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9 October 2021
- 09:0509:05, 9 October 2021 diff hist +6,466 When the mind is in touch with the impersonal Brahman one becomes satisfied, but one must advance further to render service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for one's remaining merged in the Brahman effulgence is not always assured No edit summary current
- 08:5608:56, 9 October 2021 diff hist +3,353 If one is destined to remain in the Lord’s impersonal effulgence, he misses the opportunity to render service to the Personality of Godhead. Therefore devotees consider remaining in the impersonal Brahman effulgence a kind of punishment No edit summary current
- 08:5508:55, 9 October 2021 diff hist +8,674 To remain as molecular part of the Brahman rays or spiritual rays, that is impersonal. And to have a spiritual form just like Krsna and Visnu, that is another spiritual perfection. That is Vaisnava philosophy No edit summary current
- 08:5508:55, 9 October 2021 diff hist +25,466 They (the impersonalists) try to remain satisfied with the impersonal Brahman, but Krsna is so attractive and so strong that He attracts their minds No edit summary current
- 08:5108:51, 9 October 2021 diff hist +125 N Category:Remaining in the Brahman Created page with "Category:Remain Category:Brahman Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes Category:Wanted Categories - Vaniquotes"
- 08:3908:39, 9 October 2021 diff hist +17,697 The Mayavadi philosopher, puffed-up and incompetent, can not understand variegatedness in spiritual energy. He consequently falsely believes that spiritual variegatedness is no different from material variegatedness No edit summary current
- 08:3408:34, 9 October 2021 diff hist +3,260 The material varieties may be temporary, but they are not false. They are a reflection of the spiritual varieties No edit summary current
- 08:3008:30, 9 October 2021 diff hist −13 The living entity who is nitya-baddha, or eternally conditioned, sees the material varieties as being actually different from one another No edit summary current
- 06:5706:57, 9 October 2021 diff hist +14 The Brahma-samhita describes the supreme abode as ananda-cinmaya-rasa, a place where everything is full of spiritual bliss. Whatever variegatedness is manifest there is all of the quality of spiritual bliss - there is nothing material. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:1606:16, 9 October 2021 diff hist +7,455 Philosophers like the Saranatha Mayavadis who do not believe in the spiritual existence of the Absolute Truth but consider material varieties to be everything do not believe that there are two kinds of nature, inferior (material) and superior (spiritual) No edit summary current
8 October 2021
- 07:2107:21, 8 October 2021 diff hist +7,137 The Varanasi impersonalists propagate the idea that the impersonal Brahman is truth whereas material varieties are false No edit summary current
- 06:5106:51, 8 October 2021 diff hist −4 Just as there is material variegatedness in this world, so, in the spiritual world, there is also variegatedness. Those in ignorance of this think that spiritual existence is opposed to material variety. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:4506:45, 8 October 2021 diff hist +2,352 None of them (Krsna's ornaments) are made of material ingredients; otherwise there would be no chance of their decorating the body of the Lord. As such, in the paravyoma, spiritual varieties are also distinguished from the material variegatedness No edit summary current
- 06:4106:41, 8 October 2021 diff hist +3,513 One should simply try to understand that on the spiritual platform, there are many varieties of reciprocal love. Such loving exchanges should never be considered to be material No edit summary current
- 06:3206:32, 8 October 2021 diff hist +7,268 Impersonal Brahman is a feature of the Absolute distinct from the material variegatedness, just as light is a conception distinct from its counterpart, darkness No edit summary current
7 October 2021
- 14:4714:47, 7 October 2021 diff hist +17,569 Deluded by this false belief (that spiritual variegatedness is no different from material variegatedness), the Mayavadis deride the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 14:4114:41, 7 October 2021 diff hist +54,261 Material variegatedness No edit summary current
- 14:3714:37, 7 October 2021 diff hist +33,187 Spiritual variegatedness No edit summary current
- 14:3314:33, 7 October 2021 diff hist −1 Category:Material Variegatedness No edit summary
- 14:3114:31, 7 October 2021 diff hist +80 Category:Spiritual Variegatedness No edit summary
- 14:2914:29, 7 October 2021 diff hist +213 N Category:Material Variegatedness Created page with "Category:Material Category:Variegatedness Category:Material and Spiritual Category:Spiritual - Umbrella Category Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes Cat..."
- 13:1613:16, 7 October 2021 diff hist +7,228 From Vedic literature we learn that when the Supreme Lord glances (sa aiksata) over the material energy, the three modes of material nature become manifest and create material variety No edit summary current
- 13:0513:05, 7 October 2021 diff hist +7,367 For one who becomes Krsna conscious, the distinction between material and spiritual varieties does not exist. An advanced devotee like Prahlada Maharaja sees everything as one - Krsna No edit summary current
- 12:5212:52, 7 October 2021 diff hist +7,764 A day may come when the people of this earth will be able to travel in outer space and see the variegatedness of these millions of planets with their own eyes. In every planet there is as much material variegatedness as we find in our own planet No edit summary
- 11:4011:40, 7 October 2021 diff hist +2,955 Because the body is material, his natural tendency is to be attracted by the varieties of the material world. Thus the living entity suffers the miseries of material existence No edit summary current
- 11:3811:38, 7 October 2021 diff hist +4,308 Being a liberated soul and completely learned, he sees all material varieties as meaningless because their basic principle is nescience No edit summary current
- 06:4806:48, 7 October 2021 diff hist +5,914 In the spiritual world, every living entity is surrendered to the Supreme Lord and is completely on the spiritual platform. Although there are servitors, the served and service, all are spiritual and variegated No edit summary current
- 06:3706:37, 7 October 2021 diff hist +6,510 A materialist can think only of the negation of material variety; he cannot understand spiritual variety. He thinks that spiritual variety simply contradicts material variety and is a negation or void No edit summary
- 06:2706:27, 7 October 2021 diff hist +6,312 The fifth kind of liberation, merging with the Supreme, is not considered an opulence in spiritual variegated existence No edit summary current
- 06:2106:21, 7 October 2021 diff hist +2,433 This transcendental region (Brahmaloka) is undoubtedly spiritual, but it contains no manifestations of spiritual activities or variegatedness No edit summary current
- 06:1806:18, 7 October 2021 diff hist +7,967 The total exhibition of these potencies (Hladini, sandhini, and samvit) is called visuddha-sattva, and this platform of spiritual variegatedness is displayed even in the material world when the Lord appears here No edit summary current
6 October 2021
- 12:2812:28, 6 October 2021 diff hist +27,400 Material scientists cannot see any cognizant spiritual substance that might be the cause of the creation No edit summary current
- 07:3807:38, 6 October 2021 diff hist +4,486 It is to be concluded that the ecstatic symptoms of asaya-suddhi are visible when a devotee’s service has no material cause and is purely spiritual in nature No edit summary current
5 October 2021
