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14 September 2022
- 13:2513:25, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,358 There are many types of yogis, but he who is devoted to Krsna is the topmost yogi. Sri Krsna is far above all yogic processes No edit summary current
- 13:2513:25, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,850 In India there are many yogis who display some magical feats. They can walk on water, make themselves very light or very heavy and so forth. But what is this compared to Krsna's yogic mystic powers? By His potencies, great planets are floating in space No edit summary
- 13:2313:23, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,556 Who can manage to float even a small stone in the air? Sometimes a yogi may show a little mystic power by manufacturing some gold, and we are so foolish that we accept him as God No edit summary current
- 13:2213:22, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,672 We forget that the real yogi, the Supreme Lord Himself, has created millions of gold mines and is floating them in space. Those who are Krsna conscious are not befooled by yogis who claim to be Bhagavan No edit summary current
- 13:2213:22, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,775 A Krsna conscious person wants only to serve the foremost yogi, Yogesvara (varimnah sarva-yoginam). Because we are trying to become His devotees, we accept the Supreme Lord, Yogesvara, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary
- 13:2013:20, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,645 It is due to one's work that one becomes a criminal and is therefore put in jail. It is not compulsory for everyone to go to jail. As living entities, we have our proper place in Vaikunthaloka No edit summary current
- 13:1813:18, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,515 Yas tv indragopam athavendram aho sva-karma (Bs. 5.54). From Lord Indra to indragopa, an insignificant insect, everyone is reaping the consequences of his karma. We are creating our own karma, our next body, in this life No edit summary current
- 13:1713:17, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,563 We come onto this planet to enjoy or suffer life for a few days - fifty or a hundred years - but Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, does not come for that purpose (na mam karmani limpanti) - BG 4.14 No edit summary
- 13:1613:16, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,635 There is a Bengali proverb: Dry cow dung is used for fuel, and it is said that when the dry cow dung is being burned, the soft cow dung is laughing, saying, - Oh, you are being burned, but I am safe No edit summary current
- 13:1513:15, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,421 It is further stated, na hy asya varsmanah: "No one is greater than Him." No one is greater than Bhagavan or equal to Him. Everyone is inferior No edit summary current
- 13:1413:14, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,363 According to Caitanya-caritamrta (CC Adi 5.142), ekale isvara krsna, ara saba bhrtya. There is only one master - Krsna. All others are subservient No edit summary current
- 13:1413:14, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,557 Beginning with Lord Brahma, Visnu, Mahesvara, Indra, Candra and all the demigods (there are thirty-three million demigods) and the middle and lower species. Everyone is bhrtya, or servant No edit summary current
- 13:1313:13, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,625 When Krsna orders, "My dear Mr. So-and-So, now please give up your place and leave,', one must go. Therefore everyone is a servant. This is the position of Lord Brahma and the ant as well No edit summary current
- 13:1113:11, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,385 When Dharmaraja asked Maharaja Yudhisthira what the most wonderful thing in the world was, Maharaja Yudhisthira replied: ahany ahani bhutani gacchantiha yamalayam. No edit summary
- 13:1013:10, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,315 Bhagavan, the Supreme Lord, is not in this (conditioned) position. It is therefore said: bhagavan atma-mayaya No edit summary current
- 13:0813:08, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,657 Every moment people are dying, but those who are living are thinking, 'My friend has died, but I shall live forever. - (Mahabharata, Vana-parva 313.116) Soft cow dung thinks the same way. This is typical of conditioned beings No edit summary current
- 13:0513:05, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,739 Real knowledge means knowing that however great one may be, the four principles of material life are present: birth, old age, disease and death. These exist in the highest planetary system (Brahmaloka) and in the lowest - Patalaloka No edit summary current
- 13:0413:04, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,391 Foolish people are unaware of the miserable conditions of material life. Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (13.9), janma-mrtyu jara-vyadhi-duhkha-dosanudarsanam No edit summary current
- 13:0313:03, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,375 One cannot say, "My dear death, please give me some time to adjust." There is no adjustment; one must immediately get out No edit summary current
- 13:0213:02, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,579 Krsna states in Bhagavad-gita (10.34), mrtyuh sarva-haras caham: "I am all-devouring death." Krsna comes as death and plunders everything - bank balance, skyscrapers, wife, children and whatever No edit summary current
- 13:0113:01, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,627 Eventually everyone will dry up and be thrown in the fire. That is a fact. We may survive for a few years, but we cannot avoid death. In fact, it is said, - As sure as death No edit summary current
- 13:0013:00, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,329 What is the result of death? One loses everything - all honor, money, position and material life itself No edit summary current
- 12:5912:59, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,783 It (soft cow dung) does not know that when it dries out, it will be thrown into the fire too. We may laugh because President Nixon is in trouble, and we may think ourselves very safe because we have a big bank balance, but actually no one is safe No edit summary current
- 12:5812:58, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,314 Tasyaiva hetoh prayateta kovidah. The word kovidah means "intelligent." An intelligent person should try to attain shelter at the lotus feet of Krsna No edit summary current
- 12:5712:57, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,261 Human life is actually meant for getting in touch with the lotus feet of Krsna. That should be our only business No edit summary current
- 12:5512:55, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,421 Within this one universe, there are fourteen planetary systems, and the living entities are wandering in different bodily forms on different planets No edit summary current
- 12:5412:54, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,669 Sometimes we may think we are very fortunate, just as President Nixon was thinking, "I am very fortunate. I have become the president of the United States." Then he soon realized that he was most unfortunate. Actually this is the situation for everyone No edit summary current
- 12:5312:53, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,607 Throughout the world there are problems everywhere. One country has one type of problem, and another country has another. There is strife within governments themselves, and even presidents are fraught with problems No edit summary current
- 12:5212:52, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,678 The Krsna consciousness movement is an attempt to make people fortunate. In this age, everyone is unfortunate (manda-bhagyah), but now we are trying to reverse the situation No edit summary
- 12:5112:51, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,867 It was Caitanya Mahaprabhu who said to Rupa Gosvami - The living entity is wandering up & down, from one planet to another, & he is very fortunate if by the mercy of the spiritual master & Krsna Himself he can get the seed of devotional service to Krsna No edit summary current
- 12:4912:49, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,783 Everyone is thinking, "May my child live happily" or "May I get so much money." We do not ask or pray for catastrophes, yet they come without invitation. Similarly, whatever happiness is there for our enjoyment will also come without our asking for it No edit summary current
- 12:4712:47, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,658 Our actual endeavor should be to attain happiness; that is our real struggle for existence. According to the sastras: tal labhyate duhkhavat. The word duhkhavat indicates that although we do not want misery, misery comes anyway No edit summary current
- 12:4512:45, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,538 We should not worry about eating and sleeping, for the needs of the body are already arranged. We do not have to work independently to maintain the body No edit summary current
