In every festival the brahmanas are to be fed first, and when the brahmanas are pleased they bless the festival by chanting Vedic mantras or the Hare Krsna maha-mantra
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"In every festival the brahmanas are to be fed first, and when the brahmanas are pleased they bless the festival by chanting Vedic mantras or the Hare Krsna maha-mantra"
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Adi-lila
In every festival the brāhmaṇas are to be fed first, and when the brāhmaṇas are pleased they bless the festival by chanting Vedic mantras or the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
CC Adi 14.20, Translation and Purport: After hearing Nīlāmbara Cakravartī’s prediction, Śacīmātā and Jagannātha Miśra observed the name-giving festival in great joy, inviting all the brāhmaṇas and their wives.
It is the Vedic system to observe all kinds of festivals, including birthday festivals, marriage festivals, name-giving festivals and festivals marking the beginning of education, by especially inviting brāhmaṇas. In every festival the brāhmaṇas are to be fed first, and when the brāhmaṇas are pleased they bless the festival by chanting Vedic mantras or the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
Categories:
- Every
- Festival
- A Brahmana Is...
- Feed
- Offering Food to Brahmanas
- First
- Accumulating Wealth
- Pleased
- Blessed
- Chanting of a Brahmana
- Chanting Vedic Mantras
- Chanting Hare Krsna
- Maha-mantra
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| Page Title: | In every festival the brahmanas are to be fed first, and when the brahmanas are pleased they bless the festival by chanting Vedic mantras or the Hare Krsna maha-mantra |
| Compiler: | MadhuGopaldas |
| Created: | 27 of Jun, 2012 |
| Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=1, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
| No. of Quotes: | 1 |