User contributions for Nirmal
15 April 2021
- 18:0818:08, 15 April 2021 diff hist +4,579 N The word anukara means - imitating, and anusara means - trying to follow in the footsteps. We should not try to imitate the activities of a maha-bhagavata or Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word anukara means"|"imitating"|"and anusara means"|"trying to follow in the footsteps"|"We should not try to imitate the..." current
- 18:0318:03, 15 April 2021 diff hist +5,196 Those who are neophytes or even a little progressed in devotional service should not try to imitate the maha-bhagavata. Rather, they should only follow in his footsteps No edit summary current
- 17:5017:50, 15 April 2021 diff hist +4,618 N Krsna tells them - Here is a maha-bhagavata. Please do not disturb him - Why, then, should the animals be envious of such a great personality Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa tells them"|"Here is a mahā-bhāgavata. Please do not disturb him"|"Why, then, should the animals be envious of s..." current
- 17:4617:46, 15 April 2021 diff hist +4,737 Krsna is dictating, and the living entity is following His dictations. Krsna is within the heart of the tiger, elephant and boar No edit summary current
- 17:4517:45, 15 April 2021 diff hist +4,283 N The maha-bhagavata knows that Krsna is in everyone's heart Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The mahā-bhāgavata knows that Kṛṣṇa is in everyone's heart"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|..." current
- 17:3917:39, 15 April 2021 diff hist +100 He (a maha-bhagavata) sees every living entity as an eternal part and parcel of the Lord, rendering service according to his capacity by the will of the Supreme Lord. As Krsna confirms in the Bhagavad-gita - 15.15 No edit summary current
- 17:3817:38, 15 April 2021 diff hist +4,695 N He (a maha-bhagavata) sees every living entity as an eternal part and parcel of the Lord, rendering service according to his capacity by the will of the Supreme Lord. As Krsna confirms in the Bhagavad-gita - 15.15 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"“I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulnes"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal..."
- 17:3217:32, 15 April 2021 diff hist +4,629 N The test of advanced spiritual consciousness is that one becomes fearless. He envies no one, and he is always engaged in the Lord’s service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The test of advanced spiritual consciousness is that one becomes fearless. He envies no one, and he is always engaged in the L..."
- 17:2817:28, 15 April 2021 diff hist +4,501 N A maha-bhagavata, being learned and advanced in spiritual consciousness, sees no difference between a tiger, an elephant or a learned scholar Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A mahā-bhāgavata, being learned and advanced in spiritual consciousness, sees no difference between a tiger, an elephant or..."
- 17:2417:24, 15 April 2021 diff hist +4,454 N On that platform (the maha-bhagavata platform) one sees everyone as a servant of Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"On that platform he sees everyone as a servant of Kṛṣṇa. As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirma..." current
- 17:1817:18, 15 April 2021 diff hist +4,727 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was the Supreme Personality of Godhead playing the part of a very great, advanced devotee. On the maha-bhagavata platform, the devotee makes no distinction between friends and enemies Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was the Supreme Personality of Godhead playing the part of a very great, advanced devotee. On the m..."
- 16:4416:44, 15 April 2021 diff hist +3,625 N Srila Sridhara Svami has commented that the word snigdhasya (from SB 1.1.8) means prema-vatah. The word prema-vatah indicates that one has great love for his spiritual master Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī has commented that the word snigdhasya means prema-vataḥ. The word prema-vataḥ indicates that o..."
- 16:2816:28, 15 April 2021 diff hist +3,807 A disciple who has actual love for his spiritual master is endowed, by the blessings of the spiritual master, with all confidential knowledge No edit summary current
- 16:2816:28, 15 April 2021 diff hist +3,817 N The words snigdha ("very peaceful") and su-snigdha ("affectionate") are used in verses fourteen and fifteen (CC Madhya 17.14-15) respectively, and they are also found in Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.1.8): bruyuh snigdhasya sisyasya guravo guhyam apy uta Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The words snigdha"|"very peaceful"|"and su-snigdha"|"affectionate"|"are used in verses fourteen and fifteen respectively, and..."
