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3 September 2022
- 13:3813:38, 3 September 2022 diff hist +4,731 In the Hare Krsna movement, the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, the dancing in ecstasy and the eating of the remnants of food offered to the Lord are very, very important No edit summary current
- 13:3813:38, 3 September 2022 diff hist +30 In order to become God conscious, one must follow some rules and regulations. Of course one has to eat, but the proposal is that one should eat remnants of foodstuffs that are offered to Krsna No edit summary
- 13:3813:38, 3 September 2022 diff hist +6,292 In great sacrifices the injunction is that Narayana should be present as the supreme predominating Deity of the sacrifice and that after the sacrifice is performed the remnants of food should be distributed amongst the demigods No edit summary current
- 13:3813:38, 3 September 2022 diff hist +2,959 In ceremonies when brahmanas and Vaisnavas are sumptuously fed, the host partakes of the remnants of foodstuff after the guest has given permission No edit summary current
- 13:3713:37, 3 September 2022 diff hist +5,650 In Calcutta there are many butcher shops which keep a deity of the goddess Kali, and animal-eaters think it proper to purchase animal flesh from such shops in hope that they are eating the remnants of food offered to the goddess Kali No edit summary current
- 13:3713:37, 3 September 2022 diff hist +13,514 In Calcutta there are many butcher shops which keep a deity of the goddess Kali, and animal-eaters think it proper to purchase animal flesh from such shops in hope that they are eating the remnants of food offered to goddess Kali No edit summary current
- 13:3713:37, 3 September 2022 diff hist +81,239 If they are graciously offered the advantage of partaking of the remnants of foodstuffs offered to Visnu, gradually they will develop a transcendental sense of spirituality and rise to the same status as that of spiritually advanced personalities No edit summary
- 13:3613:36, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,387 He would beg remnants of food from such Vaisnavas, and if he did not receive any, he would hide No edit summary current
- 13:3513:35, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,746 He would also take gifts to the homes of Vaisnavas born in sudra families. Then he would hide and in this manner eat the remnants of food they threw away No edit summary current
- 13:3513:35, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,394 He also personally ate the remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Then the Lord again sent Govinda No edit summary
- 13:3213:32, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,582 Govinda saved some remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and kept them carefully. Later, one portion of these remnants was delivered to Haridasa Thakura No edit summary
2 September 2022
- 14:4014:40, 2 September 2022 diff hist +1,647 Govinda offered him a plate with the remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and Raghunatha dasa accepted the prasadam with great happiness No edit summary
- 14:4014:40, 2 September 2022 diff hist +1,716 Gopinatha Acarya has already come, bringing sufficient remnants of food to distribute to all the sannyasis, and sannyasis like Paramananda Puri and Brahmananda Bharati are waiting for You No edit summary current
- 14:4014:40, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,619 Generally those who invited Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu for dinner used to offer Him the remnants of food that had first been offered to Lord Jagannatha No edit summary current
- 14:3914:39, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,323 Everyone has to work for maintenance of his body and soul together, & Krsna recommends herein (BG 9.27) that one should work for Him. Everyone has to eat something to live; therefore he should accept the remnants of foodstuffs offered to Krsna. BG 1972 p No edit summary
- 14:3914:39, 2 September 2022 diff hist +5,179 Even if one does not accept all the Vaisnava principles, but still takes the remnants of foodstuff offered to Krsna, or Krsna-prasadam, he will gradually become qualified to rise to the platform of a Vaisnava No edit summary current
- 14:3914:39, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,550 Each and every house was ready to receive the Lord in a similar way, and thus each and every house on the roads and streets distributed such remnants of food to the citizens, and therefore the festival was successful No edit summary current
- 14:3814:38, 2 September 2022 diff hist +7,657 During our exile, Durvasa Muni, who eats with his ten thousand disciples, intrigued with our enemies to put us in dangerous trouble. At that time He (Lord Krsna), simply by accepting the remnants of food, saved us No edit summary current
- 14:3714:37, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,637 Distribution of prasada, or remnants of foodstuffs offered to the Lord, even to the ignorant masses of people and to animals, gives such living entities the chance for elevation to Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
- 14:3714:37, 2 September 2022 diff hist +8 Devotional service to the Lord is very simple: one should always engage in the service of the Lord, should eat the remnants of foodstuffs offered to the Deity. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 14:3714:37, 2 September 2022 diff hist +7,810 Deity of Krsna should be seen. That is the benefit of the eyes. The ears should be engaged hearing about Krsna. The tongue should be engaged for eating Krsna's remnants of foodstuff, prasadam No edit summary
- 14:3614:36, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,346 Crows have no independent life; they fully depend on the remnants of foodstuffs thrown by householders into the garbage tank No edit summary current
- 14:3614:36, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,603 By touching the remnants of food thrown by Nityananda Prabhu, Advaita Acarya immediately felt Himself purified of all smarta contamination No edit summary current
- 14:3514:35, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,459 By eating or touching such maha-prasadam (the remnants of food left by a pure Vaisnava), a brahmana is not degraded. There is no question of being polluted by touching the remnants of such food No edit summary current
- 14:3514:35, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,286 Brahmana-bhojana, feeding of the brahmanas, is also recommended, for when the brahmanas eat sumptuous remnants of food after yajna, this is another way that Lord Visnu Himself eats No edit summary current
