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3 September 2022

• 14:3914:39, 3 September 2022 diff hist +3,427‎ Those who are honoring prasadam, accepting the remnants of food offered to the Deity, must always remember that prasadam is not ordinary food. Prasadam is transcendental ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3914:39, 3 September 2022 diff hist +8‎ This offering (to the forefathers) is performed by worship of Visnu, because eating the remnants of food offered to Visnu can deliver one from all kinds of sinful actions. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3914:39, 3 September 2022 diff hist +5,895‎ The Vedic injunctions state that every living entity lives by eating the remnants of food offered to the Personality of Godhead ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3814:38, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,571‎ The transcendental pastimes of Lord Caitanya have actually been relished by Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura. I am simply trying to chew the remnants of food left by him ‎No edit summary
• 14:3814:38, 3 September 2022 diff hist +8‎ The tongue can be utilized to spread the message of Krsna and glorify the Lord or take prasada, the remnants of food offered to Krsna ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3814:38, 3 September 2022 diff hist +30‎ The sixty-four regulative principles (of devotional service) are as follows: 40) To chant the Lord's name loudly in congregation. (41) To smell incense and flowers offered to the Deity. (42) To eat the remnants of food offered to the Deity ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3814:38, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,545‎ The remnants of food offered to the Lord at Balagandi then arrived in great quantity, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and all His devotees ate it ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3814:38, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,674‎ The remnants of food offered to Lord Krsna are called maha-prasadam. After this same maha-prasadam has been taken by a devotee, the remnants are elevated to maha-maha-prasadam ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3714:37, 3 September 2022 diff hist +3,796‎ The remnants of food left by the spiritual master and similar paramahamsas, or pure Vaisnavas, are purifying. When an ordinary person touches such prasadam, his mind is purified, and his mind is raised to the status of a pure brahmana ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3714:37, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,728‎ The remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were taken by the whole family of Tapana Misra. When news spread that the Lord had come, Candrasekhara came to see Him ‎No edit summary
• 14:3614:36, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,557‎ The remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were later distributed among devotees who begged for them, and finally Govinda personally took the last remnants ‎No edit summary
• 14:3614:36, 3 September 2022 diff hist +3,537‎ The remnants of food left by a pure Vaisnava are called maha-maha-prasadam. This is completely spiritual and is identified with Lord Visnu. Such remnants are not ordinary ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 3 September 2022 diff hist +2,450‎ The Lord said again and again, "Only by great fortune may one come by a particle of the remnants of food offered to the Lord." The servants of the Jagannatha temple inquired, "What is the meaning of this" ‎No edit summary
• 14:3514:35, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,566‎ The Lord collected whatever remnants of food were left by Lord Jagannatha. He also took remnants of the Lord's kadara ointment, sandalwood and ropes with Him ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,605‎ The Lord again arranged for the residential quarters of all the devotees and thereafter called them to partake of the remnants of food offered to Lord Jagannatha ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 3 September 2022 diff hist +16,100‎ The function of the tongue is to taste and to vibrate. Therefore, by systematic regulation, the tongue should always be engaged in tasting the remnants of foodstuffs offered to Krsna and chanting Hare Krsna. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary
• 14:3514:35, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,599‎ The dust of the feet of a devotee, the water that has washed the feet of a devotee, and the remnants of food left by a devotee are three very powerful substances ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,652‎ The Bhattacarya informed all of them, "Please take your midday baths immediately. Today I shall offer you maha-prasadam, the remnants of food offered to Lord Jagannatha" ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 3 September 2022 diff hist +30‎ The bhakta, simply by engaging himself in the bhakti process, especially in chanting Hare Krsna, immediately develops control over the tongue by engaging it in chanting, and accepting the remnants of foodstuff offered to the Personality of Godhead ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,827‎ They would mix these preparations with the remnants of food from Lord Jagannatha. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the invitations, He went sometimes alone and sometimes with His associates ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 3 September 2022 diff hist +2,004‎ Then the Lord told Kasi Misra and the temple superintendent, "As for the remnants of food left by Jagannatha, let them be delivered to Vaninatha Raya's charge, for he can take care of all the Vaisnavas and distribute maha-prasadam to them" ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3314:33, 3 September 2022 diff hist +12‎ Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was greatly pleased to accept the food that he cooked, and Raghunatha Bhatta used to take the remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ‎No edit summary
• 14:3314:33, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,657‎ Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then took all the remnants of food offered to Jagannatha, such as cakes and sweet rice, and distributed them to all the other devotees, calling them individually ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3314:33, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,930‎ Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "These are remnants of food that Krsna has eaten and thus turned to nectar with His lips. It surpasses heavenly nectar, and even such demigods as Lord Brahma find it difficult to obtain" ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3314:33, 3 September 2022 diff hist +6,428‎ So far we are concerned, we are eating remnants of foodstuff which was offered to Krishna, so we are not afraid of anything ‎No edit summary current
