https://dev.vaniquotes.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Mickey 2026-09-20T14:17:08Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.45.3 https://dev.vaniquotes.org/w/index.php?title=Other_demigods,_like_Brahma,_Siva,_Surya,_Ganesa_and_many_similar_deities,_are_worshiped_by_men_in_the_mode_of_passion,_urged_on_by_the_desire_for_material_enjoyment&diff=268780 2011-09-18T14:57:56Z

<p>Mickey: Created page with &#039;&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt; {{terms|&quot;Other demigods, like Brahma, Siva, Surya, Ganesa and many similar deities, are worshiped by men in the mode of passion, urged on …&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt;<br /> {{terms|&quot;Other demigods, like Brahma, Siva, Surya, Ganesa and many similar deities, are worshiped by men in the mode of passion, urged on by the desire for material enjoyment&quot;}}<br /> {{notes|}}<br /> {{compiler|Mickey}}<br /> {{complete|ALL}}<br /> {{first|18Sep11}}<br /> {{last|18Sep11}}<br /> {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}<br /> {{total|0}}<br /> {{toc right}}<br /> [[Category:Compiling]]<br /> [[Category:Other]]<br /> [[Category:Demigods]]<br /> [[Category:Brahma]]<br /> [[Category:Siva]]<br /> [[Category:Surya]]<br /> [[Category:Ganesa]]<br /> [[Category:Many]]<br /> [[Category:Similar]]<br /> [[Category:Deity]]<br /> [[Category:Demigod Worship]]<br /> [[Category:Mode of Passion]]<br /> [[Category:Urge]]<br /> [[Category:Desire to Enjoy]]<br /> [[Category:Material Enjoyment]]<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Srimad-Bhagavatam&quot; class=&quot;section&quot; sec_index=&quot;1&quot; parent=&quot;compilation&quot; text=&quot;Srimad-Bhagavatam&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Srimad-Bhagavatam&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;SB_Canto_1&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;1&quot; parent=&quot;Srimad-Bhagavatam&quot; text=&quot;SB Canto 1&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;SB Canto 1&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;SB1226_2&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;SB_Canto_1&quot; book=&quot;SB&quot; index=&quot;49&quot; link=&quot;SB 1.2.26&quot; link_text=&quot;SB 1.2.26&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;heading&quot;&gt;Other demigods, like Brahmā, Śiva, Sūrya, Gaṇeśa and many similar deities, are worshiped by men in the mode of passion, urged on by the desire for material enjoyment. But those who are actually situated in the mode of goodness (sattva-guṇa) of material nature worship only viṣṇu-tattvas.<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:SB 1.2.26|SB 1.2.26, Translation and Purport]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;trans text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Those who are serious about liberation are certainly nonenvious, and they respect all. Yet they reject the horrible and ghastly forms of the demigods and worship only the all-blissful forms of Lord Viṣṇu and His plenary portions.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;purport text&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Supreme Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is the original person of the Viṣṇu categories, expands Himself in two different categories, namely integrated plenary portions and separated parts and parcels. The separated parts and parcels are the servitors, and the integrated plenary portions of viṣṇu-tattvas are the worshipful objects of service.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;All demigods who are empowered by the Supreme Lord are also separated parts and parcels. They do not belong to the categories of viṣṇu-tattva. The viṣṇu-tattvas are living beings equally as powerful as the original form of the Personality of Godhead, and They display different categories of power in consideration of different times and circumstances. The separated parts and parcels are powerful by limitation. They do not have unlimited power like the viṣṇu-tattvas. Therefore, one should never classify the viṣṇu-tattvas, or the plenary portions of Nārāyaṇa, the Personality of Godhead, in the same categories with the parts and parcels. If anyone does so he becomes at once an offender by the name pāṣaṇḍī. In the age of Kali many foolish persons commit such unlawful offenses and equalize the two categories.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;The separated parts and parcels have different positions in the estimation of material powers, and some of them are like Kāla-bhairava, Śmaśāna-bhairava, Śani, Mahākālī and Caṇḍikā. These demigods are worshiped mostly by those who are in the lowest categories of the mode of darkness or ignorance. Other demigods, like Brahmā, Śiva, Sūrya, Gaṇeśa and many similar deities, are worshiped by men in the mode of passion, urged on by the desire for material enjoyment. But those who are actually situated in the mode of goodness (sattva-guṇa) of material nature worship only viṣṇu-tattvas. Viṣṇu-tattvas are represented by various names and forms, such as Nārāyaṇa, Dāmodara, Vāmana, Govinda and Adhokṣaja.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;The qualified brāhmaṇas worship the viṣṇu-tattvas represented by the śālagrāma-śilā, and some of the higher castes like the kṣatriyas and vaiśyas also generally worship the viṣṇu-tattvas.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Highly qualified brāhmaṇas situated in the mode of goodness have no grudges against the mode of worship of others. They have all respect for other demigods, even though they may look ghastly, like Kāla-bhairava or Mahākālī. They know very well that those horrible features of the Supreme Lord are all different servitors of the Lord under different conditions, yet they reject the worship of both horrible and attractive features of the demigods, and they concentrate only on the forms of Viṣṇu because they are serious about liberation from the material conditions. The demigods, even to the stage of Brahmā, the supreme of all the demigods, cannot offer liberation to anyone. Hiraṇyakaśipu underwent a severe type of penance to become eternal in life, but his worshipful deity, Brahmā, could not satisfy him with such blessings. Therefore Viṣṇu, and none else, is called mukti-pāda, or the Personality of Godhead who can bestow upon us mukti, liberation. The demigods, being like other living entities in the material world, are all liquidated at the time of the annihilation of the material structure. They are themselves unable to get liberation, and what to speak of giving liberation to their devotees. The demigods can award the worshipers some temporary benefit only, and not the ultimate one.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;It is for this reason only that candidates for liberation deliberately reject the worship of the demigods, although they have no disrespect for any one of them.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;</div>

Mickey https://dev.vaniquotes.org/w/index.php?title=Intelligent_people_will_follow_the_process_of_the_congregational_chanting_of_the_holy_names_of_God_and_in_this_way_worship_Lord_Gauranga_who_is_Krsna_Himself_with_a_golden_complexion&diff=268614 2011-09-18T11:00:04Z