- 12:4412:44, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,790 According to karma, the living entity sometimes goes up & sometimes goes down. He wanders in this way, thinking how he can become materially happy & satisfy his senses. The sastras say that we should not do this, we should endeavor to understand Krsna No edit summary current
- 12:4312:43, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,289 The word upari indicates the higher planetary systems. There are seven higher planetary systems, and we are in the middle system, in Bhurloka No edit summary current
- 12:4012:40, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,789 In Bhagavad-gita, Krsna never says, "Do this or that, and I will then maintain you." Rather, He states that not only will He maintain us, but He will also protect us from the results of sin, from sinful karma (BG 18.66). All of this assurance is there No edit summary current
- 12:3712:37, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,584 In our Krsna consciousness movement, we have over a hundred centers, and Krsna is maintaining them all. None of our devotees are employed for independent incomes, yet they are all being maintained No edit summary current
- 12:3412:34, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,541 Those who are devotees of the Lord and have taken shelter at His lotus feet, leaving everything aside simply to render service unto Him, will certainly be cared for No edit summary current
- 06:2706:27, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,926 We cannot conceive how many living entities are being maintained by the Supreme Lord. All the great elephants, all the small ants, all the 8,400,000 species of life are maintained by Bhagavan. Why do we worry that He will not maintain us No edit summary current
- 06:2506:25, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,463 There is no limit to the jivas; no one can count them. The word ananta means that they are without limit. All these jivas, living entities, are being maintained by the Supreme One No edit summary current
- 06:2406:24, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,294 Nitya, bhagavan, is the singular, and nityanam are the plural jivas, or living beings. Nityo nityanam: we are many, but God is one No edit summary current
- 06:2306:23, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,333 The word bhaga means "opulence," and van means "one who possesses." All the opulences of the creation are present in Bhagavan No edit summary current
- 06:2006:20, 14 September 2022 diff hist +17,389 In the previous verse (SB 3.25.1), the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as Devahuti-putra Kapiladeva has been explained as bhagavan atma-mayaya No edit summary current
- 05:4705:47, 14 September 2022 diff hist +25,679 If we hear about Krsna, we become purified. Hearing about Krsna means associating with Krsna. In this way we may perfect our lives No edit summary current
- 05:3205:32, 14 September 2022 diff hist +25,495 We need only hear about Krsna. That's all. We have therefore opened all these centers of Krsna consciousness throughout the world No edit summary current
- 05:3205:32, 14 September 2022 diff hist +25,660 It is our great fortune that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Krsna Himself, has appeared and given us a very easy process by which we can understand Krsna. What is that process No edit summary
- 05:3105:31, 14 September 2022 diff hist +25,711 Understanding Krsna is therefore not so easy. As stated by Krsna, out of many thousands one person may become a siddha, a self-realized being. And out of many siddhas, one may be able to understand Krsna No edit summary current
13 September 2022
- 10:2210:22, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,523 Krsna comes at intervals or sends His representative, the pure devotee. Sometimes He comes personally, and sometimes He sends His incarnation No edit summary current
- 10:2110:21, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,303 We have to accept a certain type of body because we are forced to do so, but this is not the case with Sri Krsna No edit summary
- 10:2110:21, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,749 Presently I may have a human form, but in the future I cannot demand a human form. We receive bodies in the next life according to karma, not will. One cannot demand to be a high-court judge unless one has been educated for the job No edit summary current
- 10:2010:20, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,765 One must become qualified. If one qualifies himself, one may become a devata, a demigod like Indra or Candra, or one can become a dog or a cat. That depends on one's karma, or activities (karmana daiva-netrena) - SB 3.31.1 No edit summary current
- 10:1910:19, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,991 When Krsna or His incarnation come, they do not depend on karma for their bodies. The Supreme Lord is above karma and is fully independent. It is therefore said, atma-mayaya. The Supreme Lord comes by His own energy, not by the external energy or by force No edit summary current
- 10:1910:19, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,420 Kapiladeva is an incarnation of the Supreme Person, Krsna. Therefore it is stated: kapilas tattva-sankhyata bhagavan atma-mayaya No edit summary current
- 10:1810:18, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,753 When the governor visits the prison, he is not forced to do so. He is not to be considered a condemned person; rather, he goes by his own good will just to see how things are going on No edit summary current
- 10:1510:15, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,273 Vedic knowledge is the mother, and the spiritual master is the father No edit summary current
- 10:1410:14, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,670 When one is twice-born (dvija), he receives a sacred thread from the spiritual master and begins to learn about spiritual life. He is then allowed to read the Vedic literatures. In this way one becomes a son of Vedic literature No edit summary current
- 10:1310:13, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,606 Nigama-kalpa-taror galitam phalam: (SB 1.1.3) Srimad-Bhagavatam is the essence of Vedic culture. It is a wish-fulfilling tree, and we can take whatever we want from it No edit summary
- 10:1210:12, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,494 Vedic knowledge is perfect, and if we want to come to know it, we must take shelter of a bona fide guru (tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet) - MU 1.2.12 No edit summary current
- 10:1010:10, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,485 Unfortunately, in this age everything is mismanaged. People forget the aim of life, and at such a time the Supreme Lord Himself comes No edit summary current
- 10:0810:08, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,463 The Supreme Lord descends out of compassion because He is more anxious to have us return home, back to Godhead, than we are to go No edit summary current
- 10:0710:07, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,512 Because we are in ignorance, we do not know anything about the kingdom of God. We know nothing about how to get there or how to become happy. We have forgotten all this No edit summary current
- 10:0510:05, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,592 The word dvija means "twiceborn." One is first born through the womb of a mother, and one's next birth is given by the spiritual master and Vedic knowledge No edit summary current
- 10:0310:03, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,617 When one comes to detest material enjoyment, one can understand that he has advanced spiritually. Spiritual life does not mean taking sannyasa and then smoking or drinking tea No edit summary current
- 10:0310:03, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,716 One must actually come to detest material life. One comes to lose interest in material activities and becomes interested only in the understanding of God, the Supreme Being, and His service No edit summary current
- 10:0210:02, 13 September 2022 diff hist +26,045 Hogs work hard day and night simply eating stool, and because stool contains chemicals, hypophosphates, the hog gets strength, becomes very fat and enjoys sex. In any case, human life is meant not for imitating the life of a hog but for tapasya, austerity No edit summary current
- 10:0110:01, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,844 The society of varnasrama-dharma - composed of brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas, sudras, grhasthas, vanaprasthas, brahmacaris and sannyasis - is meant to elevate people gradually to the perfect stage of understanding God No edit summary
- 10:0110:01, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,498 When one goes to school, he begins with the first grade, then progresses to the second, third and so forth. In this way one makes progress No edit summary current
- 09:5709:57, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,536 They (disciples of Krsna Consciousness) are simply interested in sitting on the floor and learning about Krsna consciousness. Why is this? They have actually rejected the material world No edit summary current
- 09:5509:55, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,399 People are saying, "Can you show me God?" while not realizing that they are seeing God daily at every moment No edit summary current