• 14:3214:32, 3 September 2022 diff hist +3,809‎ Since we belong to this chain of disciplic succession from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, this edition of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta will contain nothing newly manufactured by our tiny brains, but only remnants of food originally eaten by the Lord Himself ‎No edit summary
• 14:3014:30, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,539‎ Raghava Pandita, being very merciful toward Raghunatha dasa, offered him the dishes with the remnants of food left by the two brothers ‎No edit summary current
• 14:2614:26, 3 September 2022 diff hist +3,492‎ Sadhucchistam is significant in this verse (SB 4.22.43). Prthu Maharaja got his kingdom from great saintly persons like Bhrgu and others just as one gets remnants of food. After the death of King Vena, the whole world was bereft of a popular ruler ‎No edit summary
• 14:2614:26, 3 September 2022 diff hist +5,024‎ Remnants of food may be eaten only when they are part of a meal that was first offered to the Supreme Lord or first eaten by saintly persons, especially the spiritual master. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
• 14:0414:04, 3 September 2022 diff hist +2,734‎ Persons who are not very highly elevated in pious activities cannot believe in the remnants of food (prasadam) of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, nor in Govinda, the holy name of the Lord, nor in the Vaisnavas ‎No edit summary current
• 14:0314:03, 3 September 2022 diff hist +30‎ One who refuses to accept prasadam, the remnants of food offered to Krsna, cannot become a devotee ‎No edit summary current
• 14:0314:03, 3 September 2022 diff hist +30‎ One who is directly engaged in all these devotional activities (chanting Hare Krsna and eating the remnants of foodstuff offered to the Deity) is to be understood as having studied all Vedic literature. He has come to the conclusion perfectly. BG 1972 p ‎No edit summary current
• 14:0314:03, 3 September 2022 diff hist +30‎ One should eat remnants of foodstuffs that are offered to Krsna. This is also the philosophy of Bhagavad-gita, wherein Krsna says: If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it. - BG 9.26 ‎No edit summary current
• 14:0214:02, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,923‎ One should (17) circumambulate the temple, (18) recite various prayers, (19) chant softly, (20) chant congregationally, (21) smell the incense and flower garlands offered to the Deity, and (22) eat the remnants of food offered to the Deity ‎No edit summary current
• 14:0214:02, 3 September 2022 diff hist +16,271‎ One need only chant Hare Krsna, accept the remnants of foodstuffs offered to Krsna, have some discussion on books like Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam, and engage oneself in Deity worship. These four will make one happy. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary
• 14:0214:02, 3 September 2022 diff hist +2,285‎ Nityananda Prabhu replied, "These are the remnants of food left by Lord Krsna. If You take them to be ordinary remnants, You have committed an offense" ‎No edit summary
• 14:0014:00, 3 September 2022 diff hist +3,823‎ My friend, what do you eat to maintain your body? Because you are chewing betel, a pleasing scent is emanating from your mouth. This proves that you always eat the remnants of food offered to Visnu. Indeed, you must also be an expansion of Visnu's body ‎No edit summary current
• 14:0014:00, 3 September 2022 diff hist +3,184‎ My dear brahmana, you have carried out the order thoroughly because you are also as compassionate as the Lord. It is my duty, therefore, to offer you something, but all I possess are but remnants of food taken by great saintly persons ‎No edit summary
• 13:5913:59, 3 September 2022 diff hist +30‎ Lord Caitanya made this process (of reaching the highest perfection of knowledge) very easy: He asked people simply to chant Hare Krsna & to engage in the devotional service of God & eat the remnants of foodstuff offered to the Deity. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
• 13:5913:59, 3 September 2022 diff hist +5,216‎ Knowing Duryodhana's plan, Krsna came to the Pandavas and asked their wife Draupadi if there were any remnants of food which she could offer to Him ‎No edit summary current
• 13:5813:58, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,582‎ Kalidasa was standing outside the door, expecting the remnants of food from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Knowing this, Mahaprabhu gave an indication to Govinda ‎No edit summary
• 13:5713:57, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,678‎ Kalidasa was an uncle of Raghunatha dasa Gosvami. Throughout his entire life, even in his old age, he tried to eat the remnants of food left by Vaisnavas ‎No edit summary current
• 13:5713:57, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,296‎ Kalidasa ate the remnants of food of as many Vaisnavas as there were in Bengal ‎No edit summary current
• 13:5713:57, 3 September 2022 diff hist +3,800‎ Kalidasa, one of the relative, uncle, of Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, he was also very great Vaisnava, maha-bhagavata. His business was to eat the remnants of foodstuff left by Vaisnava ‎No edit summary current
• 13:4413:44, 3 September 2022 diff hist +4,482‎ I went to Jagannatha Puri in 1958 during some special function. I was taking Lord Jagannatha prasada very sumptuously. I am praying to Lord Jagannatha to take me there again at His will and honor His remnants of food ‎No edit summary current
• 13:4413:44, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,881‎ It was a steady, long-standing rule that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would lie down to rest after lunch and Govinda would come to massage His legs. Then Govinda would honor the remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ‎No edit summary
• 13:4413:44, 3 September 2022 diff hist +3,840‎ It is said that among all the devotees of the Personality of Godhead, Lord Siva is the greatest. Thus the remnants of foodstuff left by him are accepted by other devotees as maha-prasada, or great spiritual foodstuff ‎No edit summary
• 13:4313:43, 3 September 2022 diff hist +9,338‎ It is known to everyone that one man's food is another man's poison. Human beings are expected to accept the remnants of food offered to Lord Sri Krsna, and the Lord accepts foodstuff from the categories of leaves, flowers, fruits, etc ‎No edit summary current
• 13:4313:43, 3 September 2022 diff hist +8‎ It is best that one eat only the remnants of foodstuff offered to Krsna. A person in Krsna consciousness does not eat anything which is not first offered to Krsna. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
• 13:3913:39, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,359‎ In this way Kalidasa ate the remnants of food left by all the Vaisnavas residing in Bengal ‎No edit summary current