<p>Mickey: Created page with &#039;&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt; {{terms|&quot;Therefore intelligent people will follow the process of the congregational chanting of the holy names of God and in this way wors…&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt;<br /> {{terms|&quot;Therefore intelligent people will follow the process of the congregational chanting of the holy names of God and in this way worship Lord Gauranga who is Krsna Himself with a golden complexion&quot;}}<br /> {{notes|}}<br /> {{compiler|Mickey}}<br /> {{complete|ALL}}<br /> {{first|18Sep11}}<br /> {{last|18Sep11}}<br /> {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=1|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}<br /> {{total|1}}<br /> {{toc right}}<br /> [[Category:Intelligent Person]]<br /> [[Category:Follow]]<br /> [[Category:Process Of]]<br /> [[Category:Congregational Chanting]]<br /> [[Category:Chanting the Holy Name]]<br /> [[Category:God]]<br /> [[Category:In This Way]]<br /> [[Category:Worship Krsna]]<br /> [[Category:Lord Gauranga]]<br /> [[Category:Who Is]]<br /> [[Category:Krsna]]<br /> [[Category:Himself]]<br /> [[Category:Golden]]<br /> [[Category:Complexion]]<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada&quot; class=&quot;section&quot; sec_index=&quot;3&quot; parent=&quot;compilation&quot; text=&quot;Other Books by Srila Prabhupada&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Other Books by Srila Prabhupada&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Renunciation_Through_Wisdom&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;5&quot; parent=&quot;Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada&quot; text=&quot;Renunciation Through Wisdom&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Renunciation Through Wisdom&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;RTW212_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;Renunciation_Through_Wisdom&quot; book=&quot;OB&quot; index=&quot;24&quot; link=&quot;RTW 2.12&quot; link_text=&quot;Renunciation Through Wisdom 2.12&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;heading&quot;&gt;Therefore intelligent people will follow the process of the congregational chanting of the holy names of God and in this way worship Lord Gaurāṅga who is Kṛṣṇa Himself with a golden complexion. Worshiping Lord Kṛṣṇa is not an expensive affair, and worshiping Lord Caitanya is even easier and less expensive than worshiping Lord Kṛṣṇa.<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:RTW 2.12|Renunciation Through Wisdom 2.12]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;One should always keep in mind that it is unnecessary to worship anyone but Lord Kṛṣṇa. Especially in this Age of Kali it is impossible to perform opulent sacrifices and worship. Of late, it has become a popular practise to publicly worship demigods with great pomp. Such worship is conducted whimsically, without following the scriptural rules. It is an excuse for people in the mode of ignorance to engage in base sense enjoyment and fiendish revelry. No ethics are maintained, no arrangements made for sumptuous public feasting, no authorized mantras chanted, no proper offerings made to the deities. These occasions are simply an excuse for wild singing, dancing, and misbehaving. All such worship is unauthorized.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt; Therefore intelligent people will follow the process of the congregational chanting of the holy names of God and in this way worship Lord Gaurāṅga who is Kṛṣṇa Himself with a golden complexion. Worshiping Lord Kṛṣṇa is not an expensive affair, and worshiping Lord Caitanya is even easier and less expensive than worshiping Lord Kṛṣṇa. The reason is that the little effort taken to collect a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or some water for the worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa is not even required in Lord Caitanya's worship. But in any case, both the Supreme Lords can be worshiped easily in any country, in any condition, by anyone—be he foolish or wise, sinful or pious, highborn or lowborn, rich or poor. Thus we find Lord Kṛṣṇa saying in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.26),&lt;/p&gt;<br /> :patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ<br /> :yo me bhaktyā prayacchati<br /> :tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam<br /> :aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ<br /> &lt;p&gt;If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water, I will accept it.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Once the Supreme Lord is satisfied, the entire world is automatically satisfied, for by worshiping Him, one worships everyone else. Just as an entire tree-branches, leaves, and so on—receives water once the root of the tree is watered, so when the Lord Kṛṣṇa is worshiped and satisfied, then all the demigods and human beings are worshiped and satisfied.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;There is no mention anywhere that worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa has to be conducted with large expenditures and pomp. Nor is there any restriction of time, place, or circumstance. Just as everyone has the right to bathe in the Ganges, so everyone has the right to serve Lord Kṛṣṇa. Flowers, fruit, leaves, and water are available everywhere. Even a pauper can arrange to find these four things with very little effort and at no cost. Thus the process of worshiping Lord Kṛṣṇa is so simple that anyone from anywhere can participate.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Lord Kṛṣṇa is unborn, yet He can accept any form imaginable. And because He is the supreme father of every living being, anyone—whether a high-born brāhmaṇa or a social outcast—can offer Him a flower, a fruit, a leaf, and water with love and devotion. Then Lord Kṛṣṇa, the cause of all causes, will accept this offering, and by such spiritual activity the worshipper becomes eligible to enter His eternal abode. Who could be more foolish than the person who rejects this easy and joyful process and, becoming captivated by the mirage of material existence and craving for temporary mundane facilities, takes shelter of demigods? Recent times have witnessed a concerted and noble effort on all fronts to bring about unity, peace, and harmony in the world, but these are possible only when people worship Lord Kṛṣṇa and render Him devotional service.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Such a proposal is neither preposterous nor comic. In fact, if someone is a sincere seeker of the Absolute Truth, then whatever his present situation may be, by regularly offering the Supreme Lord flowers, fruit, leaves, and water with love and devotion, he will readily experience that the Supreme Absolute Truth, Lord Kṛṣṇa, is gradually coming nearer to him. We humbly request all our readers to kindly try this excellent method of approaching Lord Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet. This method requires no monetary expenditure, physical exertion, philosophical knowledge, or noble birth.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;The differences between a demigod-worshipper and a devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa are wide and numerous. In general, persons approach demigods only out of temporary material desires, whereas the devotees aim to re-establish their eternal loving relationship with the Supreme Lord. To that end the devotees offer Him worship, gifts, and anything they can collect, together with love and devotion, and the Lord accepts all these with relish. Such devotional offerings are free of any cravings for material benefit.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;By contrast, the polytheists' offerings, which are laden with selfish motivations for material gain, are never accepted by the Supreme Lord, even if these offerings are opulent and elaborate. The demigod-worshippers have no real love or devotion for the particular demigod they worship, yet Lord Kṛṣṇa is so merciful that He fulfills the material desires of the foolish demigod worshippers.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Lord Kṛṣṇa never accepts any offering bereft of love and devotion. A person who is not hungry cannot suddenly develop an appetite, even if he is given delectable food. Similarly, the Lord has no attraction for opulent offerings made without love and devotion. We have already discussed that unauthorized worship of the Supreme Lord stems from the absence of devotion and the presence of material desire. One who is full of devotion aims to satisfy the Supreme Lord's senses, while one who is full of material desire aims to gratify his own senses. Those who carry in their hearts the desire to gratify themselves but make a show of serving the Supreme Lord will never experience the joys of being a real devotee. The scriptures have aptly described them as mercenaries. Devotion's prime objective is the attainment of God. Therefore, one must offer the Lord everything in one's possession, including the results of karma-yoga, jñāna-yoga, mystic yoga, austerity, meditation, and so on. This perfect process of surrender will lead to the attainment of God. Thus Lord Kṛṣṇa openly proclaims in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.27),&lt;/p&gt;<br /> :yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi<br /> :yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat<br /> :yat tapasyasi kaunteya<br /> :tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇam<br /> &lt;p&gt;Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away, and whatever austerity you perform-do that, O son of Kuntī, as an offering to Me.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;If a person follows this injunction and with love offers the Lord everything he has-wife, house, family, intelligence, learning, business, religiosity, labor, food, water, whatever is required to maintain the body, and even lust, greed, and anger—then the Lord accepts these offerings and completely satisfies the offerer. And at the time of death the Lord takes such a surrendered soul to His Supreme abode.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;The demigods are empowered to accept only certain types of offerings, whereas Lord Kṛṣṇa can accept the karma-phala, or fruitive results, of everyone. The Supreme Lord alone is powerful enough to accept conflicting fruitive results and moods of worship. This indicates Kṛṣṇa's supreme lordship and absolute position. It is unlikely that all of humanity will be able to understand the science of pure devotional service, yet everyone always has the ability to attain the Lord's lotus feet, even in the face of striking odds. Therefore the best course is to offer everything to the Supreme Lord.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;All the points we have discussed regarding niṣkāma-karma are mentioned in detail in the scriptures. Paṇḍitas define niṣkāma-karma as &quot;activities free from the desire for fruitive gain or empirical knowledge.&quot; Only such transcendental activities can be offered to Lord Kṛṣṇa. But all activities—whether verbal, physical, or mental—are transcendental if offered to the Lord with love and devotion. And He duly receives these offerings by His causeless mercy.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;However, at this juncture we must avoid committing a mistake. Our present discussion does not include the materialistic caste brāhmaṇas' offering of oblations or fruitive work to Lord Nārāyaṇa. Because such offerings are not devoid of lust, there is no love or devotion in them. We have earlier established that the main criterion for a proper offering to the Lord is that it be done with love and devotion, for the satisfaction of His senses. Hence we must understand that only those things or services offered solely for the pleasure of the Supreme Lord are actually accepted by Him.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Exerting oneself to satisfy one's own hunger is kāma-karma, fruitive activity, but to tirelessly toil to feed the Supreme Lord with delicacies is niṣkāma-karma, transcendental work aimed at pleasing Him. Pleasing the Lord should be the sole purpose of commerce and trade, and also of research, science, charity, austerity, and all other activities. Such a practice will inspire one to hear and chant transcendental topics related to Lord Kṛṣṇa, and this hearing and chanting are the foremost of the ninefold devotional activities. In Vedic times, all human activities were strongly affiliated with devotional service to the Supreme Lord. Today the same eternal principle applies: everything must be utilized in the Lord's service.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Lord Kṛṣṇa is the supreme enjoyer of all sacrifices. Thus He accepts the fruits of everyone's labor, and by so doing He crowns all His devotees' endeavors with glowing success. Such is the transcendental potency possessed by the omnipotent Lord. We must pay careful heed, however, never to allow the desire for self-aggrandizement or sense gratification to surreptitiously slip into our consciousness while we are performing devotional service. We should simply follow in the footsteps of the previous spiritual masters. In the Lord's presence, everyone is equal. Therefore, whoever serves the Lord with unwavering single-mindedness is listed among His close associates. They are truly &quot;hari-janas,&quot; Lord Hari's own men. To rubber-stamp as a hari-jana a person who does not possess the prerequisite—devotional service—is a farce and an onerous hindrance on the path of devotional surrender.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Lord Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.29),&lt;/p&gt;<br /> :samo 'haṁ sarva-bhūteṣu<br /> :na me dveṣyo 'sti na priyaḥ<br /> :ye bhajanti tu māṁ bhaktyā<br /> :mayi te teṣu cāpy aham<br /> &lt;p&gt;I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me and I am also a friend to him.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;One must not misunderstand the meaning of the word samaḥ, &quot;equal.&quot; It does not mean that the Lord is impersonal and that He will bless any whimsical act, even unruly behaviour. The Lord is absolutely personal, the reservoir of divine sentiments, the supreme performer of transcendental pastimes. And He is the well-wishing friend of all living beings. But friendship has different degrees of intimacy. Thus the Lord's equal disposition is not without varieties of personalism. In other words, the Lord reciprocates with us according to our intensity of love for Him. In the Gītā (4.11) He says, ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham: &quot;As all surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly.&quot; He responds to all the different devotional mellows—servitorship, fraternity, parental affection, and conjugal love. Similarly, he ignores those who disrespect Him by regarding Him as an ordinary mortal. Conversely, He always shelters and protects those who accept Him as the Supreme Lord and serve Him with loving devotion, following in the footsteps of past saintly masters.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;RTW 2.12: Give Up all Kinds of Religion and Surrender unto Me.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;</div>

Mickey https://dev.vaniquotes.org/w/index.php?title=Lord_Gauranga&diff=268610 2011-09-18T10:53:13Z