- 09:5509:55, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,425 Because people are foolish in this age, they cannot understand that when we perceive the energy of the Lord, we can feel the presence of the Lord No edit summary current
- 09:5409:54, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,773 The young devotees in the Krsna consciousness movement are presently worshiping Krsna. What are the signs of a devotee? The actual sign of a devotee is that he is no longer interested in material enjoyment: bhaktih paresanubhavo viraktir anyatra ca No edit summary current
- 09:4609:46, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,890 Acaryopasanam: this information (krsnas tu bhagavan svayam) is not concocted, but is accepted by the acaryas in the disciplic succession. Although an impersonalist, Sankaracarya has accepted Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary
- 09:4509:45, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,661 So have Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Visnu Svami, Nimbarka and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His followers. They all accept Krsna as the Supreme, just as Arjuna himself did. This is the simplest method No edit summary current
- 09:4109:41, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,370 There is no need to speculate, "What is God? Where is God?" Why foolishly go on searching? Here is God - Krsna No edit summary current
- 09:4009:40, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,584 We may think that Krsna cannot be seen, but Krsna can appear in the form of His energy. Of course, a stone is not God, but a stone is another one of God's energies No edit summary current
- 09:3909:39, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,606 Heat and light are not fire, but without fire there cannot be heat or light. In that sense, heat and light are nondifferent from fire. This material world is like the heat and light of the supreme fire No edit summary current
- 09:3909:39, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,834 Consequently many people are surprised to see how Americans and Europeans have become such great devotees and are dancing in ecstasy. How is it they are so advanced? They have taken the information seriously: krsnas tu bhagavan svayam - SB 1.3.28 No edit summary
- 09:3709:37, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,831 On this earth we have created so many dharmas - Hindu dharma, Muslim dharma, Christian dharma. These are all manufactured dharmas, but real dharma is attained when we come to the conclusion that Sri Krsna is everything No edit summary current
- 09:3609:36, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,616 The sun is situated in one place, and its light and heat expand throughout the entire solar system. As soon as we perceive light and heat, we can understand that the sun is there No edit summary current
- 09:3509:35, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,498 Since light and heat can be perceived by everyone, Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (7.8), prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh - I am the light of the sun and the moon No edit summary current
- 08:0508:05, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,524 Presently there is a different God on every street, but Krsna is not that kind of God. He is the Supreme God. As Krsna Himself states in Bhagavad-gita - 7.7 No edit summary current
- 08:0408:04, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,414 The purpose of this Krsna consciousness movement is to inform everyone that no one is superior to Krsna, God No edit summary current
- 08:0408:04, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,587 Many young Americans and Europeans are fortunate and know nothing of any hodgepodge god, they have taken this bona fide Krsna consciousness movement seriously No edit summary current
- 08:0308:03, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,950 Krsnas tu bhagavan svayam: (SB 1.3.28) Bhagavan, God, means Sri Krsna. We have simply presented this information, saying, "Here is God. Sri Krsna." Because they have taken this seriously, many young Americans and Europeans are advancing in KC No edit summary current
- 07:5807:58, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,601 The Krsna consciousness movement is meant for the propagation of this message. We are not preaching a particular sectarian religious system but a real religion, dharma No edit summary current
- 07:5707:57, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,678 The simplest definition of dharma is that dharma is the order of the Supreme Being. Since the Supreme Being, God, is one, His order must be one. How, then, can there be different dharmas? It is not possible No edit summary current
- 07:5607:56, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,499 Gold is gold. If a Christian possesses some gold, does it become Christian gold? Gold is gold whether possessed by a Hindu, a Muslim or a Christian No edit summary current
- 07:5507:55, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,610 According to the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, dharma means surrendering unto that Supreme Being. This is bhagavata-dharma, and everyone should be taught how to surrender unto God No edit summary current
- 07:5407:54, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,206 God is one; there cannot be two Gods. When there is competition, there is no God No edit summary current
- 07:5207:52, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,892 Understanding one's spiritual identity is called dharma. The ultimate goal of dharma is enunciated by Sri Krsna Himself in BG (18.66). Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja: - Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me No edit summary current
- 07:5107:51, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,332 Unless one is enlightened by spiritual knowledge, he remains animalistic No edit summary current
- 07:4807:48, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,726 We are all Brahman, spirit soul, but somehow or other we have come in contact with these material elements (bhumir apo 'nalo vayuh (BG 7.4)), and we have acquired bodily coverings. Consequently we think, "I am this body." This is ignorance No edit summary current
- 07:4607:46, 13 September 2022 diff hist +25,357 Gold is gold, even if it is covered with some dirt, which can certainly be removed No edit summary current
11 September 2022
- 10:2710:27, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,448 After hearing Bhagavad-gita, Arjuna addressed Krsna as param brahma param dhama (BG 10.12), - the Supreme Brahman and supreme abode No edit summary current
- 10:2610:26, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,784 Every person is actually Brahman, spirit soul. We are not actually the body. Awareness of aham brahmasmi ("I am Brahman") is actual self-realization. According to Vedic culture, one must understand that he is Brahman, not the body No edit summary
- 10:2510:25, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,895 We should not remain in ignorance like cats and dogs, thinking, "I am this body, I am American, I am Indian, I am brahmana, I am ksatriya, I am Hindu, I am Muslim," and so on. These are all bodily designations No edit summary current
- 10:2210:22, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,526 Arjuna was in perfect knowledge, yet Krsna instructed him for our benefit. Arjuna requested Krsna's instructions, which are set forth for all human society No edit summary current
- 10:2110:21, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,652 Yet there are mahatmas, great souls, who can understand Krsna. Arjuna could understand that although Krsna was playing the part of his friend, He was nonetheless the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 10:1110:11, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,607 After his son grew up, Kardama Muni, being a strict follower of the Vedas, left home and put his wife in the charge of his grown son, Kapiladeva No edit summary current
- 10:0910:09, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,810 It is not that one should rot in this material world throughout one's whole life. Pancasordhvam vanam vrajet. According to the Vedic injunctions, there are four asramas and four varnas, and these used to be followed very strictly No edit summary current
- 10:0710:07, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,887 Some hundreds & thousands years ago Lord Krsna appeared as Devahuti-putra Kapiladeva. His father's name was Kardama Muni. After Kapiladeva grew up, His father, according to the Vedic system, retired, took sannyasa & left home to cultivate spiritual life No edit summary current
- 10:0610:06, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,586 Since everyone in this age is an unintelligent, unfortunate and disturbed sudra, how can anyone understand the Absolute Truth or the aim of life No edit summary current
- 10:0410:04, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,656 This process is not Caitanya Mahaprabhu's invention, but is advised by the sastras, the puranas. The process for this Kali-yuga is very simple. One need only chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra No edit summary current