- 07:1007:10, 5 October 2021 diff hist +2,861 So the original primeval cause is vigraha, the personal, and the impersonal spiritual effulgence, brahma-jyotir, is also an effect of the Supreme Brahman No edit summary current
- 07:0807:08, 5 October 2021 diff hist +3,374 Revives (devotional service to God) one's normal condition of spiritual existence, even in this life, and frees one from the material winds which cause one to quiver. Only knowledge in devotional service can elevate one towards the path of liberation No edit summary current
4 October 2021
- 07:3807:38, 4 October 2021 diff hist −11 Materialists sometimes give the argument that as straw eaten by a cow produces milk automatically, so material nature, under different circumstances, produces varieties of manifestations. Thus originally matter is the cause No edit summary current
- 07:3207:32, 4 October 2021 diff hist +7,368 There are two parties - namely, the theists and the atheists. The theist, who accepts the Supersoul, finds the spiritual cause through mystic yoga No edit summary current
- 07:3107:31, 4 October 2021 diff hist −13 Some people are too materially attached and therefore do not give attention to spiritual life, some of them want to merge into the supreme spiritual cause. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 07:0007:00, 4 October 2021 diff hist +9 The material cause of the material elements absorbs the material body, and the spiritual soul assumes its original position No edit summary current
- 06:5906:59, 4 October 2021 diff hist +1,407 Lord Visnu, in His efficient aspect, glances over the material energy, and Sri Advaita, as the material cause, creates the material world No edit summary current
- 06:4906:49, 4 October 2021 diff hist +9 By the covering power of the material energy, the material scientist cannot look beyond the material causes No edit summary current
- 06:3006:30, 4 October 2021 diff hist −13 One should see not only the four material causes, but the supreme efficient cause as well. One who does not see the Supreme thinks himself to be the instrument. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 4 October 2021 diff hist −13 These (when a devotee’s service has no material cause and is purely spiritual in nature) are characteristics of transcendental love of Godhead, as stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam - 1.2.6 No edit summary
- 06:2906:29, 4 October 2021 diff hist +28,025 The woman, as the material cause, supplies the body of the soul, and as the efficient cause she gives birth to the child No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 4 October 2021 diff hist −13 The Sankhya philosophy regards the total energy (mahat-tattva), the false ego and the five objects of sense perception as the seven diverse manifestations of material nature, which has two features, known as the material cause and efficient cause No edit summary current
- 06:2906:29, 4 October 2021 diff hist +3,648 The physical elements, nature, the original cause, culture, destiny and the time element are all material causes. Agitated by these material causes, the eleven functions transform into hundreds of functions and then into thousands and then into millions No edit summary current
- 06:2806:28, 4 October 2021 diff hist +3,763 The mahat-tattva is the total cause of the total cosmic manifestation, and because in the total substance of the material cause there are three modes of nature, it is sometimes called Brahman. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 06:2806:28, 4 October 2021 diff hist +5,326 The inert matter is neither efficient nor the material cause of the cosmic manifestation No edit summary current
- 06:2806:28, 4 October 2021 diff hist −13 The external energy consists of two parts - the efficient cause (nimitta) and the material cause (upadana), maya being the efficient cause and pradhana the material cause No edit summary current
- 06:1606:16, 4 October 2021 diff hist +2,590 He is the support of the material cause and He enters into everything. He is absolute, one without a second, and He is the eyes of the illusory energy No edit summary current
- 06:1506:15, 4 October 2021 diff hist +2,333 Just as the external energy consists of two parts, so Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, assumes two forms to create the material world with the efficient and material causes No edit summary current
- 06:1506:15, 4 October 2021 diff hist +5,187 Love means without any personal profit. If I love God for some profit, that is business; that is not love. Ahaituky apratihata. And such love of God cannot be checked by any material cause No edit summary current
- 06:1406:14, 4 October 2021 diff hist −13 Material nature is one, but because of the interaction of the three qualities, it can produce the total energy and the wonderful cosmic manifestation. Such transformations divide material nature into two features, namely the efficient and material causes No edit summary current
- 06:1006:10, 4 October 2021 diff hist +1,435 Four material causes No edit summary current
- 06:1006:10, 4 October 2021 diff hist +5,011 Even though a pure devotee is present on this mortal planet, he is here in relation to the Lord for engagement in transcendental loving service, and not for any material cause No edit summary
- 06:0806:08, 4 October 2021 diff hist −13 By understanding the material cause, one can guess that the purusa, the enjoyer, being without activity, is aloof from all kinds of enjoyment or superintendence No edit summary current
- 06:0606:06, 4 October 2021 diff hist +2,414 Balarama and Krsna are the original efficient and material causes of the material world. As Maha-Visnu and the material energy, They enter into the material elements and create the diversities by multi-energies. Thus They are the cause of all causes No edit summary current
- 06:0606:06, 4 October 2021 diff hist +4,095 Avyakta, or the original material cause, is beyond this material manifestation and is the cause of the material world No edit summary current
2 October 2021
- 09:1809:18, 2 October 2021 diff hist −13 Although the material causes are the place, the worker, the endeavor and the senses, the final cause is the Supreme, the Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 09:1309:13, 2 October 2021 diff hist +4,957 Prthu frankly tells the Lord that the Lord's offerings of benedictions in the form of material facilities are certainly causes for bewilderment. A pure devotee is not at all interested in bhukti or mukti No edit summary current
- 09:0809:08, 2 October 2021 diff hist +8 A tree is matter, but a tree produces fruit. Water is matter, but water flows. In this way, say the Sankhyites, matter is the cause of movements and production. As such, matter can be considered the material and efficient cause of everything No edit summary current
- 09:0709:07, 2 October 2021 diff hist +7,692 A father’s and mother’s taking care of their children is not the cause of their comfort. Sometimes it is found that in spite of all care by the parents, the children go bad or succumb to death. Therefore material causes are not sufficient for results No edit summary
- 08:4408:44, 2 October 2021 diff hist +5,481 The spiritual entities are meant for enjoyment, as stated in the Vedanta-sutra (1.1.12): ananda-mayo 'bhyasat. By nature and constitution, every living being-including the Supreme Lord and each of His parts and parcels-is meant for eternal enjoyment No edit summary current
- 08:4408:44, 2 October 2021 diff hist +6,190 This is confirmed in the Padma Purana, wherein it is said that there are two kinds of spiritual entities: one is called the jiva, and the other is called the Supreme Lord No edit summary current
- 08:4408:44, 2 October 2021 diff hist +10 To advance in devotional service, a devotee should see other living entities as spiritual sparks, parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord. A devotee is to offer respect to every entity that has a relationship with the Lord No edit summary current