<p>Mickey: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt;<br /> {{terms|&quot;gauranga&quot;|&quot;gauranga's&quot;|&quot;gaurangas&quot;}}<br /> {{notes|}}<br /> {{compiler|Visnu Murti|Mickey}}<br /> {{complete|ALL}}<br /> {{first|17Sep11}}<br /> {{last|18Sep11}}<br /> {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=1|CC=17|OB=4|Lec=8|Con=12|Let=5}}<br /> {{total|47}}<br /> {{toc right}}<br /> [[Category:Lord Gauranga|1]]<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Srimad-Bhagavatam&quot; class=&quot;section&quot; sec_index=&quot;1&quot; parent=&quot;compilation&quot; text=&quot;Srimad-Bhagavatam&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Srimad-Bhagavatam&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;SB_Canto_5&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;5&quot; parent=&quot;Srimad-Bhagavatam&quot; text=&quot;SB Canto 5&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;SB Canto 5&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;SB5117_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;SB_Canto_5&quot; book=&quot;SB&quot; index=&quot;18&quot; link=&quot;SB 5.1.17&quot; link_text=&quot;SB 5.1.17&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:SB 5.1.17|SB 5.1.17, Purport]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;purport text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has sung, gṛhe vā vanete thāke, 'hā gaurāṅga' bale ḍāke: whether one is situated in the forest or at home, if he is engaged in the devotional service of Lord Caitanya, he is a liberated person. Here this is also repeated. For one who has not controlled his senses, going to the forest to become a so-called yogī is meaningless.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta&quot; class=&quot;section&quot; sec_index=&quot;2&quot; parent=&quot;compilation&quot; text=&quot;Sri Caitanya-caritamrta&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Sri Caitanya-caritamrta&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CC_Adi-lila&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;1&quot; parent=&quot;Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta&quot; text=&quot;CC Adi-lila&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;CC Adi-lila&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCAdi23_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Adi-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;108&quot; link=&quot;CC Adi 2.3&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Adi 2.3&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Adi 2.3|CC Adi 2.3, Translation]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;trans text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;All glories to Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Śrī Nityānanda! All glories to Advaitacandra, and all glories to the devotees of Lord Gaurāṅga!&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCAdi3113_1&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Adi-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;338&quot; link=&quot;CC Adi 3.113&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Adi 3.113&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Adi 3.113|CC Adi 3.113, Translation]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;trans text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Thus I have surely determined the meaning of the fourth verse. Lord Gaurāṅga (Lord Caitanya) appeared as an incarnation to preach unalloyed love of God.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCAdi441_2&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Adi-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;376&quot; link=&quot;CC Adi 4.41&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Adi 4.41&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.41|CC Adi 4.41, Purport]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;purport text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;In the Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa has taught the philosophy of surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One who has surrendered to the Supreme can make further progress by learning to love Him. Therefore the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement propagated by Lord Caitanya is especially meant for those who are cognizant of the presence of the Supreme Godhead, the ultimate controller of everything. His mission is to teach people how to dovetail themselves into engagements of transcendental loving service. He is Kṛṣṇa teaching His own service from the position of a devotee. The Lord's acceptance of the role of a devotee in the eternal form of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is another of the Lord's wonderful features. A conditioned soul cannot reach the absolute Personality of Godhead by his imperfect endeavor, and therefore it is wonderful that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, in the form of Lord Gaurāṅga, has made it easy for everyone to approach Him.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCAdi450_3&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Adi-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;385&quot; link=&quot;CC Adi 4.50&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Adi 4.50&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.50|CC Adi 4.50, Translation]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;trans text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Therefore Lord Gaurāṅga, who is Śrī Hari Himself, accepted the sentiments of Rādhā and thus fulfilled His own desires.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCAdi450_4&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Adi-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;385&quot; link=&quot;CC Adi 4.50&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Adi 4.50&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.50|CC Adi 4.50, Purport]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;purport text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;The transcendental mellow relished by the gopīs in Vraja is superexcellently featured in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Mature assimilation of the transcendental humor of conjugal love is represented by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, whose feelings are incomprehensible even to the Lord Himself. The intensity of Her loving service is the highest form of ecstasy. No one can surpass Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī in relishing the qualities of the Lord through this supreme transcendental mellow. Therefore the Lord Himself agreed to assume the position of Rādhārāṇī in the form of Lord Śrī Gaurāṅga. He then relished the highest position of parakīya-rasa, as exhibited in the transcendental abode of Vraja.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCAdi510_5&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Adi-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;614&quot; link=&quot;CC Adi 5.10&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Adi 5.10&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Adi 5.10|CC Adi 5.10, Purport]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;purport text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;According to expert opinion, Balarāma, as the chief of the original quadruple forms, is also the original Saṅkarṣaṇa. Balarāma, the first expansion of Kṛṣṇa, expands Himself in five forms: (1) Mahā-saṅkarṣaṇa, (2) Kāraṇodakaśāyī, (3) Garbhodakaśāyī, (4) Kṣīrodakaśāyī, and (5) Śeṣa. These five plenary portions are responsible for both the spiritual and material cosmic manifestations. In these five forms Lord Balarāma assists Lord Kṛṣṇa in His activities. The first four of these forms are responsible for the cosmic manifestations, whereas Śeṣa is responsible for personal service to the Lord. Śeṣa is called Ananta, or unlimited, because He assists the Personality of Godhead in His unlimited expansions by performing an unlimited variety of services. Śrī Balarāma is the servitor Godhead who serves Lord Kṛṣṇa in all affairs of existence and knowledge. Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, who is the same servitor Godhead, Balarāma, performs the same service to Lord Gaurāṅga by constant association.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCAdi5144145_6&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Adi-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;746&quot; link=&quot;CC Adi 5.144-145&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Adi 5.144-145&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Adi 5.144-145|CC Adi 5.144-145, Translation]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;trans text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;His elders such as Lord Nityānanda, Advaita Ācārya and Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, as well as His other devotees—whether His juniors, equals or superiors—are all His associates who help Him in His pastimes. Lord Gaurāṅga fulfills His aims with their help.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCAdi5232_7&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Adi-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;832&quot; link=&quot;CC Adi 5.232&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Adi 5.232&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Adi 5.232|CC Adi 5.232, Purport]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;purport text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;The Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas never differentiate between Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa and Lord Caitanya. They say that since Lord Caitanya is the combined form of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, He is not different from Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. But some misled people try to prove that they are greatly elevated by saying that they like to chant the holy name of Lord Gaura instead of the names of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Thus they purposely differentiate between Lord Caitanya and Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. According to them, the system of nadīyā-nāgarī, which they have recently invented in their fertile brains, is the worship of Gaura, Lord Caitanya, but they do not like to worship Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. They put forward the argument that since Lord Caitanya Himself appeared as Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa combined, there is no necessity of worshiping Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Such differentiation by so-called devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is considered disruptive by pure devotees. Anyone who differentiates between Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa and Gaurāṅga is to be considered a plaything in the hands of māyā.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCAdi75_8&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Adi-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;955&quot; link=&quot;CC Adi 7.5&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Adi 7.5&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Adi 7.5|CC Adi 7.5, Purport]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;purport text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;In the Vedas it is said, parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate: (Cc. Madhya 13.65, purport) &quot;The varieties of energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are differently known.&quot; From this statement of the Vedas one can understand that there are eternal varieties of humors, or tastes, in the spiritual world. Śrī Gaurāṅga, Śrī Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Śrī Gadādhara and Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura are all on the same platform, but in spiritually distinguishing between them one should understand that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the form of a devotee, Nityānanda Prabhu appears in the form of a devotee's spiritual master, Advaita Prabhu is the form of a bhakta (devotee) incarnation, Gadādhara Prabhu is the energy of a bhakta, and Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura is a pure devotee. Thus there are spiritual distinctions between them.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCAdi866_9&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Adi-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;1181&quot; link=&quot;CC Adi 8.66&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Adi 8.66&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Adi 8.66|CC Adi 8.66, Purport]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;purport text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;It is said in the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (137) that the servant of Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana named Bhṛṅgāra descended as Kāśīśvara Gosāñi during the pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. In our householder life we also sometimes visited this temple of Vallabhapura and took prasādam there at noon. The Deities of this temple, Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda and the Gaurāṅga vigraha, are extremely beautiful. Near Vallabhapura is a beautiful temple of Jagannātha. We sometimes used to take prasādam in this Jagannātha temple also. These two temples are situated within a one mile-radius of the Śrīrāmapura railway station, near Calcutta.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCAdi1717_10&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Adi-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;1957&quot; link=&quot;CC Adi 17.17&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Adi 17.17&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Adi 17.17|CC Adi 17.17, Purport]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;purport text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard of this, He immediately came to the spot, ready to punish both brothers, but when the all-merciful Lord Gaurāṅga saw Jagāi's repentant behavior, He immediately embraced him.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CC_Madhya-lila&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;2&quot; parent=&quot;Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta&quot; text=&quot;CC Madhya-lila&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;CC Madhya-lila&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCMadhya81_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Madhya-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;1408&quot; link=&quot;CC Madhya 8.1&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Madhya 8.1&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 8.1|CC Madhya 8.1, Translation]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;trans text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is known as Gaurāṅga, is the ocean of all conclusive knowledge in devotional service. He empowered Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya, who may be likened to a cloud of devotional service. This cloud was filled with the water of all the conclusive purports of devotional service and was empowered by the ocean to spread this water over the sea of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself. Thus the ocean of Caitanya Mahāprabhu became filled with the jewels of the knowledge of pure devotional service.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCMadhya8288_4&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Madhya-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;1691&quot; link=&quot;CC Madhya 8.288&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Madhya 8.288&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 8.288|CC Madhya 8.288, Purport]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;purport text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is nondifferent from Kṛṣṇa. Both are the same Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the form of Kṛṣṇa, the Lord enjoys spiritual bliss and remains the shelter of all devotees, viṣaya-vigraha. And in His Gaurāṅga feature Kṛṣṇa tastes separation from Kṛṣṇa in the ecstasy of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCMadhya1531_2&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Madhya-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;3228&quot; link=&quot;CC Madhya 15.31&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Madhya 15.31&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 15.31|CC Madhya 15.31, Translation]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;trans text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;In great ecstasy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to His residence. In this way, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, known as Gaurāṅga-sundara, performed various pastimes.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCMadhya181_3&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Madhya-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;4011&quot; link=&quot;CC Madhya 18.1&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Madhya 18.1&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 18.1|CC Madhya 18.1, Translation]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;trans text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu traveled all over Vṛndāvana and pleased all living entities, moving and nonmoving, with His glances. The Lord took much personal pleasure in seeing everyone. In this way Lord Gaurāṅga traveled in Vṛndāvana.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CC_Antya-lila&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;3&quot; parent=&quot;Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta&quot; text=&quot;CC Antya-lila&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;CC Antya-lila&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCAntya231_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Antya-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;252&quot; link=&quot;CC Antya 2.31&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Antya 2.31&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Antya 2.31|CC Antya 2.31, Purport]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;purport text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura explains the Gaura-gopāla mantra in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Worshipers of Śrī Gaurasundara accept the four syllables gau-ra-aṅ-ga as the Gaura mantra, but pure worshipers of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa accept the four syllables rā-dhā kṛṣ-ṇa as the Gaura-gopāla mantra. However, Vaiṣṇavas consider Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu nondifferent from Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa (śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya rādhā-kṛṣṇa nahe anya). Therefore one who chants the mantra &quot;gaurāṅga&quot; and one who chants the names of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are on the same level.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCAntya7164_1&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Antya-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;1545&quot; link=&quot;CC Antya 7.164&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Antya 7.164&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Antya 7.164|CC Antya 7.164, Translation]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;trans text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;No one can say how merciful the Lord is to Gadādhara Paṇḍita, but people know the Lord as Gadāira Gaurāṅga, &quot;the Lord Gaurāṅga of Gadādhara Paṇḍita.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada&quot; class=&quot;section&quot; sec_index=&quot;3&quot; parent=&quot;compilation&quot; text=&quot;Other Books by Srila Prabhupada&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Other Books by Srila Prabhupada&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Teachings_of_Lord_Caitanya&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;0&quot; parent=&quot;Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada&quot; text=&quot;Teachings of Lord Caitanya&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Teachings of Lord Caitanya&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;TLC1_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;Teachings_of_Lord_Caitanya&quot; book=&quot;OB&quot; index=&quot;7&quot; link=&quot;TLC 1&quot; link_text=&quot;Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 1&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:TLC 1|Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 1]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;The prayers indicated that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu was Kṛṣṇa Himself, that He had assumed a fair-complexioned form (gaurāṅga), and that He was the most munificent incarnation of Kṛṣṇa because He was distributing love of Kṛṣṇa.