- 10:0110:01, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,945 The characteristics of this age predicted by Srimad-Bhagavatam are already being experienced to some degree. Since Kali-yuga is a very miserable age, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is Sri Krsna Himself, advises everyone simply to chant Hare Krsna No edit summary
- 10:0010:00, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,452 According to Srimad-Bhagavatam there will eventually be no rain and consequently a scarcity of food. The governments will also levy very heavy taxes No edit summary current
- 09:5809:58, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,575 The word manda means both slow and bad, and everyone in this age is either bad or slow or a combination of both. People are unfortunate and disturbed by so many things No edit summary current
- 09:5509:55, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,707 Actually human life is meant for understanding spiritual values, but because everyone in this age is a sudra, no one is interested. People have forgotten life's real purpose No edit summary current
- 09:5409:54, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,335 The people in this age are very short-lived and slow in understanding spiritual life No edit summary current
- 09:5409:54, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,827 It is said that at the present moment in Kali-yuga everyone is a sudra (kalau sudra-sambhavah), and it is very difficult in this age to find qualified brahmanas, for they are very rare. There is practically not a single qualified brahmana in this age No edit summary current
- 09:5309:53, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,808 According to the Vedic conception, there must be men in society who are factually brahmanas, capable of expounding the real truth. If everyone becomes a sudra, the Absolute Truth cannot be understood No edit summary current
- 09:5109:51, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,517 According to Bhagavad-gita (18.42), those possessing brahminical qualifications are situated in sattva-guna No edit summary current
- 09:4709:47, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,700 We cannot understand the Absolute Truth or the Supreme Person by mental speculation, especially when we are under the influence of the three modes of material nature - sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna No edit summary current
- 09:4609:46, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,467 The word sankhyata means "expounder," and tattva means "the Absolute Truth." The Absolute Truth is Bhagavan Sri Krsna Himself No edit summary current
- 09:4009:40, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,921 Bhagavan, Krsna or His incarnation, occasionally visits the earth to give humanity information about the aim of life. Thus the Supreme Lord descended as Kapiladeva, tattva-sankhyata No edit summary current
- 07:3107:31, 11 September 2022 diff hist +25,277 Later, another Kapiladeva appeared who expounded atheistic Sankhya philosophy, which dealt with the twenty-four elements but gave no information about God. The original Kapila is called the Devahuti-putra Kapila, and the other is called the atheist Kapila No edit summary current
7 September 2022
- 16:3616:36, 7 September 2022 diff hist +7,124 Authority of the spiritual master No edit summary current
- 16:3616:36, 7 September 2022 diff hist +7,644 Authority is your spiritual master. You do not know who is authority? Why this question is there? If one is initiated, then he accepted the authority & if he does not follow the instruction of spiritual master, he is a rascal. He is defying the authority No edit summary
- 16:3316:33, 7 September 2022 diff hist +8,706 The four Vaisnava acaryas who are the great authorities of the four Vaisnava disciplic successions, as well as Sripada Sankaracarya of the Mayavada school, appeared in the Panca-dravida provinces No edit summary current
- 16:3216:32, 7 September 2022 diff hist +3,615 Test for bona fide spiritual masters is that there should be no difference between the instruction of the Lord originally imparted to His devotee and that which is imparted by the authority in the line of disciplic succession No edit summary current
- 16:3216:32, 7 September 2022 diff hist +10,645 The demigods prayed - Ajnana-bhidapamarjanam - by Your (Krsna's) appearance the speculative knowledge of ignorance will be vanquished, and the real, experienced knowledge of authorities like Lord Brahma will be established No edit summary current
- 16:2916:29, 7 September 2022 diff hist +3,562 We should simply be satisfied with the statements of authorities like Sukadeva Gosvami and appreciate how the entire cosmic manifestation has been made possible by the external energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
- 16:2716:27, 7 September 2022 diff hist +5,644 Here (in SB 7.9.10) is a statement by Prahlada Maharaja, one of the twelve authorities, regarding the distinction between a devotee and a brahmana expert in karma-kanda, or Vedic ritualistic ceremonies No edit summary
2 September 2022
- 10:0610:06, 2 September 2022 diff hist +8,150 That which is never created cannot change in formation and quality, even though He (the Lord) is the seedling source of everything No edit summary current
- 10:0610:06, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,555 The living entity cannot be desireless or senseless, but he does have to change the quality of the desires. A materially desireless person certainly knows that everything belongs to Krsna No edit summary current
- 10:0510:05, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,138 The living entity cannot be desireless or senseless, but he does have to change the quality of the desires. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 10:0410:04, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,636 The Lord is purna, complete, and therefore He eats everything offered by His devotees. However, by the touch of His transcendental hand, all the food remains exactly as before. It is the quality that is changed No edit summary current
- 10:0310:03, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,493 The mind is the pivot of the active sense organs, and as such if the quality of thinking, feeling and willing is changed, naturally the quality of actions by the instrumental senses will also change No edit summary current
- 10:0210:02, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,825 The quality of engagement by the mind has to be changed No edit summary current
- 10:0010:00, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,726 There was no longer a need for material activities. The activities of the mind cannot be stopped, for they are the reflection of the eternal soul, but the quality of the activities can be changed from matter to the transcendental service of the Lord No edit summary current
- 09:5909:59, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,226 We cannot change the quality of printing for the matter of a little change in the price. This printing is not approved by me. Repeatedly changing of printers is not at all good. We cannot approve any printing less than quality of printing of Dai Nippon No edit summary current
- 09:5409:54, 2 September 2022 diff hist +6,540 One can very easily understand that the mind is constantly flickering, changing in the quality of its thinking, feeling and willing No edit summary current
- 09:5209:52, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,234 Mind or desire cannot be stopped, but to develop a desire to function for spiritual realization, the quality of engagement by the mind has to be changed No edit summary current
- 09:5109:51, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,999 Krsna appears on this earth or within this universe without any change in His spiritual body or spiritual qualities No edit summary current
- 09:5109:51, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,702 For the present, we are all being controlled by the external energy of the Lord, and just to change the quality of the influence, we must endeavor to cultivate spiritual energy No edit summary current
- 09:4909:49, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,072 Dhruva Maharaja and Prahlada Maharaja and many other devotees were able to see the Personality of Godhead face to face apparently in the same body. This means that the quality of a devotee's body changes from material to transcendence No edit summary
- 09:4909:49, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,373 Consciousness is pure, for the spirit soul is pure. But consciousness is changed according to the association of the material qualities. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 09:4809:48, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,750 By the will of the Supreme Lord the different qualitative changes in the material world take place, but there is no possibility of material affection, change or contamination for Lord Visnu No edit summary current
- 09:4709:47, 2 September 2022 diff hist +5,128 Anything that changes under the influence of time and circumstances is not sanatana. Therefore anything that changes whatsoever in form or quality cannot be accepted as sanatana No edit summary current