- 08:4208:42, 2 October 2021 diff hist +4,211 It is the spiritual entity, or spiritual spark within the body, that is being promoted by the laws of nature under the supervision of superior authority No edit summary current
- 08:4208:42, 2 October 2021 diff hist +6,114 The influence of maya is experienced by the part and parcel spiritual entity, but it cannot influence the Supersoul, the Paramatma No edit summary current
- 07:1507:15, 2 October 2021 diff hist +2,730 My dear father, what is the source of your knowledge? Under whose protection are you standing? And under whom are you working? What is your real position? Do you alone create all entities with material elements by your personal energy No edit summary current
- 07:1207:12, 2 October 2021 diff hist +6,598 The Supreme Lord is the creator of everything, and this means that He existed when there was no creation. In other words, His name, form and qualities are not materially created entities; they are transcendental always No edit summary current
- 07:1107:11, 2 October 2021 diff hist +1,657 The authority for such acts is the prerogative of Ramananda Raya alone, for I can understand that his body is not material but has been completely transformed into a spiritual entity No edit summary current
- 06:4606:46, 2 October 2021 diff hist +5,864 Brahman is the resort of the mahat-tattva, which includes all material and spiritual entities. It is described in this connection that the Supreme Brahman, the Personality of Godhead, is the master of both pradhana and purusa No edit summary current
- 06:3406:34, 2 October 2021 diff hist +2,267 Spiritual entities means No edit summary current
- 06:2006:20, 2 October 2021 diff hist +3,515 The demigods approached the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the controller of both kinds of entities (material entities and spiritual entities), in order to know why their breathing was choked No edit summary current
- 06:1906:19, 2 October 2021 diff hist +3,596 It is by the will of the SPG that material entities cannot breathe whereas spiritual entities are able to breathe; material entities are products of the Lord's external energy, whereas spiritual entities are products of the Lord's internal energy No edit summary current
- 06:1406:14, 2 October 2021 diff hist +4,935 In the rays of the moon, different material entities appear to be comparatively more or less important. The light of the moon on the Taj Mahal appears to be more beautiful than the same light in the wilderness No edit summary current
1 October 2021
- 08:0808:08, 1 October 2021 diff hist +4,200 When we begin this sublime chanting process, or even if we simply hear the sound Hare Krishna, then we have begun our journey back to the Spiritual Kingdom, back to Godhead No edit summary current
- 08:0408:04, 1 October 2021 diff hist +3,784 The sound of this material world and that of the spiritual world are completely different. The sound of the spiritual world is nectarean and eternal, whereas the sound of the material world is hackneyed and subject to end No edit summary current
- 07:1407:14, 1 October 2021 diff hist +9,016 Our material position and spiritual position - the ultimate point is sound. And this sound is presented in its original spiritual form. That is called Veda No edit summary current
- 07:0907:09, 1 October 2021 diff hist +5,764 Real sound is coming from the spiritual world. It is simply just like gramophone. The sound is coming originally from the person; the gramophone is reproducing. That is not the original source of the sound No edit summary
- 06:4306:43, 1 October 2021 diff hist +5,484 Although when a pure devotee speaks the articulation of his voice may resemble the sound of this material sky, the voice is spiritually very powerful because it touches the particles of saffron dust on the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary current
- 06:2606:26, 1 October 2021 diff hist +4,128 Even the very sound of the holy name of Lord Krsna or Rama can at once surcharge the atmosphere spiritually No edit summary current
- 05:2805:28, 1 October 2021 diff hist +7,321 Krsna consciousness movement is meant for this purpose, that "You have already attachment for sound. Now just transfer this attachment for spiritual sound. Then your life will be successful" No edit summary current
- 05:2805:28, 1 October 2021 diff hist +4,733 Just as life in this material world has its beginning in material sound, similarly a spiritual life has its beginning in this spiritual sound vibration No edit summary
- 05:2705:27, 1 October 2021 diff hist +4,738 If we approach that sound (the spiritual sound), then our spiritual life begins, and the other requirements for spiritual advancement can be supplied No edit summary
- 05:2405:24, 1 October 2021 diff hist +3,250 The musical notes (in Sanskrit) are sa, r, ga, ma, dha, and ni. All these sound vibrations are originally called sabda-brahma, or spiritual sound No edit summary
30 September 2021
- 11:4511:45, 30 September 2021 diff hist +3,115 The Vedas are spiritual sound, and therefore there is no need of material interpretation for the sound vibration of the Vedic literature No edit summary current
- 11:2811:28, 30 September 2021 diff hist +6 The sound vibration of the Hare Krsna mantra, although presented in the ordinary alphabet, should not be taken as mundane or material No edit summary current
- 09:1409:14, 30 September 2021 diff hist +4,827 Our entanglement in material affairs has begun from material sound. Now we must purify that sound in spiritual understanding. There is sound in the spiritual world also No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 30 September 2021 diff hist +4,779 There are many professional reciters of Srimad-Bhagavatam who speak the narrations very ornamentally, but a pure devotee does not like to hear from them because such glorification of the Lord is simply a vibration of material sound No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 30 September 2021 diff hist +6,998 The vibration of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra is not a material sound, and similarly the form of the Lord and His appearance and activities are all nonmaterial No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 30 September 2021 diff hist −13 The holy name of the Lord, the Hare Krsna mantra, cannot be identified with any material sound No edit summary current
- 07:2207:22, 30 September 2021 diff hist +6,093 King Pariksit continued, "How then can Brahman, the Absolute Truth, be described by your words? I do not see how it is possible to understand transcendence from such expressions of material sound" No edit summary current
- 07:2107:21, 30 September 2021 diff hist +2,785 It is not that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is absent; He is present there. And when a devotee utters the transcendental name, it is not a material sound. Therefore, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is naturally pleased No edit summary current
- 07:2107:21, 30 September 2021 diff hist +9,420 If one thinks that the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the names and activities of the demigods are on the same level, or if one accepts the holy name of Visnu to be a material sound vibration, that is also an offense No edit summary current
29 September 2021
- 07:1007:10, 29 September 2021 diff hist +4,434 N If we have little faith that we require awakening of spiritual consciousness, we should not sleep under the spell of this material consciousness . . . a little faith will help us Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we have little faith that we require awakening of spiritual consciousness, we should not sleep under the spell of this mate..."
