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07:3307:33, 12 September 2021 diff hist +15,969‎ N All other living beings can also enjoy spiritual bliss, eternal life and full knowledge in His (Krsna's) association ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All other living beings can also enjoy spiritual bliss, eternal life and full knowledge in His association"}} {{notes|}} {{com..." current
07:3107:31, 12 September 2021 diff hist +15,956‎ The Supreme Lord is as much an individual as other living beings, but He is different in that He is the Supreme and all other living beings are subordinate to Him ‎No edit summary current
07:1807:18, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,293‎ N Krsna should be known as the soul of all souls, for He is the soul of all individual souls and the soul of the localized Paramatma as well. At Vrndavana He was acting just like a human being to attract people and to show that He is not formless ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Krsna should be known as the soul of all souls, for He is the soul of all individual souls and the soul of the localized Param..."
07:1307:13, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,193‎ Lord Caitanya points out that the Paramatma, the all-pervading feature situated in everyone's body, is but a partial manifestation or expansion of Krsna, but because Krsna is the soul of all souls, He is called Paramatma, the Supreme Self ‎No edit summary current
07:0707:07, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,347‎ N While hearing of the transcendental pastimes of Krsna in Vrndavana, Maharaja Pariksit inquired from his spiritual master, Sukadeva Gosvami, as to why the inhabitants of Vrndavana were so much attached to Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While hearing of the transcendental pastimes of Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana, Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired from his spiritua..."
05:2305:23, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,450‎ N Lord Caitanya quotes one important verse from Bs: "I worship the SPG, by whose personal effulgence the unlimited brahmajyoti is manifested. In that brahmajyoti there are innumerable universes, and each is filled with innumerable planets - Bs 5.40 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by whose personal effulgence the unlimited brahmajyoti is manifested. In that br..."
05:1805:18, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,414‎ N There is the sun-god, the sun itself and the sunshine which is the shining effulgence of that original sun-god. Similarly, the spiritual effulgence (brahmajyoti), impersonal Brahman, is nothing but the personal effulgence of Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is the sun-god, the sun itself and the sunshine which is the shining effulgence of that original sun-god. Similarly, the..." current
05:1505:15, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,248‎ N By realizing the impersonal Brahman, one simply realizes the effulgence emanating from the transcendental body of Krsna. This effulgence is compared to the sunshine ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By realizing the impersonal Brahman, one simply realizes the effulgence emanating from the transcendental body of Kṛṣṇa...."
05:1205:12, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,540‎ N Brahman, the impersonal manifestation, Paramatma, the localized manifestation, and Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are one and the same. However, according to the process adopted, He (Krsna) is realized as Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Brahman, the impersonal manifestation, Paramātmā, the localized manifestation, and Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of God..." current
05:0905:09, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,459‎ N Lord Caitanya quotes the verse from SB 1.2.11: Those who are knowers of the Absolute Truth describe the Absolute Truth in three features as impersonal Brahman, localized all-pervading Supersoul, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who are knowers of the Absolute Truth describe the Absolute Truth in three features as impersonal Brahman, localized all..."
05:0305:03, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,022‎ N By devotional service in full Krsna consciousness, the original Personality of Godhead is realized ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"by devotional service in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the original Personality of Godhead is realized"}} {{notes|}} {{compi..." current
05:0105:01, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,369‎ N By the method of philosophical speculation, the impersonal Brahman feature of Krsna is understood. By the process of meditation or mystic yoga, the feature of the Supersoul, the all-pervading expansion of Krsna, is understood ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By the method of philosophical speculation, the impersonal Brahman feature of Kṛṣṇa is understood. By the process of med..."
04:5704:57, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,612‎ N There are three different processes by which Krsna can be understood: the empiric process of philosophical speculation, the process of meditation according to the mystic yoga system, and the process of Krsna consciousness, or devotional service ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are three different processes by which Kṛṣṇa can be understood: the empiric process of philosophical speculation,..."
04:5304:53, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,151‎ All incarnations are either direct expansions of Krsna or, indirectly, expansions of the expansions of Krsna. However, the name of Krsna indicates the original Personality of Godhead ‎No edit summary current
04:5204:52, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,362‎ N It is Krsna who appears on this earth, in this universe or in any other universe, when there is a disturbance created by the demons, who are always trying to disrupt the administration of the demigods ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is He who appears on this earth, in this universe or in any other universe, when there is a disturbance created by the demo..."
04:4704:47, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,508‎ N Caitanya Mahaprabhu gives evidence that Krsna is the original Personality of Godhead, full in all six opulences. It is Sri Krsna whose abode, known as Goloka Vrndavana, is the highest planetary system in the spiritual sky ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Caitanya Mahāprabhu gives evidence that Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead, full in all six opulences. It is..."
04:4404:44, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,423‎ N Krsna, who is known as Govinda, is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal, blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin, and He is the prime cause of all causes - Bs 5.1 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa, who is known as Govinda, is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal, blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of..." current
04:3904:39, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,024‎ N Caitanya Mahaprabhu gives evidence from Brahma-samhita of the transcendental properties of Lord Krsna's body ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Caitanya Mahāprabhu also gives evidence from Brahma-saṁhitā of the transcendental properties of Lord Kṛṣṇa's body"}}..."