- 09:4609:46, 2 September 2022 diff hist +5,961 All culture of knowledge, austerities, sacrifice and activities should be aimed at changing the quality of the influence that is acting upon us No edit summary current
- 09:4509:45, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,664 Again election, as if election will change their quality. Let them remain as rascal, and simply by election, in place of one rascal, another rascal will improve it. Let them remain rascal, but get vote No edit summary current
- 09:4209:42, 2 September 2022 diff hist +56,539 Change the quality No edit summary current
- 09:2609:26, 2 September 2022 diff hist +213 Category:Not Believing in Krsna No edit summary current
- 09:2409:24, 2 September 2022 diff hist +243 Category:Not Believing in God No edit summary current
- 09:2109:21, 2 September 2022 diff hist +365 Category:Not Believing in Devotional Service to God No edit summary current
- 09:1909:19, 2 September 2022 diff hist +264 Category:Nonbelievers No edit summary current
- 09:1809:18, 2 September 2022 diff hist +282 Category:Nescience No edit summary current
- 09:1709:17, 2 September 2022 diff hist +229 Category:Atheist No edit summary current
- 09:1609:16, 2 September 2022 diff hist +361 Category:God Is The Proprietor of the Fields of Nescience and Cognition No edit summary current
- 09:1409:14, 2 September 2022 diff hist +273 Category:God and the Nonbelievers No edit summary current
- 09:1309:13, 2 September 2022 diff hist +526 Category:Do Not Believe No edit summary current
- 09:1009:10, 2 September 2022 diff hist +192 Category:Disbelieving Krsna No edit summary current
1 September 2022
- 09:5109:51, 1 September 2022 diff hist +5,649 There are some yogic schools. In America you'll find. They do not believe in God. But it is not actually... The yoga principle does not deny the existence of God. God is there No edit summary current
- 09:5009:50, 1 September 2022 diff hist +6,197 There are philosophers who do not believe in the Lord's incarnation and who ask - Why should the Supreme Lord come? But the answer is - Why should He not come? Why should He be controlled by the desire of the living entity No edit summary current
- 09:4909:49, 1 September 2022 diff hist +2,728 The virat-rupa, as exhibited by Lord Krsna to Arjuna, is a challenge to the unbelievers No edit summary current
- 09:4809:48, 1 September 2022 diff hist +6,682 They do not believe in God. "Everyone is God. I am God, you are God, he is God, everyone is God. So whatever law you give yourself, that becomes your religion." This is going on. So God is not so cheap that you become God, I become God, he becomes God No edit summary current
- 09:4809:48, 1 September 2022 diff hist +4,968 They (miscreants) are always planning something mischievous. They are the lowest of mankind because they do not believe in God. Why? Their knowledge has been plundered by the influence of the material energy No edit summary current
- 09:4709:47, 1 September 2022 diff hist +2 These (Buddhist) philosophers were all atheists, for they did not believe in the existence of God No edit summary current
- 09:4509:45, 1 September 2022 diff hist +7,310 This denial, that "I don't believe in God," is a existence like that, one who has forgotten his father and mother. That is maya, and that is material consciousness. Denying God in different way, "There is no God," that is also denial No edit summary current
- 09:4409:44, 1 September 2022 diff hist +5,480 Those who are atheistic, i.e., who do not believe in Visnu, or who only recognize the impersonal part of Krsna as the Supreme, cannot have the divine vision. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 09:4409:44, 1 September 2022 diff hist +3,847 The Supreme Lord was also anxious, thinking that if He appeared as an ordinary child, she (Devaki) would not believe that Lord Visnu had appeared. Such are the dealings between devotees and the Lord No edit summary current
- 09:4309:43, 1 September 2022 diff hist +5,209 The pseudo svamis, yogis & incarnations who do not believe in the SPG are known as pasandis. They themselves are fallen and cheated because they do not know the real path of spiritual advancement, and whoever goes to them is certainly cheated in his turn No edit summary current
- 09:4209:42, 1 September 2022 diff hist +3,597 The Lord says in the Bhagavad-gita that no one is dearer to Him than one who actually preaches the glories of the Lord to convert the nonbelievers and nondevotees No edit summary current
- 09:4109:41, 1 September 2022 diff hist +6,399 He (King Vena) was an atheist, who did not believe in the existence of God, and who consequently stopped all Vedic ritualistic ceremonies in his kingdom No edit summary current
- 09:4009:40, 1 September 2022 diff hist +1,344 Faithless unbelievers do not see what is clearly evident, just as owls do not see the rays of the sun No edit summary current
- 09:3509:35, 1 September 2022 diff hist +2 Buddhism, actually, they do not believe in God, but they have love for Lord Buddha No edit summary current
- 09:3409:34, 1 September 2022 diff hist +4,447 The impersonalists do not believe in the form of the Lord, and thus they would hardly believe in the Lord's sleeping. Their idea is obtained by a poor fund of knowledge; they calculate everything in terms of man's capacity No edit summary current
- 09:3309:33, 1 September 2022 diff hist +4,476 The compulsory law is that God is great, and we are subordinate or servant of God. You may believe or not believe; the God's law will apply upon you forcibly No edit summary current
- 09:3209:32, 1 September 2022 diff hist +2,354 The combination of living entities in different modes of material nature is called crossbreeding. The faithless atheists do not believe in the existence of God, and thus their paths of philosophy are contradictory No edit summary current
- 09:3209:32, 1 September 2022 diff hist +8,134 The American nation should be so strong that anyone godless, he should be fired. Any nation who does not believe in God, war declared. "Either you believe in God or come on. Fight. Come under us" No edit summary current
- 09:3109:31, 1 September 2022 diff hist +3,608 Those who do not believe in the activities of the Lord cannot explain how things happen. Using words like "accident," they take shelter of ideas that are unbelievable No edit summary current
- 09:3009:30, 1 September 2022 diff hist +2 Although the present leaders of India are influencing the people not to believe in God, they are teaching them how to eat meat and become supposedly civilized No edit summary current
- 09:2909:29, 1 September 2022 diff hist +2 Although the present leaders of India are influencing the people not to believe in God, people are nevertheless afraid of the four activities of sinful life - namely illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling No edit summary current
- 09:2809:28, 1 September 2022 diff hist +7,888 Although the present leaders of India are influencing the people not to believe in God, people are nevertheless afraid and whenever there is a religious festival, they gather together by the thousands. We have actual experience of this No edit summary current
- 09:2709:27, 1 September 2022 diff hist +2 Although the present leaders of India are influencing the people not to believe in God, not to believe in a next life and not to believe in a distinction between pious and impious life, and although they are teaching them how to drink wine No edit summary current
- 09:2609:26, 1 September 2022 diff hist +2 A Russian fiction writer is now contributing suggestions to the rest of the world that scientific progress can help man to live forever. Of course, he does not believe in a Supreme Being who is the creator No edit summary current
- 09:2509:25, 1 September 2022 diff hist +2 A living being cannot be a nondevotee of the Lord because of his constitutional position, but when one becomes a nondevotee or nonbeliever, it is to be understood that the person concerned is not in a sound condition of life No edit summary current
- 09:2409:24, 1 September 2022 diff hist +6,842 Since King Vena was such a man, he did not believe in the existence of God. Modern civilization agrees with the principles of King Vena No edit summary current
- 09:2309:23, 1 September 2022 diff hist +5,416 Sometimes atheists argue that since God is invisible to their eyes, they do not believe in God. For them the Supreme Lord is describing a method by which one can see God in His impersonal form No edit summary current
- 09:2309:23, 1 September 2022 diff hist +4,187 The activities of the Lord are pleasing to experimental vision also, but impersonalists will not believe in His identity because they study the personality of the Lord by comparing their personality to His No edit summary current
- 09:2209:22, 1 September 2022 diff hist +2 A demoniac preacher tells his followers: "Why are you seeking God elsewhere? You are all yourselves God! Whatever you like, you can do. Don't believe in God. Throw away God. God is dead." These are the demoniac's preachings . BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
- 09:2109:21, 1 September 2022 diff hist +3,312 That the atheist does not believe in God means No edit summary current
- 09:1809:18, 1 September 2022 diff hist +4,766 Here (in SB 8.3.12) the word jnana-ghanaya indicates that for atheists who disbelieve in the form and existence of the Lord, all these various incarnations appear. Since the Lord comes to teach in so many forms, no one can say that there is no God No edit summary