28 September 2021
- 16:3716:37, 28 September 2021 diff hist +2,854 N You have come here with a little faith. That increasing of that faith is advancement of Krsna consciousness. That is required. Adau sraddha. First of all little faith, "Let us see" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"You have come here with a little faith"|"First of all little faith"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|BhavesvariRadhika}} {{complete|ALL..."
- 16:2616:26, 28 September 2021 diff hist +4,482 N How to come to this bhava stage, that is Rupa Gosvami has described: adau sraddha (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.4.15). First of all little faith Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"First of all little faith"|"How to come to this bhava stage"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|BhavesvariRadhika}} {{complete|ALL}} {{fi..."
- 15:3015:30, 28 September 2021 diff hist +3,116 N First of all faith is required. Without faith, therefore, faithlessness is no, I mean to say, position of making further progress. Little faith must be there. That faith must be increased by further advancement Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"That faith must be increased by further advancement"|"Little faith must be there"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|BhavesvariRadhika}}..."
- 10:5010:50, 28 September 2021 diff hist +1,553 N This is the first stage. One should be inquisitive and have little faith or little respect for Kṛṣṇa consciousness: "It is very nice. They are speaking . . . doing nice work." This is the first stage Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should be inquisitive and have little faith or little respect for Krsna consciousness"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|BhavesvariR..."
- 09:5309:53, 28 September 2021 diff hist +2,596 N The first stage is sraddha, a little faith Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The first stage is sraddha, a little faith"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|BhavesvariRadhika}} {{complete|}} {{goal|0}} {{first|2021-..."
- 08:4408:44, 28 September 2021 diff hist +3,387 N All boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen who are in this meeting, they have got this faith, sraddha. It is understood. Otherwise, why you have come here? Unless you have got little faith, you would not have come (to hear me) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless you have got little faith, you would not have come"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|BhavesvariRadhika}} {{complete|}} {{goal|0}..."
- 07:0107:01, 28 September 2021 diff hist +5,022 N Still, you come (to hear me). Why? Because you have got some little faith, "Oh, here is Bhagavad-gita. Let us hear it." So the faith is the beginning. The faithless cannot have any spiritual life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"still, you come. Why? Because you have got some little faith"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|BhavesvariRadhika}} {{complete|ALL}} {{f..."
27 September 2021
- 14:4714:47, 27 September 2021 diff hist +2,738 N If you have got little faith still that "I can be satisfied; I can be happy materially," then that is maya's influence. That is maya's influence. There is no possibility Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If you have got little faith still that "I can be satisfied; I can be happy materially," then that is maya's influence"}} {{no..."
- 07:5707:57, 27 September 2021 diff hist +4,045 We misunderstand the meaning of religion. Religion (is) generally understood as a kind of cult and faith. But in the Vedic literature, religion means the characteristic No edit summary current
25 September 2021
- 11:1011:10, 25 September 2021 diff hist +4,916 Sukadeva Gosvami continued: O best of the Pandu dynasty (Maharaja Pariksit), the King of the Sindhu and Sauvira states (Maharaja Rahugana) had great faith in discussions of the Absolute Truth No edit summary current
- 09:3009:30, 25 September 2021 diff hist +6,481 Sukadeva Gosvami has used the word sraddhanvita for one who is trained in spiritual life. Sraddha, or faith, is the beginning No edit summary
- 09:1809:18, 25 September 2021 diff hist +2,577 Persons who are too addicted to this material world execute their prescribed duties very nicely and with great faith. They daily perform all such prescribed duties with attachment to the fruitive result No edit summary current
- 09:1609:16, 25 September 2021 diff hist +141 N Category:Faith in the Material World Created page with "Category:Faith Category:Material World (Prakrti) Category:Wanted Categories - Vaniquotes Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes" current
- 06:0806:08, 25 September 2021 diff hist +4,639 Sadhana-bhakti divided into many different parts, including faith, association with devotees, initiation by the spiritual master, engagement in ds under the instructions of a spiritual master, steadiness in ds and the awakening of a taste for ds No edit summary current
- 06:0206:02, 25 September 2021 diff hist +6,876 That purity is said, adau sraddha: "Beginning is faith." Now tato sadhu-sangah: "You mix with faithful men." Then it will develop. Otherwise, if you take simply initiation and then sleep, then faith will be lost. That is happening No edit summary current
24 September 2021
- 07:0407:04, 24 September 2021 diff hist +3,644 Persons who had never undergone the reformatory ritualistic ceremonies of the Vedas were confident that Krsna would accept only faith and devotion, and so they were engaged in Krsna consciousness and were freed from all anxieties No edit summary current
- 06:0506:05, 24 September 2021 diff hist +46 Puffed up mundane scholars have to wait for the causeless mercy of the devotee of the Lord. One should therefore cultivate Krsna consciousness with faith and knowledge, and in this way attain perfection. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 05:5105:51, 24 September 2021 diff hist +6,077 Prahlada Maharaja continued: My dear friends, if you can place your faith in my words, simply by that faith you can also understand transcendental knowledge, just like me, although you are small children No edit summary
- 05:4405:44, 24 September 2021 diff hist +6,793 Recently there is division of Pakistan and India. Twenty years before, this Pakistan was part of India. Now, these Muhammadans, they did not come from outside. They changed their faith from Hindus to Muhammadans. Now they divided their property No edit summary current
23 September 2021
- 10:0710:07, 23 September 2021 diff hist +1,810 While dying, Ajamila chanted the holy name of the Lord, intending to call his son Narayana. Nevertheless, he attained the spiritual world. What then to speak of those who chant the holy name with faith and reverence No edit summary current
- 05:2805:28, 23 September 2021 diff hist +3,763 Religion or faith, you can change from one to another, but you must know the essential value of your life No edit summary current
- 05:2805:28, 23 September 2021 diff hist +2,537 Religion is a faith, and culture is educational or advancement of knowledge No edit summary current
- 05:1605:16, 23 September 2021 diff hist +2,896 With faith and reverence the prostitute associated with Haridasa Thakura, who personally treated her material disease by chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra No edit summary current
- 05:0505:05, 23 September 2021 diff hist +1,458 Whoever hears this narration with faith and love certainly develops love of God at the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
22 September 2021
- 12:1212:12, 22 September 2021 diff hist +13 With such faith (that a person who simply chants the holy name of Krsna once becomes perfect) in the holy name one may begin a life of Krsna consciousness. But an ordinary person cannot chant the holy name of Krsna with such faith No edit summary current