04:3604:36, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,717‎ N In Vraja, or Goloka Vrndavana, He (Krsna) is just like a young boy and is the son of Nanda Maharaja. His form, however, is eternal, full of bliss, and full of knowledge absolute. He is both the shelter of everything and the proprietor as well ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in Vraja, or Goloka Vṛndāvana, He is just like a young boy and is the son of Nanda Mahārāja. His form, however, is eterna..." current
04:3204:32, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,397‎ N Lord Caitanya informed him (Sanatana Gosvami) that Krsna, the son of Nanda Maharaja, is the Absolute Supreme Truth, the cause of all causes and the origin of all emanations and incarnations ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He then informed him that Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja, is the Absolute Supreme Truth, the cause of all causes and..."
04:2904:29, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,216‎ N Lord Caitanya described the different features of Krsna and requested that Sanatana Gosvami listen attentively ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya then described the different features of Krsna and requested that Sanatana Gosvami listen attentively"}} {{notes..."
04:2404:24, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,466‎ Srimad-Bhagavatam indicates that everything is sheltered by Krsna directly and indirectly. Consequently perfect knowledge can be had only by an analytical study of Krsna, as confirmed by Bhagavad-gita ‎No edit summary
04:2004:20, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,544‎ N Since everything in the cosmic creation is dependent on the asraya-tattva - the creative manifestation or Visnu manifestation - the various demigods and manifestations of energy, the living entities and all material elements are dependent on Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since everything in the cosmic creation is dependent on the āśraya-tattva—the creative manifestation or Viṣṇu manifest..."
04:0704:07, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,331‎ The Supreme Truth is the shelter of all manifestations and is called asraya. All other principles, which remain under the control of the asraya-tattva, or the Absolute Truth, are called asrita, or subordinate corollaries and reactions ‎No edit summary
04:0104:01, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,253‎ N Knowing this (that Krsna is the shelter of all manifestations), Sridhara Svami worshiped and offered his obeisances unto Krsna as the shelter of everything ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Knowing this, Śrīdhara Svāmī worshiped and offered his obeisances unto Kṛṣṇa as the shelter of everything"}} {{notes..." current
03:5803:58, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,496‎ N Caitanya Mahaprabhu quoted his (Sridhara Svami's) writings and explained that in the Tenth Canto of Bhagavatam the life and activities of Krsna are described because Krsna is the shelter of all manifestations ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Caitanya Mahāprabhu quoted his writings and explained that in the Tenth Canto of Bhāgavatam the life and activities of Kṛ..."
03:5303:53, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,540‎ N Sridhara Svami gives a clear analytical study (of the spiritual and material energies) in his commentary on the first verse of the Tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Sridhara Svami was accepted by Lord Caitanya as an authorized commentator on SB ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīdhara Svāmī also gives a clear analytical study in his commentary on the first verse of the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bh..."
03:4803:48, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,315‎ N To help us understand the difference between the spiritual and material energies, there is a clear analysis of the two in the Second Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To help us understand the difference between the spiritual and material energies, there is a clear analysis of the two in the..."
03:4203:42, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,028‎ As far as Krsna Himself is concerned, He is directly situated in His spiritual energy, or specifically in His internal potency ‎No edit summary
03:3603:36, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,453‎ N The universes of the material manifestation are actually different types of manifestations, for they are the created manifestations of two different types of energy - the material and the spiritual energy ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the universes of the material manifestation are actually different types of manifestations, for they are the created manifesta..." current
03:3303:33, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,496‎ N Caitanya Mahaprabhu informed Sanatana Gosvami that the planets in the spiritual sky, known as Vaikunthas, and the universes of the material manifestation are actually different types of manifestations ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He also informed Sanātana Gosvāmī that the planets in the spiritual sky, known as Vaikuṇṭhas, and the universes of the..."
03:2903:29, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,541‎ N Caitanya Mahaprabhu told Sanatana Gosvami about Krsna's multiforms and His unlimited opulence. He also described the nature of the spiritual manifestation, the material manifestation, and the manifestation of the living entity ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Caitanya Mahāprabhu then told Sanātana Gosvāmī about Kṛṣṇa's multiforms and His unlimited opulence. He also describe..."
03:2503:25, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,070‎ N It can be seen that all Vedic rituals and different types of worship and philosophical speculation ultimately aim at Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It can thus be seen that all Vedic rituals and different types of worship and philosophical speculation ultimately aim at Kṛ..." current
03:2203:22, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,154‎ N It is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita: After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me (Krsna), knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare - BG 7.19 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and..." current
03:1803:18, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,177‎ N After one understands the position of maya, he can approach the Supreme Lord in pure devotional service. That is the actual purpose of philosophical speculation ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After one understands the position of māyā, he can approach the Supreme Lord in pure devotional service. That is the actual..." current
03:1603:16, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,080‎ N The philosophical sections of the Vedic hymns are intended to enable one to distinguish the Supreme Lord from maya ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The philosophical sections of the Vedic hymns are intended to enable one to distinguish the Supreme Lord from maya"}} {{notes|..."