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;TLC17_1&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;Teachings_of_Lord_Caitanya&quot; book=&quot;OB&quot; index=&quot;23&quot; link=&quot;TLC 17&quot; link_text=&quot;Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 17&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:TLC 17|Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 17]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;There is a very nice song sung by Śrī Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura, a great devotee and ācārya in the disciplic succession from Lord Caitanya. Narottama Dāsa sings: &quot;When will there be transcendental eruptions all over my body simply by my hearing the name of Gaurāṅga? When will tears incessantly flow from my eyes simply by my uttering the names of the Lord? When will Lord Nityānanda have mercy upon me and make all my desires for material enjoyment insignificant? When shall I be purified by giving up all contaminations of material enjoyment? And when shall I be able to see the transcendental abode, Vṛndāvana? When shall I be eager to accept the Six Gosvāmīs as my prime guides? And when will I be able to understand the conjugal love of Kṛṣṇa?&quot; No one should be eager to understand the conjugal love of Kṛṣṇa without undergoing disciplinary training under the Six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Renunciation_Through_Wisdom&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;5&quot; parent=&quot;Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada&quot; text=&quot;Renunciation Through Wisdom&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Renunciation Through Wisdom&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;RTW211_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;Renunciation_Through_Wisdom&quot; book=&quot;OB&quot; index=&quot;23&quot; link=&quot;RTW 2.11&quot; link_text=&quot;Renunciation Through Wisdom 2.11&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:RTW 2.11|Renunciation Through Wisdom 2.11]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;One should always keep in mind that it is unnecessary to worship anyone but Lord Kṛṣṇa. Especially in this Age of Kali it is impossible to perform opulent sacrifices and worship. Of late, it has become a popular practise to publicly worship demigods with great pomp. Such worship is conducted whimsically, without following the scriptural rules. It is an excuse for people in the mode of ignorance to engage in base sense enjoyment and fiendish revelry. No ethics are maintained, no arrangements made for sumptuous public feasting, no authorized mantras chanted, no proper offerings made to the deities. These occasions are simply an excuse for wild singing, dancing, and misbehaving. All such worship is unauthorized.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt; Therefore intelligent people will follow the process of the congregational chanting of the holy names of God and in this way worship Lord Gaurāṅga who is Kṛṣṇa Himself with a golden complexion. Worshiping Lord Kṛṣṇa is not an expensive affair, and worshiping Lord Caitanya is even easier and less expensive than worshiping Lord Kṛṣṇa. The reason is that the little effort taken to collect a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or some water for the worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa is not even required in Lord Caitanya's worship. But in any case, both the Supreme Lords can be worshiped easily in any country, in any condition, by anyone—be he foolish or wise, sinful or pious, highborn or lowborn, rich or poor.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;RTW51_1&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;Renunciation_Through_Wisdom&quot; book=&quot;OB&quot; index=&quot;39&quot; link=&quot;RTW 5.1&quot; link_text=&quot;Renunciation Through Wisdom 5.1&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:RTW 5.1|Renunciation Through Wisdom 5.1]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;All the pastimes of the Supreme Lord in the spiritual world are eternal. His earthly pastimes are similarly transcendental and eternal. As the Caitanya-bhāgavata states, &quot;Even at this very moment Lord Gaurāṅga is enacting His eternal, transcendental pastimes, but only the most fortunate souls can see them.&quot; When the sun sets, it goes out of our sight, but it continues to shine somewhere on this globe. Similarly, when the Lord winds up His earthly pastimes, He continues to manifest them in one or more of the uncountable millions of planets in the universe.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Lectures&quot; class=&quot;section&quot; sec_index=&quot;4&quot; parent=&quot;compilation&quot; text=&quot;Lectures&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Lectures&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;1&quot; parent=&quot;Lectures&quot; text=&quot;Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;LectureonSB126MontrealAugust31968_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures&quot; book=&quot;Lec&quot; index=&quot;32&quot; link=&quot;Lecture on SB 1.2.6 -- Montreal, August 3, 1968&quot; link_text=&quot;Lecture on SB 1.2.6 -- Montreal, August 3, 1968&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.2.6 -- Montreal, August 3, 1968|Lecture on SB 1.2.6 -- Montreal, August 3, 1968]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Now, Kṛṣṇa will appear in the Kali-yuga. His symptoms are this. Just like Lord Buddha's symptoms were described, similarly, Lord Caitanya's symptoms are also described. What is that? That kṛṣṇa-varṇam: &quot;He belongs to the category of Kṛṣṇa Himself,&quot; or, in other words, &quot;He is always chanting 'Kṛṣṇa.' &quot; Kṛṣṇaṁ varṇayati, kṛṣṇa-varṇam. Kṛṣṇa... His business is simply to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa-varṇam. And tviṣā akṛṣṇam: &quot;By His... But His complexion is not kṛṣṇa, black.&quot; Lord Caitanya appeared—very fair complexion, very nice, golden color. You have got pictures of Lord Caitanya, very beautiful. He was very beautiful figure. Kṛṣṇa-varṇam tviṣā... Tviṣā means &quot;by His complexion.&quot; Akṛṣṇa. Therefore His another name is Gaurasundara. Gaurasundara means &quot;very fair complexion.&quot; Sundara means beautiful, and gaura means fair. The another name is Gaurasundara, or Gaurāṅga, &quot;whose body is very fair.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta_Lectures&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;3&quot; parent=&quot;Lectures&quot; text=&quot;Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;LectureonCCAdilila7149171SanFranciscoMarch181967_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta_Lectures&quot; book=&quot;Lec&quot; index=&quot;40&quot; link=&quot;Lecture on CC Adi-lila 7.149-171 -- San Francisco, March 18, 1967&quot; link_text=&quot;Lecture on CC Adi-lila 7.149-171 -- San Francisco, March 18, 1967&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Lecture on CC Adi-lila 7.149-171 -- San Francisco, March 18, 1967|Lecture on CC Adi-lila 7.149-171 -- San Francisco, March 18, 1967]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;There is a very nice song sung by one poet, Vaiṣṇava poet. He's singing like this:&lt;/p&gt;<br /> :gaurāṅga bolite habe pulaka-śarīra<br /> :hari hari bolite nayane ba'be nīra<br /> &lt;p&gt;He's aspiring that &quot;When I shall loudly call 'Lord Caitanya, Gaurāṅga'?&quot; Gaurāṅga is Lord Caitanya. &quot;And my body will be shivering. And when I shall chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, tears will flow down from my eyes.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;LectureonCCMadhyalila20330335NewYorkDecember231966_1&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta_Lectures&quot; book=&quot;Lec&quot; index=&quot;93&quot; link=&quot;Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.330-335 -- New York, December 23, 1966&quot; link_text=&quot;Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.330-335 -- New York, December 23, 1966&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.330-335 -- New York, December 23, 1966|Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.330-335 -- New York, December 23, 1966]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣā akṛṣṇam. By complexion He is akṛṣṇa. Akṛṣṇa means not kṛṣṇa, not black. Not black, you may take, if not black, then it may, as there are four colors, so He may be white, He may be red, He may be yellow. Now, out of these three colors, in the Satya-yuga white is already done. And in the Tretā-yuga red is already appeared. Then the balance is pīta. Kṛṣṇa is also done. Then the pīta, the yellow. So therefore His color is very golden colored, yellow. Lord Caitanya's complexion not exactly white like you, but He was golden color, golden with yellowish tint, a very nice complexion, Lord Caitanya's. He is... Therefore His name is Gaurāṅga. Gaurāṅga means white complexion. Another name is Gaurasundara, &quot;very beautiful.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;General_Lectures&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;11&quot; parent=&quot;Lectures&quot; text=&quot;General Lectures&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;General Lectures&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;LectureHawaiiMarch231969_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;General_Lectures&quot; book=&quot;Lec&quot; index=&quot;40&quot; link=&quot;Lecture -- Hawaii, March 23, 1969&quot; link_text=&quot;Lecture -- Hawaii, March 23, 1969&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Lecture -- Hawaii, March 23, 1969|Lecture -- Hawaii, March 23, 1969]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;(reading:) &quot;Why are Kṛṣṇa students given spiritual name?&quot; So just to remember Kṛṣṇa. We... Suppose... This boy is Gary. So I've given him the name of Gaurasundara. Gaurasundara is Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. So at least he chants... At least, when I ask him, &quot;Gaurasundara,&quot; then I get the opportunity of chanting Lord's name. You see? Because our process is chanting. So if my students, my son, my friends, they are all in God's name, then I chant always. This is the significance. I ask him, &quot;Gaurasundara.&quot; I ask him, &quot;Vāmanadeva.&quot; I ask her, &quot;Govinda dāsī.&quot; That means I am chanting. Harer nāma iva kevalam ([[Vanisource:CC Adi 17.21|CC Adi 17.21]]). My business is to chant the name of the Lord. So they are giving me chance to utter the name of the Lord. And, besides that, there is another affix: &quot;dāsa.&quot; &quot;Gaurasundara dāsa,&quot; &quot;Vāmana dāsa.&quot; Dāsa means servant. He also remembers that &quot;I am servant of Gaura, Lord Gaurāṅga,&quot; &quot;I am servant of Lord Vāmana,&quot; &quot;I am maidservant of Govinda.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Purports_to_Songs&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;14&quot; parent=&quot;Lectures&quot; text=&quot;Purports to Songs&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Purports to Songs&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;PurporttoGaurangaBoliteHabeLosAngelesDecember291968_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;Purports_to_Songs&quot; book=&quot;Lec&quot; index=&quot;11&quot; link=&quot;Purport to Gauranga Bolite Habe -- Los Angeles, December 29, 1968&quot; link_text=&quot;Purport to Gauranga Bolite Habe -- Los Angeles, December 29, 1968&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Purport to Gauranga Bolite Habe -- Los Angeles, December 29, 1968|Purport to Gauranga Bolite Habe -- Los Angeles, December 29, 1968]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;So this Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has written many songs, and it is recognized as a authority by all the Vaiṣṇavas. He has sung the songs in simple Bengali language, but the purport and the deep meaning of the song is very significant. He says: gaurāṅga bolite habe pulaka-śarīra. This is the perfection of chanting, that as soon as we chant or take the name of Lord Gaurāṅga, who initiated the Saṅkīrtana Movement, at once there will be a shivering in the body. So it is not to be imitated. But Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura is recommending when that opportune moment will come to us, that as soon as we shall chant Lord Gaurāṅga's name, there will shivering in the body. And, after the shivering, hari hari bolite nayane ba'be nīr, by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa there will be tears in the eyes. Then again he says āra kabe nitāicand koruṇā karibe. We are all asking about the mercy of Lord Nityānanda. Nityānanda is supposed to be the original spiritual master. So we have to approach Gaurāṅga, or Lord Caitanya, through the mercy of Lord Nityānanda. So what is the symptom of a person who has achieved the causeless mercy of Lord Nityānanda? Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says that one who has actually received the causeless mercy of Nityānanda, he has no more any material desire. That is the symptom. Āra kabe nitāicand koruṇā karibe saṁsāra-vāsanā mora kabe tuccha. Saṁsāra-vāsanā means desire for material enjoyment, when it will become very insignificant. Of course, so long we have got this body we have to accept so many things, material. But not in the spirit of enjoyment, but to keep up the body and soul together.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;PurporttoGaurangeraDutiPadaLosAngelesJanuary61969_1&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;Purports_to_Songs&quot; book=&quot;Lec&quot; index=&quot;15&quot; link=&quot;Purport to Gaurangera Duti Pada -- Los Angeles, January 6, 1969&quot; link_text=&quot;Purport to Gaurangera Duti Pada -- Los Angeles, January 6, 1969&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Purport to Gaurangera Duti Pada -- Los Angeles, January 6, 1969|Purport to Gaurangera Duti Pada -- Los Angeles, January 6, 1969]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Then he says: yei gaurāṅgera nāma laya, tāra haya premodaya. Now, the devotees are concerned how to develop love of Godhead. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura recommends that anyone who simply chants śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda...&quot; Gaurāṅga means with all this paraphernalia. As soon as we speak of gaurāṅga, we should mean the five: Lord Nityānanda, Advaita, Gadādhara, and Śrīvāsa. All together. So yei gaurāṅgera nāma laya, anyone who chants, immediately he will develop love of Godhead. Yei gaurāṅgera nāma laya, tara haya premodaya, tāre mui jaya bole hari. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says &quot;I offer him all congratulation.&quot; Because it is certain that he has developed love of Godhead. Then he says, gaurāṅga-guṇete jhure, nitya-līlā tāre sphure. Anyone, if he cries by simply by hearing the transcendental qualities of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he at once understands what is the loving affairs between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;PurporttoGaurangaBoliteHabeLosAngelesJanuary91969_2&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;Purports_to_Songs&quot; book=&quot;Lec&quot; index=&quot;18&quot; link=&quot;Purport to Gauranga Bolite Habe -- Los Angeles, January 9, 1969&quot; link_text=&quot;Purport to Gauranga Bolite Habe -- Los Angeles, January 9, 1969&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Purport to Gauranga Bolite Habe -- Los Angeles, January 9, 1969|Purport to Gauranga Bolite Habe -- Los Angeles, January 9, 1969]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;So Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, gaurāṅga bolite habe pulaka śarīre. He's expecting. Although he was a great ācārya, still, he was expecting, &quot;When that stage will come?&quot; The wording of the song is as follows. G-a-u-r-a-n-g-a, gaurāṅga. Bolite, b-a-l-i-t-e. Habe, h-a-b-e. Gaurāṅga bolite habe pulaka, p-u-l-a-k-a. Pulaka śarīra, s-a-r-i-r. Gaurāṅga bolite habe pulaka śarīra hari hari, h-a-r-i h-a-r-i. Bolite, b-a-l-i-t-e. Hari hari bolite habe, h-a-b-e. Hari hari bolite kabe. Not habe, kabe, k-a-b-e. Nayane, n-a-y-a-n-e. Ba'be, b-a-b-e, Nīra, n-e-e-r. The meaning is that there will be not only shivering as soon as I utter the name of Gaurāṅga, but there will be torrents of tears in my eyes as soon as I chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. this is the explanation.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;PurporttoParamaKorunaLosAngelesJanuary161969_3&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;Purports_to_Songs&quot; book=&quot;Lec&quot; index=&quot;21&quot; link=&quot;Purport to Parama Koruna -- Los Angeles, January 16, 1969&quot; link_text=&quot;Purport to Parama Koruna -- Los Angeles, January 16, 1969&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Purport to Parama Koruna -- Los Angeles, January 16, 1969|Purport to Parama Koruna -- Los Angeles, January 16, 1969]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Parama koruṇa, pahū dui jana, nitāi gauracandra. This is a song sung by Locana dāsa Ṭhākura, a great devotee of Lord Caitanya, almost contemporary. He wrote one book, Caitanya-maṅgala, depicting the activities of Lord Caitanya. That is a very famous book, Caitanya-maṅgala. And he has composed many songs. Practically all Vaiṣṇavas, they are transcendentally poetic. That is one of the 26 qualifications of the Vaiṣṇava. So he says that &quot;These two Lords,&quot; nitāi gauracandra, &quot;Lord Nityānanda and Lord Gaurāṅga, or Lord Caitanya, They are very merciful incarnations.&quot; Saba avatāra-sāra śiromaṇi. &quot;They are essence of all incarnations.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; class=&quot;section&quot; sec_index=&quot;5&quot; parent=&quot;compilation&quot; text=&quot;Conversations and Morning Walks&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Conversations and Morning Walks&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;1973_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;6&quot; parent=&quot;Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; text=&quot;1973 Conversations and Morning Walks&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;1973 Conversations and Morning Walks&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;RoomConversationwithIndianAmbassadorSeptember51973Stockholm_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1973_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; book=&quot;Con&quot; index=&quot;72&quot; link=&quot;Room Conversation with Indian Ambassador -- September 5, 1973, Stockholm&quot; link_text=&quot;Room Conversation with Indian Ambassador -- September 5, 1973, Stockholm&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with Indian Ambassador -- September 5, 1973, Stockholm|Room Conversation with Indian Ambassador -- September 5, 1973, Stockholm]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Ambassador: From Kerala. Sir, I have got a question. I have not really been able to locate when exactly Rādhā entered Hindu mythology. Because the Bhāgavatam doesn't mention. They mention only rāsa-krīḍā as a... Before that, they were, before Gaurāṅga, Caitanya, did you, do you have rendered exactly the bhakti cult to take... The Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, I mean. They were generally the gopīs and...&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: Other ācāryas, they elevated people up to sākhya-rasa.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Ambassador: Sākhya-rasa.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: It is Caitanya Mahāprabhu, He gave us mādhurya-rasa.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;MorningWalkDecember111973LosAngeles_1&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1973_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; book=&quot;Con&quot; index=&quot;97&quot; link=&quot;Morning Walk -- December 11, 1973, Los Angeles&quot; link_text=&quot;Morning Walk -- December 11, 1973, Los Angeles&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- December 11, 1973, Los Angeles|Morning Walk -- December 11, 1973, Los Angeles]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Either you live in the forest or in the city, opulent city, the business is gaurāṅga bole rākhe: always thinking of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Narottama māge tarsan.(?) Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, &quot;I want their association, who is a devotee of Lord Gaurāṅga.&quot; It doesn't matter whether he lives in the forest or in the opulent city. It doesn't matter. He must be devotee.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;MorningWalkDecember211973LosAngeles_2&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1973_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; book=&quot;Con&quot; index=&quot;107&quot; link=&quot;Morning Walk -- December 21, 1973, Los Angeles&quot; link_text=&quot;Morning Walk -- December 21, 1973, Los Angeles&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- December 21, 1973, Los Angeles|Morning Walk -- December 21, 1973, Los Angeles]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Jagajjīvana: A small fair. Thousands of people go to this flower festival in the mountains, and we went in, and they let us in and we chanted and hundreds of people came to chant. And then the officials came to stop us.