- 11:2211:22, 22 September 2021 diff hist +2,902 These examples are given in the sastra. They are not exaggeration but actual fact. And we have to take it in good faith No edit summary current
- 11:1511:15, 22 September 2021 diff hist +121 N Category:Good Faith Created page with "Category:Good Category:Faith Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes Category:Wanted Categories - Vaniquotes" current
- 07:0107:01, 22 September 2021 diff hist +126 N Category:Proper Guidance Created page with "Category:Proper Category:Guidance Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes Category:Wanted Categories - Vaniquotes"
- 05:5605:56, 22 September 2021 diff hist +2,178 You should present Krsna consciousness not as a religion, but a science of God realization. Try to convince them that it is not just a kind of faith No edit summary current
21 September 2021
- 10:3510:35, 21 September 2021 diff hist +123 N Category:Little Faith Created page with "Category:Little Category:Faith Category:Wanted Categories - Vaniquotes Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes"
- 10:3310:33, 21 September 2021 diff hist +7,963 Faith is the basic principle. So unless one comes to this basic principle of faith, there is no question of progress. So little faith, even. Not full faith. It develops by sadhu-sanga, by association with the devotees No edit summary current
- 10:0810:08, 21 September 2021 diff hist +6,366 If one only chants, with some slight faith, the holy names of Lord Caitanya and Nityananda, very quickly he is cleansed of all offenses No edit summary current
- 08:5608:56, 21 September 2021 diff hist +2,070 If one hears and again narrates, with faith and devotion, this story of the Daksa yajna as it was conducted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, then certainly one is cleared of all contamination of material existence, O son of Kuru No edit summary current
20 September 2021
- 09:4109:41, 20 September 2021 diff hist +4,991 One must begin with faith, and when this faith is increased by chanting, a person can become a member of the Society No edit summary current
19 September 2021
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- 05:0105:01, 19 September 2021 diff hist +3,941 Faith inspires initial surrender, and later, by the powerful influence of saintly association, one's faith deepens and becomes steady. Once faith becomes steady, all mental agitations and doubts clear up due to constant worship of the Lord No edit summary current
18 September 2021
- 14:4714:47, 18 September 2021 diff hist +147 N Category:Everything Begins with Faith Created page with "Category:Begins Category:Faith Category:Everything Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes Category:Wanted Categories - Vaniquotes"
- 07:3207:32, 18 September 2021 diff hist −24 Category:Faith in Chanting the Holy Names No edit summary current
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- 07:2607:26, 18 September 2021 diff hist +3,167 Endowed with such a faith, he seeks favors of a particular demigod and obtains his desires. But in actuality these benefits are bestowed by Me alone. BG 7.22 - 1972 No edit summary
- 06:5806:58, 18 September 2021 diff hist +3,028 Demons were relying upon the dependability of Krsna, because they were confident that Krsna would never attack them without due cause. Therefore, with faith and confidence, they used to live with their doors wide open No edit summary current
- 05:1305:13, 18 September 2021 diff hist +3,641 Due to faith a person associates with pure devotees, and by such association he develops devotional service. As devotional service develops, his misgivings diminish No edit summary current
- 04:5504:55, 18 September 2021 diff hist +4,210 Dharma does not exactly mean a kind of faith. It is characteristic. Just like sugar is sweet. That is the characteristic of sugar No edit summary current
- 04:5404:54, 18 September 2021 diff hist +8,941 Dharma means it is translated into English as "religion." And religion means a kind of faith. But so far the Sanskrit word dharma is there, it does not mean a kind of faith. It is a fact No edit summary current
- 04:5404:54, 18 September 2021 diff hist +6,588 Dharma generally in English is translated: religion. Religion means a kind of faith No edit summary current
- 04:3804:38, 18 September 2021 diff hist +2,016 Caitanya Mahaprabhu continued, "I think that today all My desires have been fulfilled because I see that Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya has acquired faith in the maha-prasadam of Lord Jagannatha" No edit summary current
- 03:1303:13, 18 September 2021 diff hist +1,982 By chanting all these mantras, welcoming the Supreme Personality of Godhead with faith and devotion, and offering Him items of worship (such as padya and arghya), one should worship Kesava, Hrsikesa, Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
17 September 2021
- 11:2911:29, 17 September 2021 diff hist +1,752 After hearing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the acarya of the Tattvavada sampradaya became very much ashamed. Upon observing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's rigid faith in Vaisnavism, he was struck with wonder No edit summary current
- 10:0910:09, 17 September 2021 diff hist +5,640 According to the faith, there are first-class, second-class and neophyte devotees No edit summary current
- 10:0610:06, 17 September 2021 diff hist +30 According to different types of faith, there are different kinds of worship. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
16 September 2021
- 15:1515:15, 16 September 2021 diff hist +5,469 Anyone who has not faith, for him there is no profit even during this life and what to speak of the next life? No edit summary current
- 15:1015:10, 16 September 2021 diff hist +29 An advanced devotee should respect a person who has been initiated by a bona fide spiritual master and who is situated on the transcendental platform, chanting the holy name with faith and obeisances and following the instructions of the spiritual master No edit summary current
- 15:0615:06, 16 September 2021 diff hist +29 All Vedic literatures are to be understood with faith and devotion, not by mundane scholarship. We have therefore presented Bhagavad-gita As It Is No edit summary current
- 15:0015:00, 16 September 2021 diff hist +1,513 All the residents of Vidyanagara were of different faiths, but after seeing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they abandoned their own faiths and became Vaisnavas No edit summary current
- 13:1113:11, 16 September 2021 diff hist +2,111 A faithful devotee is a truly eligible candidate for the loving service of the Lord. According to one's faith, one is classified as a topmost devotee, an intermediate devotee or an inferior devotee No edit summary current
- 12:4712:47, 16 September 2021 diff hist +2,132 If one hears with faith and love these pastimes concerning Lord Caitanya’s meeting with Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, he very soon is freed from the net of speculation and fruitive activity and attains the shelter of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's lotus feet No edit summary current
15 September 2021
- 10:1810:18, 15 September 2021 diff hist +10 As far as different faiths are concerned, religions may be of different types, but on the spiritual platform, everyone has an equal right to execute devotional service. That is the platform of oneness and the basis for a classless society No edit summary current
- 08:4808:48, 15 September 2021 diff hist +3,957 Actually the Mayavadi philosophy was started with Vivekananda. Because I don't find in the Christian faith that they are Mayavadis. Their belief is service to God. Of course, they are somewhat Mayavadis No edit summary current
- 08:3108:31, 15 September 2021 diff hist +246 Category:Faith in Krsna Consciousness No edit summary current
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- 08:3108:31, 15 September 2021 diff hist +217 Category:Faith in Caitanya No edit summary current