03:1303:13, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,259‎ N Some neophytes who are attached to flesh eating are advised by the puranas to eat flesh after offering it to the deity Kali ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"some neophytes who are attached to flesh eating are advised by the purāṇas to eat flesh after offering it to the deity Kāl..." current
03:1003:10, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,574‎ N The idea is that gradually such neophytes (who are advised to worship different types of demigods according to their situation in the different modes of material nature) may rise to the transcendental plane and engage in the service of Visnu, the SPG ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The idea is that gradually such neophytes may rise to the transcendental plane and engage in the service of Viṣṇu, the Sup..." current
03:0403:04, 12 September 2021 diff hist +16,344‎ Since neophytes are not all on the same transcendental level, they are advised to worship different types of demigods according to their situation in the different modes of material nature ‎No edit summary current

18:3518:35, 11 September 2021 diff hist +16,060‎ N Yajna, sacrifice, is specifically meant to satisfy Visnu, another name for Visnu is Yajnesvara, or Lord of sacrifices ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"yajña, sacrifice, is specifically meant to satisfy Viṣṇu, another name for Viṣṇu is Yajñeśvara, or Lord of sacrific..." current
18:3218:32, 11 September 2021 diff hist +16,347‎ N Sacrifices contained in the ritualistic portions of these literatures (karma-kanda and jnana-kanda) are meant for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord Visnu ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sacrifices contained in the ritualistic portions of these literatures are meant for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord Viṣ..." current
18:2818:28, 11 September 2021 diff hist +16,777‎ N Srimad-Bhagavatam replies that in actuality all of these methods (karma-kanda & jnana-kanda) defined in the Vedas indicate the worship of the Supreme Lord Visnu. In other words, they are all indirect ways of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam replies that in actuality all of these methods defined in the Vedas indicate the worship of the Supreme L..."
18:2218:22, 11 September 2021 diff hist +16,526‎ N What is the purpose of the ritualistic sections of Vedic literatures, & what is the purpose of different mantras or hymns that indicate worship of various demigods? & what is the purpose of philosophical speculation on the subject of the Absolute Truth? ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"What then is the purpose of the ritualistic sections of Vedic literatures, and what is the purpose of different mantras or hym..." current
18:1818:18, 11 September 2021 diff hist +16,421‎ N In Vedic literature there are various divisions of ritualistic activities; one is karma-kanda, or purely ritualistic activities, and another is jnana-kanda, or speculation on the Supreme Absolute Truth ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Vedic literature there are various divisions of ritualistic activities; one is karma-kāṇḍa, or purely ritualistic acti..." current
18:1518:15, 11 September 2021 diff hist +16,237‎ N Srimad-Bhagavatam confirms this irregularity (of worship of demigods) by asking the question: "What is the object of worshiping the different types of demigods?" ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam confirms this irregularity by asking the question"|"What is the object of worshiping the different types..."
18:1018:10, 11 September 2021 diff hist 0‎ m In BG it is confirmed that one who worships the demigods is in fact only worshiping Krsna because the demigods are but different parts of the body of Visnu, or Krsna. That such worship of demigods is irregular is also stated in BG 7.20-23, BG 9.23 ‎ Alankrutha moved page In BG it is confirmed that one who worships the demigods is in fact only worshiping Krsna because the demigods are but different parts of the body of Visnu, or Krsna. That such worship of demigods is irregular is also stated in BG - BG 7.20-23, BG 9.23 to [[In BG it is confirmed that one who worships the demigods is in fact only worshiping Krsna because the demigods are but different parts of the body of Visnu, or Krsna. That such worship of demigods is irregular is... current
18:0918:09, 11 September 2021 diff hist +16,532‎ N In BG it is confirmed that one who worships the demigods is in fact only worshiping Krsna because the demigods are but different parts of the body of Visnu, or Krsna. That such worship of demigods is irregular is also stated in BG 7.20-23, BG 9.23 ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Bhagavad-gītā it is confirmed that one who worships the demigods is in fact only worshiping Kṛṣṇa because the demig..."
18:0318:03, 11 September 2021 diff hist +16,577‎ N The study of the Puranas reveals Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to be the only object of worship. The conclusion is that directly or indirectly, all types of worship are more or less directed to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"study of the Purāṇas reveals Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to be the only object of worship. The conclusio..."
17:5817:58, 11 September 2021 diff hist +16,487‎ N In the Markandeya Purana there is mention of Devi worship, or worship of the goddess Durga or Kali, but in this same candika it is also stated that all the demigods - even in the shape of Durga or Kali - are but different energies of the Supreme Visnu ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa there is mention of Devī worship, or worship of the goddess Durgā or Kālī, but in this sa..."
17:5417:54, 11 September 2021 diff hist +16,208‎ N If one carefully scrutinizes and studies the Puranas, he will find that Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the only object of worship ‎ Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one carefully scrutinizes and studies the Purāṇas, he will find that Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is..." current

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