- 14:3514:35, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,045 Bhagavan Acarya cooked varieties of vegetables and other preparations dear to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He also obtained remnants of food from Lord Jagannatha and digestive aids such as ground ginger and also lime with salt No edit summary current
- 14:3514:35, 2 September 2022 diff hist +30 Bhagavad-gita says that if you take the remnants of foodstuff after offering sacrifice, you become freed from all contamination. Otherwise, one who cooks to eat personally without offering to Krsna is simply eating sinful reactions. This is our position No edit summary
- 14:3414:34, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,571 Because the government in Kali-yuga is full of demons, the living conditions of devotees are always disturbed. Devotees cannot perform yajna, and thus they cannot partake of the remnants of food offered in yajna for the worship of Lord Visnu No edit summary
- 14:3414:34, 2 September 2022 diff hist +1,561 Balabhadra Bhattacarya invited the two brothers to take lunch also. The remnants of food from the plate of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were offered to them No edit summary
- 14:3414:34, 2 September 2022 diff hist +30 A pure Vaisnava, or a person on the paramahamsa stage, accepts the remnants of food as spiritual. He does not consider it to be material or sense gratificatory. He accepts maha-prasadam not as ordinary dhal and rice but as spiritual substance No edit summary current
- 14:3314:33, 2 September 2022 diff hist +30 A person, simply by offering regulative obeisances unto the Deity, simply by hearing the glories of the Lord, and simply by eating the remnants of foodstuffs offered to the Lord, realizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead very easily. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:3314:33, 2 September 2022 diff hist −10 A large quantity of the remnants of food from Lord Jagannatha was brought in for distribution. Ramacandra Puri ate sumptuously, and then he wanted to find faults in Jagadananda Pandita No edit summary
- 14:3314:33, 2 September 2022 diff hist +14,402 As he (Narada) went on eating (the remnants of food of the great sages), he gradually became as purehearted as the sages, and he gradually developed the same taste. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 14:3214:32, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,757 Animal food is never recommended for human beings; instead, a human being is recommended to take prasada, remnants of food left by Krsna. Yajna-sistasinah santo mucyante sarva-kilbisaih (BG 3.13) No edit summary current
- 14:3214:32, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,103 Among the ten kinds of purificatory processes, one is pum-savanam, in which the wife is offered some prasada, or remnants of foodstuff offered to Lord Visnu, so that after sexual intercourse with her husband she may conceive a child No edit summary current
- 14:3214:32, 2 September 2022 diff hist +30 Although the remnants of food left by Jagannatha were brought into the Bhattacarya’s house, they were kept separate from the preparations he had made at his home No edit summary current
- 14:3114:31, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,180 Although He is the maintainer of the entire universe, once the Lord sat upon some rejected pots in the pit where the remnants of food were thrown, after the pots had been used for cooking No edit summary current
- 14:3114:31, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,622 Alas, how powerful are the hopes of a living being to continue his life. Verily, you (Dhrtarastra) are living just like a household dog and are eating remnants of food given by Bhima No edit summary current
- 14:3014:30, 2 September 2022 diff hist +1,602 After receiving the remnants of food left by Lord Nityananda Prabhu, Raghunatha dasa, who was greatly happy, ate some and distributed the rest among his own associates No edit summary current
- 14:3014:30, 2 September 2022 diff hist +1,555 After eating, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took rest for a while. Tapana Misra then gave Sanatana Gosvami the remnants of food left by Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary
- 14:3014:30, 2 September 2022 diff hist +1,668 After bathing in the sea, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned to His residence with all the devotees. Then they all lunched on the remnants of food offered to Lord Jagannatha No edit summary current
- 14:2714:27, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,804 Actually, by eating such maha-prasadam (the remnants of food left by a pure Vaisnava), one is freed from all the contaminations of the material condition. That is the verdict of the sastra No edit summary
- 14:2714:27, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,581 According to the varnasrama system, the brahmanas are always honored first. Thus at the festival, the brahmanas and their wives were first offered the remnants of food, and then the others - ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras No edit summary current
- 14:2214:22, 2 September 2022 diff hist +6,456 This is very easy (to accept the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord), but we must follow in the footsteps of great personalities, and then success will be possible No edit summary current
- 14:2214:22, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,112 Simply abolishing monarchy and replacing it with democracy is not sufficient unless the government men are religious and follow in the footsteps of great religious personalities No edit summary current
- 14:2214:22, 2 September 2022 diff hist +6,404 One who follows in the footsteps of such great personalities surely walks very easily on the path of liberation and ultimately goes back home, back to Godhead. That is the way of perfecting this human form of life No edit summary current
- 14:2014:20, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,262 Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah: (CC Madhya 17.186) one should follow in the footsteps of great personalities No edit summary current
- 14:1914:19, 2 September 2022 diff hist +6 Follow in the footsteps of great religious personalities No edit summary current
- 13:3713:37, 2 September 2022 diff hist −19 We must first activate our dormant love of Godhead by following the prescribed rules and by following in the footsteps of the authorities who are actually fixed in love of Godhead No edit summary current
- 13:3613:36, 2 September 2022 diff hist +5,092 The Srimad-Bhagavatam recommends, therefore, that one follow in the footsteps of the authorities No edit summary current