- 09:1609:16, 1 September 2022 diff hist +3,876 Persons who are themselves under the control of supernatural power cannot believe that Lord Krsna is not under any control beyond Himself in the matter of sense enjoyment. They cannot understand that His senses are transcendental No edit summary current
- 09:1409:14, 1 September 2022 diff hist +7,265 Our Krsna consciousness movement is just to educate man that you believe or not believe, it doesn't matter. There is God. There is the proprietor, but He's coming personally and He's saying, bhoktaram yajna-tapasam sarva-loka-mahesvaram No edit summary current
- 09:1309:13, 1 September 2022 diff hist +3,993 One who has limited senses cannot believe that the Lord can eat by His transcendental power of hearing and can perform the act of sex life simply by seeing. The controlled living entity cannot even dream of such sense activities in his conditional life No edit summary current
- 09:1009:10, 1 September 2022 diff hist +3,418 In Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.15) they (men who dont believe in God's incarnations) are called not only miscreants but also fools and the lowest of mankind, and it is said that their knowledge has been plundered by illusion due to their atheistic temperament No edit summary current
- 09:0909:09, 1 September 2022 diff hist +2 Immediate problem is the petrol. Nobody trusts in God. The Arabians, they're thinking that this oil, "Our oil." But actually, his father has not manufactured this oil. It is God's oil. None of them believe in God, either the Arabians or the others No edit summary current
- 09:0809:08, 1 September 2022 diff hist +8,084 Lord Buddha deluded the atheists because such atheists who followed his principles did not believe in God, but they kept their absolute faith in Lord Buddha, who himself was the incarnation of God No edit summary current
- 09:0709:07, 1 September 2022 diff hist +2 Not believing in the fact that the energy of the Absolute Truth is transformed, Sankaracarya has propounded his theory of illusion. This theory states that although the Absolute Truth is never transformed, we think that it is transformed No edit summary current
- 09:0609:06, 1 September 2022 diff hist +5,889 Lord Buddha propagated, "Yes, there is no God. But what I say, you follow." "Yes, sir." But he is God. This is cheating. Yes. They do not believe in God, but they believe in Buddha, and Buddha is God No edit summary current
- 09:0509:05, 1 September 2022 diff hist +1,498 Lord Nityananda's very features indicate that He is the subduer of the unbelievers. All sins and unbelievers flee from the loud shouts of Advaita Acarya No edit summary current
- 09:0209:02, 1 September 2022 diff hist +3,131 Unfortunately, materially affected conditioned souls are all more or less averse to topics of the Supreme Lord because some of them do not believe in the existence of God and some of them believe only in the impersonal feature of the Lord No edit summary current
- 09:0009:00, 1 September 2022 diff hist +2 No one should hear Bhagavad-gita or Srimad-Bhagavatam from a person who does not believe in the existence of the Lord. Such a person is already doomed, and any association with such a doomed person makes the associater also doomed No edit summary
- 08:5808:58, 1 September 2022 diff hist +3,230 We do not believe. "Oh, God cannot give us protection. Let me try my own technology. I shall protect myself" No edit summary current
- 08:5408:54, 1 September 2022 diff hist +5,973 You may not believe in God, but when death comes you must believe in God No edit summary current
- 08:4108:41, 1 September 2022 diff hist +189,759 Not believe in God No edit summary current
17 August 2022
- 14:0714:07, 17 August 2022 diff hist +2,378 According to Sridhara Svami, Arjuna was obliged to catch this son of a brahmana like an animal as a part of his duty (dharma). This suggestion by Sridhara Svami is also confirmed in the later statement of Sri Krsna No edit summary current
14 March 2021
- 11:0811:08, 14 March 2021 diff hist +56 The descendants of Kanu Thakura know him as Nagara Purusottama. He was the cowherd boy named Dama during krsna-lila. It is said that just after the birth of Kanu Thakura, his mother, Jahnava, died. No edit summary current
- 11:0211:02, 14 March 2021 diff hist +4,089 N The descendants of Kanu Thakura know him as Nagara Purusottama. He was the cowherd boy named Dama during krsna-lila. It is said that just after the birth of Kanu Thakura, his mother, Jahnava, died. Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The descendants of Kanu Thakura know him as Nagara Purusottama. He was the cowherd boy named Dama during krsna-lila. It is sai..."
28 February 2021
- 09:1609:16, 28 February 2021 diff hist +7,222 N If one goes about two or two and a half miles from the Jhikaragacha-ghata station, he can see Bodhakhana, the headquarters of Kanu Thakura. The son of Sadasiva was Purusottama Thakura, and his son was Kanu Thakura Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He can see Bodhakhana, the headquarters of Kanu Thakura. The son of Sadasiva was Purusottama Thakura, and his son was Kanu Tha..."
27 February 2021
- 12:3812:38, 27 February 2021 diff hist +4,051 N Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his Anubhasya, - To go to the headquarters of Kanu Thakura, one has to proceed by boat from the Jhikaragacha-ghata station to the river known as Kapotaksa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To go to the headquarters of Kanu Thakura, one has to proceed by boat from the Jhikaragacha-ghata station to the river known a..."
- 12:1312:13, 27 February 2021 diff hist +2,922 N Since that place (Sahebadanga Bedigrama) also has been destroyed, all the Deities are now situated in the village named Candude-grama, which is situated one mile up from Palapada, as referred to above Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since that place also has been destroyed, all the Deities are now situated in the village named Cānduḍe-grāma, which is si..."
- 11:5811:58, 27 February 2021 diff hist +2,819 N Purusottama dasa Thakura sometimes lived at Sukhasagara, near the Cakadaha and Simurali railway stations. All the Deities installed by Purusottama Thakura were formerly situated in Beledanga-grama Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Purusottama dasa Thakura sometimes lived at Sukhasagara, near the Cakadaha and Simurali railway stations. All the Deities inst..."
- 11:4211:42, 27 February 2021 diff hist +3,107 N In texts 194 & 200 (of the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika) it is said that Kamsari Sena, the father of Sadasiva Kaviraja, was formerly the gopi named Ratnavali in Krsna’s pastimes. All the family members of Sadasiva Kaviraja were great devotees of Lord Caitanya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In texts 194 and 200 it is said that Kaṁsāri Sena, the father of Sadāśiva Kavirāja, was formerly the gopī named Ratnāv..."
- 11:1711:17, 27 February 2021 diff hist +2,754 N Text 156 of the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika says that Candravali, a most beloved gopi of Krsna’s, later took birth as Sadasiva Kaviraja Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Text 156 of the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika says that Candravali, a most beloved gopi of Krsna’s, later took birth as Sadasiva Ka..."
- 11:0411:04, 27 February 2021 diff hist +2,835 N Sadasiva Kaviraja and Nagara Purusottama, who were father and son, are described in the Caitanya-bhagavata as maha-bhagyavan, greatly fortunate. They belonged to the vaidya caste of physicians Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sadāśiva Kavirāja and Nāgara Puruṣottama, who were father and son, are described in the Caitanya-bhāgavata as mahā-bh..."
- 10:3110:31, 27 February 2021 diff hist +2,866 N To reach Akaihata, one has to go from the Byandel junction station to the Katwa railway station and then go about two miles, or one has to get off at the Danihata station and from there go one mile Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is situated on the road to Navadvīpa. To reach Ākāihāṭa, one has to go from the Byāṇḍel junction station to the..."
- 10:0910:09, 27 February 2021 diff hist +2,606 N In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (132) it is said that Kala Krsnadasa, who was also known as Kaliya Krsnadasa, was formerly a gopa (cowherd boy) of the name Lavanga. He was one of the twelve cowherd boys Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (132) it is said that Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa, who was also known as Kāliyā Kṛṣṇad..."
- 09:5709:57, 27 February 2021 diff hist +1,245 N In this verse the word radhe refers to Radhadesa, the part of Bengal where the Ganges does not flow Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse the word rāḍhe refers to Rāḍhadeśa, the part of Bengal where the Ganges does not flow"}} {{notes|}} {{com..."
- 09:4209:42, 27 February 2021 diff hist +1,636 N They (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Ratnagarbha Acarya) had been residents of the same village. Ratnagarbha Acarya had three sons - Krsnananda, Jiva and Yadunatha Kavicandra Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They had been residents of the same village. Ratnagarbha Ācārya had three sons—Kṛṣṇānanda, Jīva and Yadunātha Kav..."