- 05:2405:24, 15 September 2021 diff hist +6,134 It is also said in the Bhagavad-gita that a person who is engaged in devotional service with love and faith is guided from within by the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 05:1905:19, 15 September 2021 diff hist +4,844 If you continually hear with faith and appreciation, then you will come to the stage of tasting No edit summary current
14 September 2021
- 15:4715:47, 14 September 2021 diff hist +3,647 A transcendentally sober person who, with faith and love, continually hears from a realized soul about the activities of Lord Krsna in His rasa dance with the gopis No edit summary current
- 15:4615:46, 14 September 2021 diff hist +1,431 Please hear the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with faith and confidence. Do not argue, for arguments will produce a contrary result No edit summary current
- 15:4615:46, 14 September 2021 diff hist +1,631 Please hear the transcendental pastimes of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with faith and devotion. Giving up envy of the Lord, everyone chant the Lord's holy name, Hari No edit summary
- 15:4515:45, 14 September 2021 diff hist +4,788 Any person who describes the great characteristics of King Prthu with faith and determination - whether he reads or hears of them himself or helps others to hear of them - is certain to attain the very planet which Maharaja Prthu attained No edit summary
- 15:4515:45, 14 September 2021 diff hist +2,004 The activities of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are undoubtedly uncommon, especially His talking like a madman. Therefore, one who hears of these pastimes should not put forward mundane arguments. He should simply hear the pastimes with full faith No edit summary
- 15:4415:44, 14 September 2021 diff hist +1,870 The author requests every reader to hear these talks with faith and without argument. By studying them in this way, one will be able to understand the confidential truth of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 15:3915:39, 14 September 2021 diff hist +2,778 Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: My dear Pariksit, one who employs this armor or hears about it with faith and veneration when afraid because of any conditions in the material world is immediately freed from all dangers and is worshiped by all living entities No edit summary current
- 13:0813:08, 14 September 2021 diff hist +3,099 Anyone who hears this history with faith and devotion is certainly liberated from material entanglement as well as from the clutches of his enemies No edit summary current
- 12:5412:54, 14 September 2021 diff hist +5,384 One should hear the Gita from the devotee because at the beginning of the Fourth Chapter it is stated that the Gita can only be perfectly understood by devotees. Hearing the Gita from devotees, not from mental speculators, is called faith. BG 1972 pur No edit summary current
- 12:4412:44, 14 September 2021 diff hist +142 N Category:Hearing with Faith Created page with "Category:Hearing Category:With Category:Faith Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes Category:Wanted Categories - Vaniquotes"
- 12:3412:34, 14 September 2021 diff hist +46,468 If one is engaged in chanting and hearing with devotion and faith, his material misgivings gradually become vanquished No edit summary current
- 09:4009:40, 14 September 2021 diff hist +3,532 You try to understand this philosophy more seriously, and as you are able try to write articles on this subject matter without being inclined to compromise with any other religious faith No edit summary current
- 09:4009:40, 14 September 2021 diff hist +5,824 There are various types of religious faiths in the world but they are imparted according to the students, or followers, time, place, circumstances, etc No edit summary current
- 09:2809:28, 14 September 2021 diff hist −13 Non-sanatana religious faith may have some beginning in the annals of human history, but there is no beginning to the history of sanatana-dharma because it remains eternally with the living entities. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
- 09:2809:28, 14 September 2021 diff hist +8,551 This Krsna consciousness movement is a scientific movement. It is not a religious faith. That is not. The beginning is that as the child grows to become a boy and boy grows to become a young man.... This is scientific. It is not the question of religion No edit summary current
- 09:2409:24, 14 September 2021 diff hist +126 N Category:Religious Faith Created page with "Category:Religious Category:Faith Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes Category:Wanted Categories - Vaniquotes"
- 09:1009:10, 14 September 2021 diff hist +2,849 The Supreme Lord said, according to the modes of nature acquired by the embodied soul, one's faith can be of three kinds-goodness, passion or ignorance. Now hear about these. BG 17.2 - 1972 No edit summary current
- 09:0909:09, 14 September 2021 diff hist +4,763 The contaminated modes of material nature expand to the heart. Therefore according to the position of the heart in contact with a particular mode of material nature, one's faith is established. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 09:0009:00, 14 September 2021 diff hist +30 It should be understood, that if one's heart is in the mode of goodness, his faith is also in the mode of goodness. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 08:5808:58, 14 September 2021 diff hist +4,721 As long as one's faith is not completely in purified goodness, the faith is subject to contamination by any of the modes of material nature. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
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- 08:4908:49, 14 September 2021 diff hist +4,803 According to one's existence under the various modes of nature, one evolves a particular kind of faith. The living being is said to be of a particular faith according to the modes he has acquired No edit summary
- 08:3708:37, 14 September 2021 diff hist +138 N Category:Losing Faith in God Created page with "Category:Lose Category:Faith Category:God Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes Category:Wanted Categories - Vaniquotes" current
13 September 2021
- 15:3815:38, 13 September 2021 diff hist +6,845 Since the Supreme Lord is all-inclusive, if anyone worships Him with unflinching faith, he has automatically achieved all other opulences and performed all other duties No edit summary current
- 15:3515:35, 13 September 2021 diff hist +11,738 He (Kholaveca Sridhara) was quite happy in his present position and wanted only to gain unflinching faith and devotion unto the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya. That is the position of pure devotees No edit summary current
12 September 2021
- 14:2014:20, 12 September 2021 diff hist +1,941 According to Sridhara Svami, although the Bhagavatam (9.1.11-12) has previously included Iksvaku among the ten sons begotten by Manu in his wife Sraddha, this was a generalization No edit summary current
- 14:1914:19, 12 September 2021 diff hist +2,328 Manu had begun that sacrifice for the sake of getting a son, but because the priest was diverted by the request of Manu's wife, a daughter named Ila was born. Upon seeing the daughter, Manu was not very satisfied. Thus he spoke to his guru, Vasistha No edit summary current
- 14:1714:17, 12 September 2021 diff hist +1,760 During that sacrifice, Sraddha, Manu's wife, who was observing the vow of subsisting only by drinking milk, approached the priest offering the sacrifice, offered obeisances to him and begged for a daughter No edit summary current
- 13:5913:59, 12 September 2021 diff hist +2,237 O King, best of the Bharata dynasty, from Vivasvan, by the womb of Samjna, Sraddhadeva Manu was born. Sraddhadeva Manu, having conquered his senses, begot ten sons in the womb of his wife, Sraddha. The names of these sons were Iksvaku, Nrga, Saryati No edit summary current
