dasya-rasa, the greatest quantity of awe and veneration of the Supreme Lord is exhibited. That is, in the dasya-rasa, the greatness of the Supreme Lord is appreciated ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"On the platform of dasya-rasa, the greatest quantity of awe and veneration of the Supreme Lord is exhibited. That is, in the d..."
• 17:3717:37, 8 August 2021 diff hist +46,572‎ Worship of the impersonal Brahman and the Paramatma is conducted by those engaged in empiric philosophical speculation and mystic yoga ‎No edit summary
• 17:3717:37, 8 August 2021 diff hist +47,195‎ N When one begins to render some sort of transcendental loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the neutral relationship known as santa-rasa is transformed into dasya-rasa, servitorship ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the neutral relationship known as santa-rasa is transformed into dasya-rasa, servitorship"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}..." current
• 17:3517:35, 8 August 2021 diff hist +47,355‎ N At that time (when one becomes a great transcendentally realized soul), due to his thick and thin relationship with the Supreme Absolute Truth, one begins to render some sort of transcendental loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At that time, due to his thick and thin relationship with the Supreme Absolute Truth, one begins to render some sort of transc..."
• 17:3217:32, 8 August 2021 diff hist +47,118‎ N When one develops even further in Krsna consciousness, or spiritual understanding, he can appreciate that the Paramatma, the Supersoul, is the eternal worshipable object, and he surrenders unto Him ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when one develops even further in Krsna consciousness, or spiritual understanding, he can appreciate that the Paramatma, the S..." current
• 17:1817:18, 8 August 2021 diff hist +46,876‎ Simply by understanding the greatness of Krsna, one can achieve the status of santa-rasa, in which the worshipable object may be the impersonal Brahman or Paramatma ‎No edit summary current
• 17:1717:17, 8 August 2021 diff hist +46,503‎ Since Krsna and His energies are identical, everything is Krsna indirectly ‎No edit summary current
• 17:0717:07, 8 August 2021 diff hist +47,265‎ If one can fix his mind on Krsna without deviation, he can attain a steadfast position in Krsna consciousness, santa-rasa. When one attains santa-rasa, unflinching faith in Krsna is established, and all material desires cease ‎No edit summary current
• 17:0617:06, 8 August 2021 diff hist +47,049‎ N When we speak of non-Krsna, or desire which has no connection with Krsna, this does not mean that anything exists without Krsna. Actually there cannot be anything "non-Krsna" because everything is a product of the energy of Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When we speak of non-Krsna, or desire which has no connection with Krsna, this does not mean that anything exists without Krsn..."
• 17:0317:03, 8 August 2021 diff hist +47,609‎ N These two characteristics (unflinching faith & cessation of all desires) of santa-rasa are present in other transcendental relationships, such as dasya (servitorship), sakhya (fraternity), vatsalya (paternal affection), & the madhura-rasa - conjugal love ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"these two characteristics of śānta-rasa are present in other transcendental relationships, such as dāsya (servitorship), sa..." current
• 17:0117:01, 8 August 2021 diff hist +47,350‎ N Just as sound is generally present in all other elements (air, fire, water and earth) because it is produced from the sky. Similarly, the two characteristics of santa-rasa are present in other transcendental relationships ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"just as sound is generally present in all other elements (air, fire, water and earth) because it is produced from the sky. Sim..." current
• 16:5916:59, 8 August 2021 diff hist +47,233‎ N These specific characteristics of santa-rasa - unflinching faith in Krsna and cessation of all desires which are not connected with Krsna - are common to all other rasas as well ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These specific characteristics of santa-rasa - unflinching faith in Krsna and cessation of all desires which are not connected..."
• 16:3716:37, 8 August 2021 diff hist +47,019‎ N Stability of mind can be achieved by one who has concluded that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the original source of everything. And when one can control his senses, that is called sama ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Stability of mind can be achieved by one who has concluded that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the original source of e..." current
• 16:3716:37, 8 August 2021 diff hist +46,746‎ When one can control the urges of the tongue and genitals, that is called dhrtih. From dhrtih, one becomes dhira, pacified. A pacified person is never disturbed by the urges of the tongue and the genitals ‎No edit summary current
• 16:3616:36, 8 August 2021 diff hist +46,883‎ Although everything is under the control of the Supreme Lord and is situated in His energy, everything is nonetheless different from Krsna in His personal form ‎No edit summary current
• 16:3316:33, 8 August 2021 diff hist +47,256‎ N The Supreme Personality of Godhead says: Unless one is elevated to the platform of santa-rati, he cannot be fixed in knowledge of the greatness of Krsna or of the diffusion of His different energies, which are the cause of all manifestations ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Supreme Personality of Godhead says: śamo manniṣṭhatā buddheḥ: Unless one is elevated to the platform of śānta-r..." current
• 16:3116:31, 8 August 2021 diff hist +47,131‎ N It is stated in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu that one who understands this (that although everything is under the control of the Supreme, everything is nonetheless different from Krsna), whose intelligence is fixed on Krsna, has attained the platform of sama ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is also stated in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu that one who understands this, whose intelligence is fixed on Kṛṣṇa, has..."
• 16:2716:27, 8 August 2021 diff hist +46,962‎ N Such a person (whose mind is fixed on the Supreme Lord) can understand that Krsna is present in everything and is distributed all over the cosmic manifestation ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such a person can understand that Kṛṣṇa is present in everything and is distributed all over the cosmic manifestation"}}..."
• 16:2516:25, 8 August 2021 diff hist +47,071‎ N When one's mind is fixed on the Supreme Lord, he is known to be situated on the sama platform. On that platform the devotee understands that Krsna is the basic principle behind everything that is within one's experience ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one's mind is fixed on the Supreme Lord, he is known to be situated on the śama platform. On that platform the devotee u..." current
• 16:0916:09, 8 August 2021 diff hist +46,859‎ N The word sama means controlling the mind and keeping it from being diverted in various ways by fixing it on the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word śama means controlling the mind and keeping it from being diverted in various ways by fixing it on the Supreme Perso..."
• 16:0716:07, 8 August 2021 diff hist +47,230‎ N When Krsna disappeared from the scene of the rasa dance, all the gopis began to repent, saying, "You are so cunning that in the dead of night You have left girls and women like us! This is not very good for You" ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"You are so cunning that in the dead of night You have left girls and women like us! This is not very good for You"}} {{notes|}..." current
• 16:0416:04, 8 August 2021 diff hist +47,281‎ N When Krsna disappeared from the scene of the rasa dance, all the gopis began to repent, saying, "You best know the reason for our coming here. You know that we have come because we are captivated by the sweet sound of Your flute" ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"You best know the reason for our coming here. You know that we have come because we are captivated by the sweet sound of Your..."