- 09:0009:00, 27 February 2021 diff hist +1,769 N In the Caitanya-bhagavata, Madhya-khanda, Chapter One, it is said that a gentleman known as Ratnagarbha Acarya was a friend of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s father Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya-khaṇḍa, Chapter One, it is said that a gentleman known as Ratnagarbha Ācārya was a fr..."
26 February 2021
- 13:1313:13, 26 February 2021 diff hist +2,904 N In the temple of Mahesa Pandita there are Deities of Gaura-Nityananda, Sri Gopinatha, Sri Madana-mohana and Radha-Govinda, as well as a salagrama-sila Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the temple of Maheśa Paṇḍita there are Deities of Gaura-Nityānanda, Śrī Gopīnātha, Śrī Madana-mohana and Rādh..."
- 13:0413:04, 26 February 2021 diff hist +3,088 N It is mentioned that Mahesa Pandita joined the festival performed by Sri Nityananda Prabhu at Panihati. Narottama dasa Thakura also joined in the festival, and Mahesa Pandita saw him on that occasion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is mentioned that Maheśa Paṇḍita joined the festival performed by Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu at Pānihāṭi. Narottama..."
- 12:4712:47, 26 February 2021 diff hist +2,626 N There are about fourteen villages (where Palapada is situated in the midst of various villages such as Beledanga, Berigrama, Sukhasagara, Candude and Manasapota), and the entire neighborhood is known as Pancanagara Paragana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are about fourteen villages, and the entire neighborhood is known as Pāñcanagara Paragaṇa"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|K..."
- 10:5210:52, 26 February 2021 diff hist +2,921 N When Masipura merged into the riverbed of the Ganges, the Deities there were brought to Palapada, which is situated in the midst of various villages such as Beledanga, Berigrama, Sukhasagara, Candude and Manasapota Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Masipura merged into the riverbed of the Ganges, the Deities there were brought to Palapada, which is situated in the mid..."
- 10:3510:35, 26 February 2021 diff hist +3,007 N It is said that formerly Mahesa Pandita lived on the eastern side of Jirat in the village known as Masipura or Yasipura Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Ganges flows nearby. It is said that formerly Maheśa Paṇḍita lived on the eastern side of Jirāṭ in the village kno..."
- 09:3809:38, 26 February 2021 diff hist +2,870 N The village of Mahesa Pandita, which is known as Palapada, is situated in the district of Nadia within a forest about one mile south of the Cakadaha railway station.The Ganges flows nearby Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The village of Maheśa Paṇḍita, which is known as Pālapāḍā, is situated in the district of Nadia within a forest abou..."
25 February 2021
- 14:2414:24, 25 February 2021 diff hist +3,340 N The descendants of Pandita Dhananjaya still live in Sitala-grama and look after the temple worship Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The descendants of Paṇḍita Dhanañjaya still live in Śītala-grāma and look after the temple worship"}} {{notes|}} {{com..."
- 14:2014:20, 25 February 2021 diff hist +3,854 N After some time, he (Pandita Dhananjaya) left the responsibility for worship with a disciple and went back to Vrndavana. After returning from Vrndavana to Sitala-grama, he established a Deity of Gaurasundara in the temple Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After some time, he left the responsibility for worship with a disciple and went back to Vrndavana. After returning from Vrnda..."
- 14:1014:10, 25 February 2021 diff hist +3,828 N Before going to Vrndavana, he (Pandita Dhananjaya) lived for some time in a village named Sancadapancada, which is six miles south of the Memari railway station. Sometimes this village is also known as ‘the place of Dhananjaya’ (Dhananjayera Pata) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Before going to Vṛndāvana, he lived for some time in a village named Sāṅcaḍāpāṅcaḍā, which is six miles south o..."
- 13:5613:56, 25 February 2021 diff hist +3,526 N It is said that for some time Pandita Dhananjaya was in a sankirtana party under the direction of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and then he went to Vrndavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is said that for some time Pandita Dhananjaya was in a sankirtana party under the direction of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and..."
- 13:4613:46, 25 February 2021 diff hist +3,436 N The foundation of the old temple (at Sitala) is still visible. There is a tulasi pillar near the temple, and every year during the month of Kartika (October-November) the disappearance day of Dhananjaya is observed Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The foundation of the old temple is still visible. There is a tulasi pillar near the temple, and every year during the month o..."
- 13:3013:30, 25 February 2021 diff hist +3,632 N Some time ago, the zamindars of Bajaravana Kabasi, the Mulliks, constructed a big house for the purpose of a temple, but for the last sixty-five years the temple has been broken down and abandoned Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Some time ago, the zamindars of Bājāravana Kābāśī, the Mulliks, constructed a big house for the purpose of a temple, but..."
- 13:1813:18, 25 February 2021 diff hist +3,453 N One has to go about a mile northeast of this station to reach Sitala. The temple was a thatched house with walls made of dirt Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One has to go about a mile northeast of this station to reach Sitala. The temple was a thatched house with walls made of dirt"..."
- 13:0913:09, 25 February 2021 diff hist +3,587 N Sitala-grama is situated near the Mangalakota police station and Kaicara post office in the district of Burdwan. On the narrow railway from Burdwan to Katwa is a railway station about nine miles from Katwa known as Kaicara Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sitala-grama is situated near the Mangalakota police station and Kaicara post office in the district of Burdwan. On the narrow..."
- 12:3712:37, 25 February 2021 diff hist +3,569 N Pandita Dhananjaya was a resident of the village in Katwa named Sitala. He was one of the twelve gopalas. His former name, according to the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (127), was Vasudama Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Paṇḍita Dhanañjaya was a resident of the village in Katwa named Śītala. He was one of the twelve gopālas. His former n..."
- 12:1012:10, 25 February 2021 diff hist +3,471 Lord Caitanya asked Jagadisa to go to Jagannatha Puri to preach the hari-nama-sankirtana movement No edit summary current
- 10:5310:53, 25 February 2021 diff hist +4,453 N In the temple, Baladeva and Sri Sri Radha-Gopinatha are together on the throne. It is supposed that the Deity of Baladeva was installed later because according to transcendental mellow, Baladeva, Krsna and Radha cannot stay on the same throne Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the temple, Baladeva and Sri Sri Radha-Gopinatha are together on the throne. It is supposed that the Deity of Baladeva was..."
- 10:4010:40, 25 February 2021 diff hist +4,343 N The family titles of Paramesvari’s descendants are Adhikari and Gupta. Unfortunately, his family members do not worship the Deity directly; they have engaged paid brahmanas to worship the Deity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The family titles of Paramesvari’s descendants are Adhikari and Gupta. Unfortunately, his family members do not worship the..."
- 10:2210:22, 25 February 2021 diff hist +4,507 N The descendants of Paramesvari Thakura took many disciples from brahmana families, but as these descendants gradually took to the profession of physicians, persons from brahmana families ceased becoming their disciples. Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The descendants of Paramesvari Thakura took many disciples from brahmana families, but as these descendants gradually took to..."
- 09:3309:33, 25 February 2021 diff hist +4,497 N “Paramesvari Thakura belonged, it is said, to a vaidya family. A descendant of his brother’s is at present a worshiper in the temple. Some of their family members still reside in the district of Hugli, near the post office of Canditala Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"“Parameśvarī Ṭhākura belonged, it is said, to a vaidya family. A descendant of his brother’s is at present a worshipe..."