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11 September 2021
- 16:0016:00, 11 September 2021 diff hist +4,358 Sraddha is a ritualistic performance observed by the followers of the Vedas. There is a yearly occasion of fifteen days when ritualistic religionists follow the principle of offering oblations to departed souls No edit summary current
- 15:5915:59, 11 September 2021 diff hist +4,350 The performance of sraddha, or offering oblations with prasada, is still current in India, especially at Gaya, where oblations are offered at the lotus feet of Visnu in a celebrated temple No edit summary
- 15:2915:29, 11 September 2021 diff hist +7,888 Just like death anniversary observed, similarly, in the family, the descendants, they offer some foodstuff after some religious ceremony. That is called sraddha No edit summary current
- 15:1115:11, 11 September 2021 diff hist +4,025 It is through the medium of this invisible body that those well versed in the rituals offer oblations to the Sadhyas and Pitas (in the form of their departed ancestors) on the occasion of sraddha No edit summary current
- 15:1115:11, 11 September 2021 diff hist +3,432 It is the duty of all householders to offer food grains to all their departed forefathers, but during the time of Hiranyakasipu this process was stopped; no one would offer sraddha oblations of food grains to the forefathers with great respect No edit summary current
- 15:1115:11, 11 September 2021 diff hist +19,791 It is not that one accepts a portion of Bhagavad-gita according to his own whimsical interpretations and then rejects another portion. This is not sraddha. Sraddha means accepting the instructions of Bhagavad-gita in their totality No edit summary current
- 15:1015:10, 11 September 2021 diff hist +3,951 It is evident that ksatriyas killed animals in the forest because the flesh of the animals was suitable to be offered at a particular type of yajna. Offering oblations to the forefathers in the ceremony known as sraddha is also a kind of yajna No edit summary current
- 14:0414:04, 11 September 2021 diff hist +6,142 We find that King Priyavrata had to be persuaded by Lord Brahma to accept the post of emperor of the entire universe. Similarly, his father, Svayambhuva Manu, felt relieved to entrust the universal government to Priyavrata No edit summary current
- 14:0314:03, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,087 If in a kalpa a suitable living entity is not available to take charge of Brahma's post, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself personally expands and becomes Lord Brahma No edit summary current
- 14:0314:03, 11 September 2021 diff hist +5,699 If a Raksasa, or demon, were situated in Brahma's post, then the entire arrangement of the universe, especially the protection of the brahminical culture and cows, would be ruined. All the demigods anticipated this danger No edit summary
- 14:0214:02, 11 September 2021 diff hist +4,466 The karmis, they are more and more becoming entangled: "Give me this, give me that, give me that"; ultimately, "Give me the post of Brahma," "Give me the post of Indra." So their business is simply "give me" No edit summary current
- 13:5813:58, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,150 The various names of the demigods - Lord Brahma, Lord Siva, Lord Indra and so on - are not personal names; they are names of different posts No edit summary current
- 13:4713:47, 11 September 2021 diff hist −10 Sometimes, when there is no ordinary living entity available, the post of Brahma is occupied by an expansion of Lord Visnu, but generally this post is occupied by a greatly pious living entity within this universe No edit summary current
- 13:4513:45, 11 September 2021 diff hist +5,705 Visnu pervades the entire material world, whereas Brahma merely occupies one subordinate post No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,807 The post of Lord Brahma is meant for very highly elevated, spiritually advanced living beings. When such living beings are unavailable, Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, expands Himself as Lord Brahma. This takes place very rarely No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 11 September 2021 diff hist −10 The post of Brahma to officiate in the creation of the universe is offered to the most pure living being, and unless one is so qualified one cannot expect to be treated like Brahmaji directly No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,628 The post of Brahma is the supermost post in the universe, and it appears that there are many Brahmas and many universes besides the one in which we are situated No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,739 The post of Brahma is the highest responsible post within the universe, and it is offered to the most perfect personality of the universe No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 11 September 2021 diff hist −10 From this verse we can understand that Brahma is the name of the post and that the person occupying the post has a particular name also No edit summary current
- 13:3913:39, 11 September 2021 diff hist −10 Although they are ordinary living entities, they are able to attain responsible posts, like Lord Brahmā, Indra, Candra and Varuṇa No edit summary current
- 13:3613:36, 11 September 2021 diff hist +4,785 Brahma is also living being, but because he is very pure... This Brahma post is sometimes not available because there is no such pure living being. So Krsna becomes Himself Brahma sometimes No edit summary current
- 13:3413:34, 11 September 2021 diff hist +7,105 Although a living entity like us, Lord Brahma is exalted due to his pious activities; therefore he is given the high post of Brahma No edit summary current
- 13:3413:34, 11 September 2021 diff hist +6,852 My dear Uddhava, a person whose consciousness is completely absorbed in My thought and activities does not aspire even to occupy the post of Brahma, or the post of Indra, or the post of lordship over the planets, or the eight kinds of mystic perfections No edit summary
- 12:3212:32, 11 September 2021 diff hist +5,547 When the tithi of the death anniversary falls on the Ekadasi day, the sraddha ceremony should be held not on Ekadasi but on the next day, or dvadasi No edit summary current
- 12:3212:32, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 When He (Advaita prabhu) performed the sraddha ceremony for His father, He first of all called Haridasa Thakura and offered him food No edit summary current
- 12:3112:31, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,314 Vasistha could immediately understand that part of the flesh had already been taken by Vikuksi, and therefore he said that it was unfit to be used in the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 12:2612:26, 11 September 2021 diff hist +1,883 There was no end to the transcendental qualities of Haridasa Thakura. Here I mention but a fraction of his qualities. He was so exalted that Advaita Gosvami, when performing the sraddha ceremony of his father, offered him the first plate No edit summary current
- 12:2612:26, 11 September 2021 diff hist +9 There are three kinds of ceremonies - specifically, ceremonies to please the Supreme Lord or the demigods, those performed for social celebrations like marriages and birthdays, and those meant to please the forefathers, like the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 12:2612:26, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 The word yoga refers to a certain relationship between the sun and moon as they move in the sky. There are twenty-seven different degrees of yoga, of which the 17th is called Vyatipata. On the day when this occurs, one should perform the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 12:2512:25, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 Indians spend especially lavishly on three occasions - at the birth of a child, at marriage and while observing the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 12:2512:25, 11 September 2021 diff hist +6,361 The purpose of the sraddha ceremony is to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, so that after pleasing Him one may offer prasada to one's forefathers and in this way make them happy No edit summary