- 16:2016:20, 15 April 2021 diff hist +3,613 N He (Balabhadra Bhattacarya) was also advanced in Krsna consciousness; therefore he was considered appropriate for accompanying the Lord (Caitanya) as a personal servant Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He was also advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness; therefore he was considered appropriate for accompanying the Lord as a pers..." current
- 16:0716:07, 15 April 2021 diff hist +3,753 N Svarupa Damodara immediately pointed out that Balabhadra Bhattacarya was quite fit to accompany the Lord because he was a learned scholar and was simple and had great love for Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Svarūpa Dāmodara immediately pointed out that Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya was quite fit to accompany the Lord because he wa..." current
- 15:5815:58, 15 April 2021 diff hist +3,635 N A person who assumes himself to be a great devotee but mentally is thinking of something else is duplicitous. One who is not duplicitous is called sadhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A person who assumes himself to be a great devotee but mentally is thinking of something else is duplicitous. One who is not d..." current
- 15:5215:52, 15 April 2021 diff hist +2,803 According to a Bengali proverb, ati bhakti corera laksana - Too much devotion is a symptom of a thief No edit summary current
- 15:4315:43, 15 April 2021 diff hist +6,376 N Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami had studied this person very thoroughly and had seen that he had great love for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Not only did he love the Lord, but he was also learned and honest. He was not duplicitous, and he was advanced in KC Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī had studied this person very thoroughly and had seen that he had great love for Śrī Caita..."
- 15:3115:31, 15 April 2021 diff hist +3,821 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted a new man (to accompany Him to Vrndavana), not a person like Kala Krsnadasa who would fall for women. Svarupa Damodara therefore immediately pointed out a new brahmana named Balabhadra Bhattacarya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted a new man, not a person like Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa who would fall for women. Svarūpa Dām..." current
- 15:1015:10, 15 April 2021 diff hist −8 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not want a person like Kala Krsnadasa to accompany Him. He wanted someone who was determined, who had a peaceful mind, and who was not agitated by ulterior motives No edit summary current
- 15:0915:09, 15 April 2021 diff hist +3,087 Formerly, when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to South India, a brahmana named Kala Krsnadasa went with Him No edit summary current
- 15:0515:05, 15 April 2021 diff hist +3,120 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not want a person like Kala Krsnadasa to accompany Him. He wanted someone who was determined, who had a peaceful mind, and who was not agitated by ulterior motives Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not want a person like Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa to accompany Him. He wanted someone who was dete..."
- 15:0315:03, 15 April 2021 diff hist +3,181 N The Supreme Lord & His representative always want to give protection, but a person must take advantage of their personal contact. If one thinks that the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His representative is an ordinary man, he will certainly fall down Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Lord and His representative always want to give protection, but a person must take advantage of their personal con..."
- 14:5614:56, 15 April 2021 diff hist +3,306 N One whose mind is not peaceful is agitated by certain drives, especially sex desire, even though he be in the company of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Such a man will become a victim of women & will fall down even in the company of the Supreme Personality of God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One whose mind is not peaceful is agitated by certain drives, especially sex desire, even though he be in the company of Caita..."
- 14:4614:46, 15 April 2021 diff hist +3,124 N Kala Krsnadasa fell victim to a woman, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had to take the trouble to free him from the clutches of the gypsies. Therefore the Lord here (in CC Madhya 17.14) says that He wants a new man who is peaceful in mind Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa fell victim to a woman, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had to take the trouble to free him from the cl..."
- 14:3614:36, 15 April 2021 diff hist +11,823 N Formerly, when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to South India, a brahmana named Kala Krsnadasa went with Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Formerly, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to South India, a brāhmaṇa named Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa went with Him"}} {{..."
- 14:0114:01, 15 April 2021 diff hist +19 We are satisfied with following in the footsteps of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and other acaryas No edit summary current
- 13:5813:58, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,857 We are also following in the footsteps of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by attempting to construct a temple in Vrndavana for our disciples throughout the world to visit No edit summary current
- 13:4813:48, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,725 N Because we live in the temples of Radha-Krsna and continuously hold hari-nama-sankirtana - the chanting of Hare Krsna - we consequently live in Vrndavana and nowhere else Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because we live in the temples of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa and continuously hold hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana—the chanting of Hare K..." current
- 13:3813:38, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,720 N We are satisfied with following in the footsteps of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and other acaryas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we are satisfied with following in the footsteps of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and other ācāryas"}} {{notes|}} {{compil..."
- 13:3613:36, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,840 N Presently, the members of the Hare Krsna movement throughout the world live in materially opulent cities, such as London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Moscow, Zurich and Stockholm Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Presently, the members of the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement throughout the world live in materially opulent cities, such as London..."
- 13:3313:33, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,835 N Sri Bhagavan dasa Babaji Maharaja and Srila Gaurakisora dasa Babaji Maharaja, and later Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura of Calcutta, always engaged in nama-bhajana and certainly did not live anywhere but Vrndavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Bhagavān dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja and Śrīla Gaurakiśora dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja, and later Śrīla Bhaktivinoda..." current
- 13:2913:29, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,816 N Srila Narottama dasa Thakura, Srinivasa Acarya, Srila Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja always engaged in nama-bhajana and certainly did not live anywhere but Vrndavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, Śrīnivāsa Ācārya, Śrīla Jagannātha dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja"|"always engaged in..." current
- 13:2613:26, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,535 N As stated in the Brahma-samhita, premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena (BS 5.38). When one has purified eyes, he can see that Sri Vrndavana and the original Goloka Vrndavana planet in the spiritual sky are identical Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā, premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena (BS 5.38). When one has purified eyes, he can see..."