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: Why?&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Jagajjīvana: Because too many people were coming to hear the chanting. So then...&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: They did not like it?&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Jagajjīvana: No, they did not like it, the officials. So then we started to leave, thinking, &quot;Well, rather than cause any trouble, we better leave.&quot; So then the people, they wouldn't let us leave. So then the leaders there, they were forced to put us on stage. And so we chanted on stage with big microphones and thousands of people came to listen, and then we taught them how to chant Nitāi-Gaurāṅga, and they all chanted. Nitāi, Nitāi, Gaurāṅga, Gaurāṅga. It was very amazing. And then we distributed books and we lectured. (break) Their Lordships Gaura-Nitāi have come because of that chanting, Deities. (break)&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: If the chanter is sincere.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;1975_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;8&quot; parent=&quot;Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; text=&quot;1975 Conversations and Morning Walks&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;1975 Conversations and Morning Walks&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;MorningWalkThroughtheBBTWarehouseFebruary101975LosAngeles_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1975_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; book=&quot;Con&quot; index=&quot;4&quot; link=&quot;Morning Walk Through the BBT Warehouse -- February 10, 1975, Los Angeles&quot; link_text=&quot;Morning Walk Through the BBT Warehouse -- February 10, 1975, Los Angeles&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Morning Walk Through the BBT Warehouse -- February 10, 1975, Los Angeles|Morning Walk Through the BBT Warehouse -- February 10, 1975, Los Angeles]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Prabhupāda: In our festival let them come and show. What is this? That man? What is his name who showed Gaurāṅga līlā?&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Gurudāsa: Yes, Harigovind.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: It will be hundred times better than that.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Gurudāsa: Thousand times. Ten thousand, yes.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: So show this nonsense that &quot;We can do better than you.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;RoomConversationwithYogaStudentMarch141975Iran_1&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1975_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; book=&quot;Con&quot; index=&quot;31&quot; link=&quot;Room Conversation with Yoga Student -- March 14, 1975, Iran&quot; link_text=&quot;Room Conversation with Yoga Student -- March 14, 1975, Iran&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with Yoga Student -- March 14, 1975, Iran|Room Conversation with Yoga Student -- March 14, 1975, Iran]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Yoga Student: ...to chant the names of Nitāi-Gaurāṅga before we encourage them so much to chant the mahā-mantra?&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: No. Why? Now, what is the difference, Nitāi-Gaurāṅga and Hare Kṛṣṇa? Nitāi-Gaurāṅga and Hare Kṛṣṇa, there is no difference. Nitāi-Gaurāṅga is also nice. Whatever he finds convenient, let him chant.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;9&quot; parent=&quot;Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; text=&quot;1976 Conversations and Morning Walks&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;1976 Conversations and Morning Walks&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;RoomConversationAugust211976Hyderabad_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; book=&quot;Con&quot; index=&quot;276&quot; link=&quot;Room Conversation -- August 21, 1976, Hyderabad&quot; link_text=&quot;Room Conversation -- August 21, 1976, Hyderabad&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- August 21, 1976, Hyderabad|Room Conversation -- August 21, 1976, Hyderabad]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Jayapatākā: I showed your &quot;As Brilliant as the Sun&quot; to Tarun Kanti Gosh and one other minister, and when they saw that, then after, for ten minutes, all they could say was how Prabhupāda, how he is empowered by Lord Gaurāṅga.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: They said like that.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;10&quot; parent=&quot;Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; text=&quot;1977 Conversations and Morning Walks&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;1977 Conversations and Morning Walks&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;RoomConversationJanuary191977Bhuvanesvara_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; book=&quot;Con&quot; index=&quot;32&quot; link=&quot;Room Conversation -- January 19, 1977, Bhuvanesvara&quot; link_text=&quot;Room Conversation -- January 19, 1977, Bhuvanesvara&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- January 19, 1977, Bhuvanesvara|Room Conversation -- January 19, 1977, Bhuvanesvara]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Hari-śauri: If we build in Purī, will we have Jagannātha?&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: Yes. Jagannātha, Nitāi-Gaura, Guru-Gaurāṅga...&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Rāmeśvara: And Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma, like Vṛndāvana.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Rāmeśvara: That will also be very wonderful, to have Lord Gaurāṅga on the altar.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: Yes.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Hari-śauri: Yes. That's very important now, Lord Caitanya.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Rāmeśvara: Very big Deities. That would be good if there were big Gaura-Nitāi Deities.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Gargamuni: Yes, there should be huge Deities.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Hari-śauri: Like in Hyderabad. There's those very big Deities there, five feet or something.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: Five feet? Deity we can get it done here also. But there is no white stone. Stone is available here.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;RoomConversationFebruary121977Mayapura_1&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; book=&quot;Con&quot; index=&quot;83&quot; link=&quot;Room Conversation -- February 12, 1977, Mayapura&quot; link_text=&quot;Room Conversation -- February 12, 1977, Mayapura&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- February 12, 1977, Mayapura|Room Conversation -- February 12, 1977, Mayapura]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Prabhupāda: Our mission is to preach Gaurāṅga philosophy. Therefore we are taking. So why the municipal cannot give land for this public purpose?&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;RoomConversationwithRatanSinghRajdaMPNationalismandCheatingApril151977Bombay_2&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; book=&quot;Con&quot; index=&quot;138&quot; link=&quot;Room Conversation with Ratan Singh Rajda M.P. 'Nationalism and Cheating' -- April 15, 1977, Bombay&quot; link_text=&quot;Room Conversation with Ratan Singh Rajda M.P. 'Nationalism and Cheating' -- April 15, 1977, Bombay&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with Ratan Singh Rajda M.P. 'Nationalism and Cheating' -- April 15, 1977, Bombay|Room Conversation with Ratan Singh Rajda M.P. 'Nationalism and Cheating' -- April 15, 1977, Bombay]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Prabhupāda: Every one of us messiaḥ. Anyone Kṛṣṇa conscious, he's the messiaḥ. Every one. Why one? All of us. Gaurāṅgera bhakta-gaṇe, jane jane śakti dhari, brahmāṇḍa tari saksi(?): &quot;The devotee of Lord Caitanya, every one has so immense power that every one, they can deliver the whole universe.&quot; Gaurāṅgera bhakta-jane, jane jane śakti..., brahmāṇḍa tari... That is Gaurāṅga's men.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Only you are that powerful, Śrīla Prabhupāda. We're like...&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: Why you are not? You are my disciples.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: We're like the bugs.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: &quot;Like father, like son.&quot; You should be. Gaurāṅgera bhakta..., jane. Everyone. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra' ei deśa ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 7.128|CC Madhya 7.128]]). He asked everyone, &quot;Just become guru.&quot; Follow His instruction. You become guru. Āmāra ājñāya. Don't manufacture ideas. Āmāra ājñāya. &quot;What I say, you do. You become a guru.&quot; Where is the difficulty? &quot;And what is Your ājñā?&quot; Yāre dekha tāre kaha kṛṣṇa-upadeśa ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 7.128|CC Madhya 7.128]]). Bas. Everything is there in the Bhagavad-gītā. You simply repeat. That's all. You become guru. To become a guru is not difficult job. Follow Caitanya Mahāprabhu and speak what Kṛṣṇa has said. Bas. You become guru.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;SrilaPrabhupadaVigilMay271977Vrndavana_3&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; book=&quot;Con&quot; index=&quot;179&quot; link=&quot;Srila Prabhupada Vigil -- May 27, 1977, Vrndavana&quot; link_text=&quot;Srila Prabhupada Vigil -- May 27, 1977, Vrndavana&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Srila Prabhupada Vigil -- May 27, 1977, Vrndavana|Srila Prabhupada Vigil -- May 27, 1977, Vrndavana]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Prabhupāda: No, I, by... A very learned judge has translated it. Because there are so many technical... And the Indian...&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Guest (3): (Bengali)&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: (Bengali) For this.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Guest (3): He is the greatest guru of the age.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Devotees: Jaya!&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Ātreya Ṛṣi: In Iran, in the courts, the prince and princes are chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, in the court, in the palace.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Guest (3): Śrī Gaurāṅga's incarnation on his tongue.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Śrīla Prabhupāda, I have both, that one from London and New York.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: That London is shorter.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;RoomConversationRecentMailJuly141977Vrndavana_4&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; book=&quot;Con&quot; index=&quot;223&quot; link=&quot;Room Conversation-Recent Mail -- July 14, 1977, Vrndavana&quot; link_text=&quot;Room Conversation-Recent Mail -- July 14, 1977, Vrndavana&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Room Conversation-Recent Mail -- July 14, 1977, Vrndavana|Room Conversation-Recent Mail -- July 14, 1977, Vrndavana]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Prabhupāda: Everything superexcellent.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Here is the Deity of Lord Nityānanda dressed and undressed, so you can see. They've done very nicely with the two photographs. You can get the full idea. I think the proportions are first class. Just accurate.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: Gaurāṅga.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;RoomConversationWithMadhudvisaandothersAugust171977Vrndavana_5&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; book=&quot;Con&quot; index=&quot;235&quot; link=&quot;Room Conversation With Madhudvisa and others -- August 17, 1977, Vrndavana&quot; link_text=&quot;Room Conversation With Madhudvisa and others -- August 17, 1977, Vrndavana&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Room Conversation With Madhudvisa and others -- August 17, 1977, Vrndavana|Room Conversation With Madhudvisa and others -- August 17, 1977, Vrndavana]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Prabhupāda: So remain as gṛhastha and render your service. There is no harm. If one could not proceed, it doesn't matter. Failure is the pillar of success. Then try. Again you shall try. Where is Śrutakīrti? How are you?&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Śrutakīrti: Very well, thank you.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: Śrutakīrti is also gṛhastha. So jointly you can work and improve this movement. That is our ambition. Gṛhe bā banete thāke, hā gaurāṅga bole ḍāke, narottama māge tāra saṅga. &quot;Either he remains at home or as a sannyāsī, if he is devotee of Lord Gaurāṅga, I want his association.&quot; That is Narottama Ṭhākura's... Gṛhe bā banete thāke, hā gaurāṅga bole ḍāke, narottama māge tāra saṅga. So follow the principles, and whichever position is suitable. Don't be carried away by the waves of māyā. Capture Caitanya Mahāprabhu and you'll be saved. Is that all right? Don't leave us. You are quite... At least you made advance. You are one of the important devotees. So don't lose that position now. Manage in the position you want to remain. Now Gaurasundara has also come. So I'm glad to see that you are... Your bunch of hair is long. Yes. Cut it. So give them place to stay nicely.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Correspondence&quot; class=&quot;section&quot; sec_index=&quot;6&quot; parent=&quot;compilation&quot; text=&quot;Correspondence&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Correspondence&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;1968_Correspondence&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;3&quot; parent=&quot;Correspondence&quot; text=&quot;1968 Correspondence&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;1968 Correspondence&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;LettertoPradyumnaLosAngeles17February1968_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1968_Correspondence&quot; book=&quot;Let&quot; index=&quot;66&quot; link=&quot;Letter to Pradyumna -- Los Angeles 17 February, 1968&quot; link_text=&quot;Letter to Pradyumna -- Los Angeles 17 February, 1968&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Letter to Pradyumna -- Los Angeles 17 February, 1968|Letter to Pradyumna -- Los Angeles 17 February, 1968]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Regarding the book list: &quot;Lord Gauranga&quot; by S.K. Ghose and Veder Panchaya by Bon Maharaja are useless and you may not get them. The other books and the Gaudiya paper are acceptable. If you have free use of Xerox machine you may make copies, of some of the smaller works. Regarding Bhakti Puri, Tirtha Maharaja, they are my God-brothers and should be shown respect. But you should not have any intimate connection with them as they have gone against the orders of my Guru Maharaja.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;1970_Correspondence&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;5&quot; parent=&quot;Correspondence&quot; text=&quot;1970 Correspondence&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;1970 Correspondence&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;LettertoMakhanlalLosAngeles3June1970_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1970_Correspondence&quot; book=&quot;Let&quot; index=&quot;335&quot; link=&quot;Letter to Makhanlal -- Los Angeles 3 June, 1970&quot; link_text=&quot;Letter to Makhanlal -- Los Angeles 3 June, 1970&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Letter to Makhanlal -- Los Angeles 3 June, 1970|Letter to Makhanlal -- Los Angeles 3 June, 1970]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Regarding your special worshipment of Lord Nityananda: Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura has sung, &quot;Gauranga balite habe . . . etc.&quot; when that time will come when torrents of tears shall pour from my eyes simply by uttering the Name of Gauranga. It is not that one should worship one and neglect the others. So the symptoms of Lord Nityananda's mercy are exhibited according to the description of Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura by the detachment from material sense enjoyment, because without being freed from the attachment for material sense enjoyment, nobody can enter into the transcendental pastime of Radha and Krsna.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;1972_Correspondence&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;7&quot; parent=&quot;Correspondence&quot; text=&quot;1972 Correspondence&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;1972 Correspondence&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;LettertoRupanugaTokyo3May1972_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1972_Correspondence&quot; book=&quot;Let&quot; index=&quot;218&quot; link=&quot;Letter to Rupanuga -- Tokyo 3 May, 1972&quot; link_text=&quot;Letter to Rupanuga -- Tokyo 3 May, 1972&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Letter to Rupanuga -- Tokyo 3 May, 1972|Letter to Rupanuga -- Tokyo 3 May, 1972]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;You have got nice deities, now you make a nice silver throne like Los Angeles. Rukmini devi wants to install Caitanya Mahaprabhu, so Caitanya Mahaprabhu can be installed on the right side of Krishna, as you have seen in pictures from our Gaudiya Math temples. Nityananda there is no need. Simply three compartments, Gauranga and Spiritual masters in the first compartment, Radha and Krishna in the central compartment, and Lord Jagannatha in the third compartment. But if there is no room for three, then Radha-Krishna with Lord Caitanya on the right side with them, pictures of Spiritual Masters below.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;1973_Correspondence&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;8&quot; parent=&quot;Correspondence&quot; text=&quot;1973 Correspondence&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;1973 Correspondence&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;LettertoNiranjanaBrooklyn21May1973_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1973_Correspondence&quot; book=&quot;Let&quot; index=&quot;197&quot; link=&quot;Letter to Niranjana -- Brooklyn 21 May, 1973&quot; link_text=&quot;Letter to Niranjana -- Brooklyn 21 May, 1973&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Letter to Niranjana -- Brooklyn 21 May, 1973|Letter to Niranjana -- Brooklyn 21 May, 1973]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;You mention that they have not even heard of Lord Gauranga. So that is their misfortune, and our misfortune also. Our big, big godbrothers in India, they could not preach Lord Gauranga's name all over India. They are simply inclined to criticize me, that my students call me Prabhupada. They could not do anything practical and tangible. They are satisfied with a temple and a few disciples begging alms for the maintenance of the temple.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;1974_Correspondence&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;9&quot; parent=&quot;Correspondence&quot; text=&quot;1974 Correspondence&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;1974 Correspondence&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;LettertoSacimataBombay8December1974_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1974_Correspondence&quot; book=&quot;Let&quot; index=&quot;662&quot; link=&quot;Letter to Sacimata -- Bombay 8 December, 1974&quot; link_text=&quot;Letter to Sacimata -- Bombay 8 December, 1974&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Letter to Sacimata -- Bombay 8 December, 1974|Letter to Sacimata -- Bombay 8 December, 1974]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;It is good that you are keeping under your parent's protection for the time being, but wherever you remain do not forget to follow the four regulative principles and chanting at least 16 rounds daily&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Then all other things will be manifested in you by the grace of Lord Krishna. It is the advice of Narottama das Thakura to chant the holy name of Gauranga either if one remains at home or in the forest. Similarly, do not forget the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra either you live in the temple or at home.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;</div>