- 12:2512:25, 11 September 2021 diff hist +7,909 In many instances devotees have accepted the Deity as a son. In Bengal there are many such instances, and even after the death of the devotee, the Deity performs the sraddha ceremony for the father. The relationship is never destroyed No edit summary current
- 12:2512:25, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,923 If one recites this narration while offering oblations to the pitas and demigods, especially during the sraddha ceremony, the demigods and inhabitants of Pitrloka will be extremely pleased with him and bestow upon him the fulfillment of all desires No edit summary current
- 12:2512:25, 11 September 2021 diff hist +2,927 The Caitanya-mangala, Madhya-khanda, describes this incident (CC Adi 17.91) as follows: Srivasa Pandita was performing the sraddha ceremony for his father, and as is customary, he was hearing the thousand names of Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 12:2412:24, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 Srila Jiva Gosvami has given quotations from many sastras stating that the sraddha ceremony of oblations to the forefathers should not be performed on Ekadasi tithi No edit summary
- 12:2412:24, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 One who smears oil on his body while observing a vow in conjunction with a ritual, while bathing in the morning, while performing the sraddha ceremony, or on dvadasi day may as well pour wine over his body. Therefore, oil should be rejected No edit summary current
- 12:2412:24, 11 September 2021 diff hist +5,810 One should perform the sraddha ceremony on the Makara-sankranti (the day when the sun begins to move north) or on the Karkata-sankranti (the day when the sun begins to move south) No edit summary current
- 12:2312:23, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 On these two days of the year (Makara-sankranti and Karkata-sankranti), one should perform the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 12:2012:20, 11 September 2021 diff hist +5,914 On these two days of the year (the first day when the sun begins to move north and enter the zodiacal sign of Capricorn and the first day when the sun begins to move south and enter the sign of Cancer), one should perform the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 06:5706:57, 11 September 2021 diff hist +3,460 Even until today, the Deity performs the sraddha ceremony on the anniversary of the death of Govinda Ghosa. The temple of this Deity is managed by the raja-vamsa family of Krsnanagara, whose members are descendants of Raja Krsnacandra No edit summary current
- 06:5706:57, 11 September 2021 diff hist +1,956 During the months of January, February and March, oblations offered to the forefathers are called astaka-sraddha. The sraddha ceremony is held during the dark fortnight of the month No edit summary current
- 06:5706:57, 11 September 2021 diff hist −13 At that time (when Srivasa Pandita was hearing the thousand names of Lord Visnu in the sraddha ceremony of his father) Gaurahari (Lord Caitanya) appeared on the scene, and He also began to hear the thousand names of Visnu with full satisfaction No edit summary current
6 September 2021
- 07:2707:27, 6 September 2021 diff hist +40,967 The hunter's complexion was very dark, and his eyes were red. It appeared to be dangerous just to see him standing there with his bow and arrows, looking just like an associate of Yamaraja, death No edit summary current
- 07:2707:27, 6 September 2021 diff hist +1,722 The hunter's body was blackish. He had reddish eyes, and he appeared fierce. It was as if the superintendent of death, Yamaraja, were standing there with a bow and arrows in his hands No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 6 September 2021 diff hist +41,044 The hunter received the two great sages at his home and offered them a sitting place, brought water, washed their feet, took water to them to drink, and finally both he and his wife touched the water with their heads No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 6 September 2021 diff hist +1,959 He then fetched water and washed the sages' feet with great devotion. Then both husband and wife drank that water and sprinkled it on their heads No edit summary current
- 07:2307:23, 6 September 2021 diff hist +2,793 After you have distributed all your riches to the brahmanas, you and your wife should leave home, each of you taking only one cloth to wear No edit summary current
- 07:2007:20, 6 September 2021 diff hist +41,223 After this, they (the hunter and his wife) began to feel ecstasy and began to dance and sing Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. They raised their hands and danced with their clothes flying No edit summary current
- 07:1907:19, 6 September 2021 diff hist +1,732 With great alacrity the hunter began to run toward his spiritual master, but he could not fall down and offer obeisances because ants were running hither and thither around his feet No edit summary current
- 07:1707:17, 6 September 2021 diff hist +1,920 When the hunter chanted the Hare Krsna maha-mantra before his spiritual master, his body trembled and tears welled up in his eyes. Filled with ecstatic love, he raised his hands and began to dance, waving his garments up and down No edit summary current
- 07:1707:17, 6 September 2021 diff hist +40,717 On his way to greet the great sages, the hunter saw that there were ants on the ground before him and that they were hindering his passage No edit summary current
- 07:1707:17, 6 September 2021 diff hist +1,781 Seeing the ants, the hunter whisked them away with a piece of cloth. After thus clearing the ants from the ground, he fell down flat to offer his obeisances No edit summary current
- 07:1207:12, 6 September 2021 diff hist +3,786 There is one instance where a hunter was taking pleasure in killing animals, but after becoming a devotee he was not prepared to kill even an ant. Such is the quality of a devotee No edit summary current
- 07:1007:10, 6 September 2021 diff hist +1,279 I beg you that from this day on you will kill animals completely and not leave them half-dead No edit summary current
- 07:1007:10, 6 September 2021 diff hist +40,743 If you (the hunter) want to kill an animal, why don't you kill it completely? Why do you leave it half-killed and allow it to die flopping around No edit summary current
- 07:0907:09, 6 September 2021 diff hist +1,571 The hunter replied, 'My dear sir, what are you asking of me? What is wrong with the animals' lying there half-killed? Will you please explain this to me No edit summary current
4 September 2021
- 15:3015:30, 4 September 2021 diff hist +1,177 When I see half-killed animals suffer, I feel great pleasure No edit summary current
- 15:2915:29, 4 September 2021 diff hist +40,965 When he (the hunter) reached the sages, he tried to bow down before them, but he saw that there were so many ants that he could not bow down without crushing them. Thus he slowly cleared away the ants with his cloth No edit summary current
- 05:5905:59, 4 September 2021 diff hist +2,423 A person can be relieved from his sinful activity if he surrenders to the lotus feet of a person who actually represents Narada Muni. Narada Muni gave instructions to the hunter after the hunter surrendered No edit summary
- 05:4805:48, 4 September 2021 diff hist +5,551 A hunter in the forest, although a great sinner, was not an intentional offender. He was at once influenced by the presence of Narada, and he agreed to take the path of devotion, leaving aside his hearth and home No edit summary