- 13:2213:22, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,987 Many of these people (Mayavadi sannyasis, prakrta-sahajiyas, etc.) go there to solve their economic problems by becoming beggars. Although anyone living in Vrndavana somehow or other is benefited, the real Vrndavana is appreciated only by a pure devotee No edit summary
- 13:1713:17, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,546 N We find many nondevotees, Mayavadi sannyasis, prakrta-sahajiyas, fruitive workers, mental speculators and many others with material motives going to Vrndavana to live Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we find many nondevotees, Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, prākṛta-sahajiyās, fruitive workers, mental speculators and many other..." current
- 11:2211:22, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,792 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura points out that we have no authorized documents stating that these exalted personalities (Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi, Sri Haridasa Thakura, Sivananda Sena, Sri Sikhi Mahiti and Sri Madhavidevi) visited Vrndavana No edit summary
- 11:1311:13, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,773 Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi, Sri Haridasa Thakura, Srivasa Pandita, Sivananda Sena, Sri Ramananda Raya, Sri Sikhi Mahiti, Sri Madhavidevi and Sri Gadadhara Pandita Gosvami never visited Vrndavana-dhama No edit summary
- 11:1211:12, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,807 N Those who are pure devotees in Krsna consciousness condemn their (the prakrta-sahajiyas') activities. The eternal vraja-vasis like Svarupa Damodara did not even come to Vrndavana-dhama Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who are pure devotees in Kṛṣṇa consciousness condemn their activities. The eternal vraja-vāsīs like Svarūpa Dā..."
- 11:0411:04, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,585 N The prakrta-sahajiyas proclaim themselves vraja-vasis or dhama-vasis, but they are mainly engaged in sense gratification. Thus they become more and more implicated in the materialistic way of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The prākṛta-sahajiyās proclaim themselves vraja-vāsīs or dhāma-vāsīs, but they are mainly engaged in sense gratificat..." current
- 10:5810:58, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,525 N Sometimes materialists, forgetting the pastimes of Radha-Krsna and Krsna-Balarama, go to Vrndavana, accept the land’s spiritual facilities and engage in material activity. This is against the teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes materialists, forgetting the pastimes of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma, go to Vṛndāvana, accept t..."
- 10:3610:36, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,263 N It is said, sri-krsna-caitanya radha-krsna nahe anya - Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu is a combination of Radha and Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is said, śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya rādhā-kṛṣṇa nahe anya"|"Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu is a combination..." current
- 10:2810:28, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,699 Those who are highly elevated in Krsna consciousness can enter into the pastimes of Radha-Krsna through the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 10:2310:23, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,388 N Since Nitai-Gauracandra are direct incarnations of Balarama and Krsna, we can be directly in touch with Lord Balarama and Lord Krsna through Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"since Nitāi-Gauracandra are direct incarnations of Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa, we can be directly in touch with Lord Balarāma..."
- 10:2010:20, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,780 N Although it is very difficult to enter into the Radha-Krsna pastimes, most of the devotees of Vrndavana are attracted to the radha-krsna-lila Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although it is very difficult to enter into the Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa pastimes, most of the devotees of Vṛndāvana are attract..." current
- 10:1210:12, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,751 N To propagate this fundamental principle (that Krsna and Balarama advented themselves as Gaura-Nitai), we are establishing a Krsna-Balarama temple to broadcast to the world that worship of Gaura-Nitai is the same as worship of Krsna-Balarama Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To propagate this fundamental principle, we are establishing a Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma temple to broadcast to the world that wor..." current
- 10:0810:08, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,471 N Narottama dasa Thakura says that Balarama and the son of Maharaja Nanda have advented Themselves as Gaura-Nitai Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says that Balarāma and the son of Mahārāja Nanda have advented Themselves as Gaura-Nitāi"}} {{n..." current
- 10:0310:03, 15 April 2021 diff hist +9,745 N Since there is no prominent Krsna-Balarama temple in Vrndavana, we are attempting to construct one so that people will be attracted to Krsna-Balarama, or Nitai-Gauracandra. Vrajendra-nandana yei, saci suta haila sei Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since there is no prominent Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma temple in Vṛndāvana, we are attempting to construct one so that people wi..." current
- 10:0110:01, 15 April 2021 diff hist +10,004 N At present there are about five thousand temples in Vrndavana, & still our society, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, is constructing a huge, magnificent temple for the worship of Krsna-Balarama, along with Radha-Krsna & Guru-Gauranga Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At present there are about five thousand temples in Vṛndāvana, and still our society, the International Society for Krishna..." current