Mickey https://dev.vaniquotes.org/w/index.php?title=And_in_His_Gauranga_feature_Krsna_tastes_separation_from_Krsna_in_the_ecstasy_of_Srimati_Radharani&diff=268594 2011-09-18T10:33:41Z

<p>Mickey: Created page with &#039;&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt; {{terms|&quot;And in His Gauranga feature Krsna tastes separation from Krsna in the ecstasy of Srimati Radharani&quot;}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Micke…&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt;<br /> {{terms|&quot;And in His Gauranga feature Krsna tastes separation from Krsna in the ecstasy of Srimati Radharani&quot;}}<br /> {{notes|}}<br /> {{compiler|Mickey}}<br /> {{complete|ALL}}<br /> {{first|18Sep11}}<br /> {{last|18Sep11}}<br /> {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=1|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}<br /> {{total|1}}<br /> {{toc right}}<br /> [[Category:His (Krsna)]]<br /> [[Category:Lord Gauranga]]<br /> [[Category:Features]]<br /> [[Category:Krsna]]<br /> [[Category:Taste]]<br /> [[Category:Separation From Krsna]]<br /> [[Category:Ecstasy]]<br /> [[Category:Radharani]]<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta&quot; class=&quot;section&quot; sec_index=&quot;2&quot; parent=&quot;compilation&quot; text=&quot;Sri Caitanya-caritamrta&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Sri Caitanya-caritamrta&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CC_Madhya-lila&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;2&quot; parent=&quot;Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta&quot; text=&quot;CC Madhya-lila&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;CC Madhya-lila&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCMadhya8288_1&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Madhya-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;1691&quot; link=&quot;CC Madhya 8.288&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Madhya 8.288&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;heading&quot;&gt;Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is nondifferent from Kṛṣṇa. Both are the same Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the form of Kṛṣṇa, the Lord enjoys spiritual bliss and remains the shelter of all devotees, viṣaya-vigraha. And in His Gaurāṅga feature Kṛṣṇa tastes separation from Kṛṣṇa in the ecstasy of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 8.288|CC Madhya 8.288, Translation and Purport]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;trans text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;&quot;I have now converted My body and mind into the ecstasy of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; thus I am tasting My own personal sweetness in that form.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;purport text&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gaurasundara here informed Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya, “My dear Rāmānanda Rāya, you were actually seeing a separate person with a fair-complexioned body. Actually I am not fair. Being Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja, I am blackish, but when I come in touch with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī I become fair-complexioned externally. Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī does not touch the body of anyone but Kṛṣṇa. I taste My own transcendental features by accepting the complexion of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Without Rādhārāṇī, one cannot taste the transcendental pleasure of Kṛṣṇa's conjugal love.” In this regard, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura comments on the prākṛta-sahajiyā-sampradāya, which considers Kṛṣṇa and Lord Caitanya to possess different bodies. They misinterpret the words gaura aṅga nahe mora in text 287. From that verse and the present verse we can understand that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is nondifferent from Kṛṣṇa. Both are the same Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the form of Kṛṣṇa, the Lord enjoys spiritual bliss and remains the shelter of all devotees, viṣaya-vigraha. And in His Gaurāṅga feature Kṛṣṇa tastes separation from Kṛṣṇa in the ecstasy of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. This ecstatic form is Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. Śrī Kṛṣṇa is always the transcendental reservoir of all pleasure, and He is technically called dhīra-lalita. Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the embodiment of spiritual energy, personified as ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa; therefore only Kṛṣṇa can touch Her. The dhīra-lalita aspect is not seen in any other form of the Lord, including Viṣṇu and Nārāyaṇa. Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is therefore known as Govinda-nandinī and Govinda-mohinī, for She is the only source of transcendental pleasure for Śrī Kṛṣṇa and the only person who can enchant His mind.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;</div>