- 09:2209:22, 25 February 2021 diff hist +4,385 N In front of the temple, in a very attractive place among two bakula trees and a kadamba tree, is the tomb of Paramesvari Thakura, and above it is an altar with a tulasi bush. It is said that only one flower a year comes out of the kadamba tree. Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In front of the temple, in a very attractive place among two bakula trees and a kadamba tree, is the tomb of Paramesvari Thaku..."
- 09:0209:02, 25 February 2021 diff hist +4,043 N Another temple in Atapura, established by the Mitra family, is known as the Radha-Govinda temple. Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Another temple in Atapura, established by the Mitra family, is known as the Radha-Govinda temple"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Krit..." current
- 08:3908:39, 25 February 2021 diff hist +4,323 N It is stated in the Bhakti-ratnakara that by the order of Srimati Jahnava-mata, he installed Radha-Gopinatha in the temple at Atapura, in the district of Hugli. The Atapura station is on the narrow-gauge railway line between Howrah and Amata Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is stated in the Bhakti-ratnakara that by the order of Srimati Jahnava-mata, he installed Radha-Gopinatha in the temple at..." current
- 08:2508:25, 25 February 2021 diff hist +4,313 N Formerly he (Paramesvara dasa) was Arjuna, a friend of Krsna and Balarama.He was the fifth among the twelve gopalas.He accompanied Srimati Jahnava-devi when she performed the festival at Khetari Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Formerly he was Arjuna, a friend of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. He was the fifth among the twelve gopālas. He accompanied Śr..."
24 February 2021
- 13:0013:00, 24 February 2021 diff hist +2,452 N The pandita was in the top of a tree, and upon seeing the dancing of Nityananda he jumped down on the ground and proclaimed himself to be Angada, one of the devotees in the camp of Hanuman during the pastimes of Lord Ramacandra Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The pandita was in the top of a tree, and upon seeing the dancing of Nityananda he jumped down on the ground and proclaimed hi..."
- 12:4712:47, 24 February 2021 diff hist +2,250 N Pandita Purandara met Sri Nityananda Prabhu at Khadadaha. When Nityananda Prabhu visited this village, He danced very uncommonly, and His dancing captivated Purandara Pandita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Paṇḍita Purandara met Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu at Khaḍadaha. When Nityānanda Prabhu visited this village, He danced ver..."
- 12:0512:05, 24 February 2021 diff hist +4,058 N The eldest son of Gauridasa Pandita was known as big Balarama, and the youngest was known as Raghunatha. The sons of Raghunatha were Mahesa Pandita and Govinda. Gauridasa Pandita’s daughter was known as Annapurna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The eldest son of Gaurīdāsa Paṇḍita was known as big Balarāma, and the youngest was known as Raghunātha. The sons of R..."
- 10:5510:55, 24 February 2021 diff hist +4,237 N Some of the names of the descendants of Gauridasa Pandita are as follows: (17) Patuya Gopala, (18) Bada Jagannatha, (19) Nityananda, (20) Bhavi, (21) Jagadisa, (22) Raiya Krsnadasa and (221/2) Annapurna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Some of the names of the descendants of Gauridasa Pandita are as follows: (17) Patuya Gopala, (18) Bada Jagannatha, (19) Nitya..."
- 10:4210:42, 24 February 2021 diff hist +7,606 N Some of the names of the descendants of Gauridasa Pandita are as follows: (9) Yadavacarya, (10) Hrdaya-caitanya, (11) Canda Haladara, (12) Mahesa Pandita, (13) Mukuta Raya, (14) Bhatuya Gangarama, (15) Auliya Caitanya, (16) Kaliya Krsnadasa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Some of the names of the descendants of Gauridasa Pandita are as follows: (9) Yadavacarya, (10) Hrdaya-caitanya, (11) Canda H..."
- 10:1610:16, 24 February 2021 diff hist +4,264 N Some of the names of the descendants of Gauridasa Pandita are as follows: (1) Sri Nrsimha-caitanya, (2) Krsnadasa, (3) Visnudasa, (4) Bada Balarama dasa, (5) Govinda, (6) Raghunatha, (7) Badu Gangadasa, (8) Auliya Gangarama Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Some of the names of the descendants of Gauridasa Pandita are as follows: (1) Sri Nrsimha-caitanya, (2) Krsnadasa, (3) Visnuda..."
- 09:1009:10, 24 February 2021 diff hist +4,101 N It is stated in the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (128) that formerly he was Subala, one of the cowherd boyfriends of Krsna and Balarama in Vrndavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is stated in the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (128) that formerly he was Subala, one of the cowherd boyfriends of Kṛṣṇ..."
23 February 2021
- 14:5114:51, 23 February 2021 diff hist +4,670 N Five types of upper-class brahmanas are recognized by the surname Pippalai Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Five types of upper-class brahmanas are recognized by the surname Pippalai"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Kritika}} {{complete|ALL}}..."
- 14:4014:40, 23 February 2021 diff hist +5,158 N In this way, Kamalakara Pippalai became the worshiper of Lord Jagannatha, and since then his family members have been designated as Adhikari, which means - one who is empowered to worship the Lord.These Adhikaris belong to a respectable brahmana family Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this way, Kamalākara Pippalāi became the worshiper of Lord Jagannātha, and since then his family members have been desig..."
- 14:2914:29, 23 February 2021 diff hist +5,238 N The next morning he met Kamalakara Pippalai, who was formerly an inhabitant of the village Khalijuli in the Sundaravana forest area of Bengal and was a pure Vaisnava, a great devotee of Lord Jagannatha; thus he immediately gave him charge of the worship Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The next morning he met Kamalakara Pippalai, who was formerly an inhabitant of the village Khalijuli in the Sundaravana forest..."
- 14:1714:17, 23 February 2021 diff hist +5,205 N When he became old, he was very anxious to hand over the worship to the charge of someone reliable, and in a dream he got permission from Jagannatha Prabhu to hand it over to a person whom he would meet the next morning Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When he became old, he was very anxious to hand over the worship to the charge of someone reliable, and in a dream he got perm..."
- 14:0614:06, 23 February 2021 diff hist +5,297 N Dhruvananda went to Mahesa, where he saw the three deities - Jagannatha, Balarama and Subhadra - floating in the Ganges. He picked up all those deities and installed them in a small cottage, and with great satisfaction he executed the worship of Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thus Dhruvānanda went to Māheśa, where he saw the three deities—Jagannātha, Balarāma and Subhadrā—floating in the Ga..."
- 13:5513:55, 23 February 2021 diff hist +4,968 N This (wanting to offer food to Jagannathaji) being his (Dhruvananda) desire, one night Jagannathaji appeared to him in a dream and asked him to go to Mahesa on the bank of the Ganges and there start worship of Him in a temple Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This being his desire, one night Jagannāthajī appeared to him in a dream and asked him to go to Māheśa on the bank of the..."
- 13:4013:40, 23 February 2021 diff hist +5,195 N The history of the Jagannatha temple in Mahesa is as follows. One devotee of the name Dhruvananda went to see Lord Jagannatha, Balarama and Subhadra at Jagannatha Puri, wanting to offer food to Jagannathaji that he had cooked with his own hands Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The history of the Jagannatha temple in Mahesa is as follows. One devotee of the name Dhruvananda went to see Lord Jagannatha,..."
- 13:2313:23, 23 February 2021 diff hist +4,790 N The members of this (Kamalakara Pippalai's) family still reside in the vicinity of the Mahesa village. Their family name is Adhikari, and they are a brahmana family Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The members of this family still reside in the vicinity of the Māheśa village. Their family name is Adhikārī, and they are..."