Mickey https://dev.vaniquotes.org/w/index.php?title=He_immediately_came_to_the_spot,_ready_to_punish_both_brothers,_but_when_the_all-merciful_Lord_Gauranga_saw_Jagai%27s_repentant_behavior,_He_immediately_embraced_him&diff=268586 2011-09-18T10:22:06Z

<p>Mickey: Created page with &#039;&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt; {{terms|&quot;He immediately came to the spot, ready to punish both brothers, but when the all-merciful Lord Gauranga saw Jagai&#039;s repentant beh…&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt;<br /> {{terms|&quot;He immediately came to the spot, ready to punish both brothers, but when the all-merciful Lord Gauranga saw Jagai's repentant behavior, He immediately embraced him.&quot;}}<br /> {{notes|}}<br /> {{compiler|Mickey}}<br /> {{complete|ALL}}<br /> {{first|18Sep11}}<br /> {{last|18Sep11}}<br /> {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=1|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}<br /> {{total|1}}<br /> {{toc right}}<br /> [[Category:Immediately]]<br /> [[Category:Came]]<br /> [[Category:Spot]]<br /> [[Category:Ready]]<br /> [[Category:Punishment]]<br /> [[Category:Both]]<br /> [[Category:Brother]]<br /> [[Category:Merciful]]<br /> [[Category:Lord Gauranga]]<br /> [[Category:Jagai]]<br /> [[Category:Repentance]]<br /> [[Category:Behavior]]<br /> [[Category:Immediately]]<br /> [[Category:Embrace]]<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta&quot; class=&quot;section&quot; sec_index=&quot;2&quot; parent=&quot;compilation&quot; text=&quot;Sri Caitanya-caritamrta&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Sri Caitanya-caritamrta&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CC_Adi-lila&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;1&quot; parent=&quot;Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta&quot; text=&quot;CC Adi-lila&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;CC Adi-lila&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCAdi1717_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Adi-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;1957&quot; link=&quot;CC Adi 17.17&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Adi 17.17&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;heading&quot;&gt;When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard of this, He immediately came to the spot, ready to punish both brothers, but when the all-merciful Lord Gaurāṅga saw Jagāi's repentant behavior, He immediately embraced him. By seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face and embracing Him, both the sinful brothers were at once cleansed.<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Adi 17.17|CC Adi 17.17, Translation and Purport]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;trans text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Thereafter mother Śacīdevī saw the brothers Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma in Their manifestation of Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda. Then the Lord delivered the two brothers Jagāi and Mādhāi.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;purport text&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;One night Śacīdevī dreamt that the Deities in her house, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, had taken the forms of Caitanya and Nityānanda and were fighting one another, as children do, to eat the naivedya, or offering to the Deities. The next day, by the will of Lord Caitanya, Śacīdevī invited Nityānanda to take prasādam at her house. Thus Viśvambhara (Lord Caitanya) and Nityānanda were eating together, and Śacīdevī realized that They were none other than Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. Seeing this, she fainted.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Jagāi and Mādhāi were two brothers born in Navadvīpa in a respectable brāhmaṇa family who later became addicted to all kinds of sinful activities. By the order of Lord Caitanya, both Nityānanda Prabhu and Haridāsa Ṭhākura used to preach the cult of Kṛṣṇa consciousness door to door. In the course of such preaching they found Jagāi and Mādhāi, two maddened drunken brothers, who, upon seeing them, began to chase them. On the next day, Mādhāi struck Nityānanda Prabhu on the head with a piece of earthen pot, thus drawing blood. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard of this, He immediately came to the spot, ready to punish both brothers, but when the all-merciful Lord Gaurāṅga saw Jagāi's repentant behavior, He immediately embraced him. By seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face and embracing Him, both the sinful brothers were at once cleansed. Thus they received initiation into the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra from the Lord and were delivered.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;</div>

Mickey https://dev.vaniquotes.org/w/index.php?title=Anyone_who_differentiates_between_Radha-Krsna_and_Gauranga_is_to_be_considered_a_plaything_in_the_hands_of_maya&diff=268577 2011-09-18T10:13:05Z

<p>Mickey: Created page with &#039;&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt; {{terms|&quot;Anyone who differentiates between Radha-Krsna and Gauranga is to be considered a plaything in the hands of maya&quot;}} {{notes|}} {{c…&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt;<br /> {{terms|&quot;Anyone who differentiates between Radha-Krsna and Gauranga is to be considered a plaything in the hands of maya&quot;}}<br /> {{notes|}}<br /> {{compiler|Mickey}}<br /> {{complete|ALL}}<br /> {{first|18Sep11}}<br /> {{last|18Sep11}}<br /> {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=1|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}<br /> {{total|1}}<br /> {{toc right}}<br /> [[Category:Anyone Who...]]<br /> [[Category:Differentiation]]<br /> [[Category:Between]]<br /> [[Category:Radha-Krsna]]<br /> [[Category:Lord Gauranga]]<br /> [[Category:Consider]]<br /> [[Category:In The Hands Of]]<br /> [[Category:Maya the Illusory Energy]]<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta&quot; class=&quot;section&quot; sec_index=&quot;2&quot; parent=&quot;compilation&quot; text=&quot;Sri Caitanya-caritamrta&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Sri Caitanya-caritamrta&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CC_Adi-lila&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;1&quot; parent=&quot;Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta&quot; text=&quot;CC Adi-lila&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;CC Adi-lila&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCAdi5233_1&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Adi-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;833&quot; link=&quot;CC Adi 5.233&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Adi 5.233&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;heading&quot;&gt;The Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas never differentiate between Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa and Lord Caitanya. They say that since Lord Caitanya is the combined form of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, He is not different from Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa... Anyone who differentiates between Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa and Gaurāṅga is to be considered a plaything in the hands of māyā.<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Adi 5.233|CC Adi 5.233, Translation and Purport]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;trans text&quot;&gt;I have attained all this by coming to Vṛndāvana, and this was made possible by the mercy of Lord Nityānanda.<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;purport text&quot;&gt;All the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana are Vaiṣṇavas. They are all-auspicious because somehow or other they always chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. Even though some of them do not strictly follow the rules and regulations of devotional service, on the whole they are devotees of Kṛṣṇa and chant His name directly or indirectly. Purposely or without purpose, even when they pass on the street they are fortunate enough to exchange greetings by saying the name of Rādhā or Kṛṣṇa. Thus directly or indirectly they are auspicious.<br /> The present city of Vṛndāvana has been established by the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas since the Six Gosvāmīs went there and directed the construction of their different temples. Of all the temples in Vṛndāvana, ninety percent belong to the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava sect, the followers of the teachings of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda, and seven temples are very famous. The inhabitants of Vṛndāvana do not know anything but the worship of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. In recent years some unscrupulous so-called priests known as caste gosvāmīs have introduced the worship of demigods privately, but no genuine and rigid Vaiṣṇavas participate in this. Those who are serious about the Vaiṣṇava method of devotional activities do not take part in such worship of demigods.<br /> The Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas never differentiate between Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa and Lord Caitanya. They say that since Lord Caitanya is the combined form of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, He is not different from Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. But some misled people try to prove that they are greatly elevated by saying that they like to chant the holy name of Lord Gaura instead of the names of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Thus they purposely differentiate between Lord Caitanya and Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. According to them, the system of nadīyā-nāgarī, which they have recently invented in their fertile brains, is the worship of Gaura, Lord Caitanya, but they do not like to worship Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. They put forward the argument that since Lord Caitanya Himself appeared as Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa combined, there is no necessity of worshiping Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Such differentiation by so-called devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is considered disruptive by pure devotees. Anyone who differentiates between Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa and Gaurāṅga is to be considered a plaything in the hands of māyā.<br /> There are others who are against the worship of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, thinking Him mundane. But any sect that differentiates between Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, either by worshiping Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa as distinct from Lord Caitanya or by worshiping Lord Caitanya but not Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, is in the group of prākṛta-sahajiyās.<br /> Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, predicts in verses 225 and 226 that in the future those who manufacture imaginary methods of worship will gradually give up the worship of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, and although they will call themselves devotees of Lord Caitanya, they will also give up the worship of Caitanya Mahāprabhu and fall down into material activities. For the real worshipers of Lord Caitanya, the ultimate goal of life is to worship Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.<br /> Ādi 5.233<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;</div>

Mickey https://dev.vaniquotes.org/w/index.php?title=When_that_time_will_come_when_torrents_of_tears_shall_pour_from_my_eyes_simply_by_uttering_the_Name_of_Gauranga&diff=268426 2011-09-17T16:08:49Z

<p>Mickey: Created page with &#039;&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt; {{terms|&quot;when torrents of tears shall pour from my eyes simply by uttering the Name of Gauranga&quot;}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Mickey}} {{comple…&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt;<br /> {{terms|&quot;when torrents of tears shall pour from my eyes simply by uttering the Name of Gauranga&quot;}}<br /> {{notes|}}<br /> {{compiler|Mickey}}<br /> {{complete|ALL}}<br /> {{first|17Sep11}}<br /> {{last|17Sep11}}<br /> {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=1}}<br /> {{total|1}}<br /> {{toc right}}<br /> [[Category:When]]<br /> [[Category:At That Time]]<br /> [[Category:Will Come]]<br /> [[Category:Torrents]]<br /> [[Category:Tears]]<br /> [[Category:Shall]]<br /> [[Category:Pour]]<br /> [[Category:From]]<br /> [[Category:Eyes]]<br /> [[Category:Simply By]]<br /> [[Category:Utter]]<br /> [[Category:Holy Names of God]]<br /> [[Category:Lord Gauranga]]<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Correspondence&quot; class=&quot;section&quot; sec_index=&quot;6&quot; parent=&quot;compilation&quot; text=&quot;Correspondence&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Correspondence&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;1970_Correspondence&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;5&quot; parent=&quot;Correspondence&quot; text=&quot;1970 Correspondence&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;1970 Correspondence&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;LettertoMakhanlalLosAngeles3June1970_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1970_Correspondence&quot; book=&quot;Let&quot; index=&quot;335&quot; link=&quot;Letter to Makhanlal -- Los Angeles 3 June, 1970&quot; link_text=&quot;Letter to Makhanlal -- Los Angeles 3 June, 1970&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;heading&quot;&gt;Regarding your special worshipment of Lord Nityananda: Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura has sung, &quot;Gauranga balite habe . . . etc.&quot; when that time will come when torrents of tears shall pour from my eyes simply by uttering the Name of Gauranga. It is not that one should worship one and neglect the others.<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Letter to Makhanlal -- Los Angeles 3 June, 1970|Letter to Makhanlal -- Los Angeles 3 June, 1970]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 21st May, 1970, and noted the contents.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Regarding your special worshipment of Lord Nityananda: Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura has sung, &quot;Gauranga balite habe . . . etc.&quot; when that time will come when torrents of tears shall pour from my eyes simply by uttering the Name of Gauranga. It is not that one should worship one and neglect the others. So the symptoms of Lord Nityananda's mercy are exhibited according to the description of Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura by the detachment from material sense enjoyment, because without being freed from the attachment for material sense enjoyment, nobody can enter into the transcendental pastime of Radha and Krsna.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Radha and Krsna lila or pastime is perfectly understood by following the instructions of the six Goswamis. So all these favors and mercy of the Acaryas and Incarnations go together. It is not that if I receive favor of one section I shall be reluctant to receive favor of other sections. It is very good symptom to have received Lord Nityananda's favor, but if we are actually favored by Lord Nityananda our business will be to please Lord Caitanya. And if Lord Caitanya is pleased, then we easily understand the truth of Radha Krsna through the mercy of the Goswamis.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;So the above verse means that as soon as one will chant the name of Lord Caitanya he will feel a transcendental ecstasy. All of us should wait for this stage of life. The transcendental ecstatic symptoms certainly become manifested in a devotee's body, but they should not be exhibited amongst common men. When Lord Caitanya met Ramananda Roy, both of them felt this ecstasy by embracing one another. But as soon as Lord Caitanya saw that Ramananda Roy was in the company of some outsider brahmanas, He checked Himself. This is already described in our Teachings of Lord Caitanya.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;The transcendental symptoms of ecstasy certainly are auspicious, but they are not for advertising to others. One should not advertise directly or indirectly that one is feeling like this. They should be checked. Otherwise one will gradually become sahajiya or one who takes spiritual advancement as something materially manifest. Actual spiritual advancement means detachment for everything material. So our activities are nothing material. Detachment from material activities, means attachment for spiritual activities, devotional service. After all, our energy has to be utilized, so when it is materially detached it means with greater enthusiasm our spiritual activities increase.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;So Lord Caitanya is combined form of Radha Krsna. If Caitanya is pleased, Radha and Krsna automatically become pleased. Now our mission, Krsna consciousness mission, is to execute the will of Lord Caitanya. In this old age whatever I am trying to do it is just to give a little service according to my capacity to Lord Caitanya's mission. I have not come here for some personal credit in this old age. I have also come here under the order of my Spiritual Master who is non-different from Lord Nityananda.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;You are all helping me in the execution of my mission so please do not try to do anything beyond the jurisdiction of my instructions. My will I have already disclosed to you all that each and every one of you should chant the Mahamantra regularly in sixteen rounds, follow the four regulative principles, chant Hare Krsna mantra on the streets, try to distribute our books and literature, and specifically in San Francisco you should observe the annual Ratha Yatra festival very gorgeously. I can assure you that if you follow my instruction as above mentioned there is no doubt about it that through me my spiritual Master Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura will be pleased, and through His mercy Lord Nityananda will be pleased. In this way Lord Caitanya and ultimately Radha Krsna will be pleased, and thus your life will be successful.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;You are all intelligent boys. Please try to understand me and do the needful.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;</div>

Mickey https://dev.vaniquotes.org/w/index.php?title=The_devotee_of_Lord_Caitanya,_every_one_has_so_immense_power_that_every_one,_they_can_deliver_the_whole_universe._Gaurangera_bhakta-jane,_jane_jane_sakti...,_brahmanda_tari..._That_is_Gauranga%27s_men&diff=268405 2011-09-17T15:37:33Z

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Mickey https://dev.vaniquotes.org/w/index.php?title=All_they_could_say_was_how_Prabhupada,_how_he_is_empowered_by_Lord_Gauranga&diff=268400 2011-09-17T15:24:01Z

<p>Mickey: Created page with &#039;&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt; {{terms|&quot;how he is empowered by Lord Gauranga&quot;}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Mickey}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|17Sep11}} {{last|17Sep11}} {{tota…&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt;<br /> {{terms|&quot;how he is empowered by Lord Gauranga&quot;}}<br /> {{notes|}}<br /> {{compiler|Mickey}}<br /> {{complete|ALL}}<br /> {{first|17Sep11}}<br /> {{last|17Sep11}}<br /> {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=1|Let=0}}<br /> {{total|1}}<br /> {{toc right}}<br /> [[Category:Prabhupada Responding to Comments]]<br /> [[Category:Prabhupada Responding to Comments... 1976]]<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; class=&quot;section&quot; sec_index=&quot;5&quot; parent=&quot;compilation&quot; text=&quot;Conversations and Morning Walks&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Conversations and Morning Walks&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;9&quot; parent=&quot;Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; text=&quot;1976 Conversations and Morning Walks&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;1976 Conversations and Morning Walks&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;RoomConversationAugust211976Hyderabad_1&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks&quot; book=&quot;Con&quot; index=&quot;276&quot; link=&quot;Room Conversation -- August 21, 1976, Hyderabad&quot; link_text=&quot;Room Conversation -- August 21, 1976, Hyderabad&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;heading&quot;&gt;They said like that.<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- August 21, 1976, Hyderabad|Room Conversation -- August 21, 1976, Hyderabad]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Prabhupāda: Yes. Gauḍīya it was published continuous.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Jayapatākā: What years we should look? More or less.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: 1950 or little before that. They have got their old Gauḍīyas.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Jayapatākā: They must have.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: They were so popular, the report was that the readers of Gauḍīya were only hankering after that Bhagavāner Kathā, and after reading that they will throw away. Other articles, they were not interested.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Jayapatākā: So always your writing, people were attracted by.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: Yes. That is a fact. Even my teachers were attracted in school days.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Jayapatākā: Recently that..., some professor said that you are the veritable incarnation of Vyāsadeva for Lord Caitanya.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: Yes. Some have said like that. In my matriculation class I wrote some essay and I got out of 100, 85 marks. But the teacher came to the class, &quot;Who has written this?&quot; So I stood up, and he thanked me, &quot;Yes, it is very nice.&quot; He especially came to thank me for that essay.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Gargamuni: At least from the human standpoint, it is not humanly possible to have so many books in such a short time. There is no other author, at least that we know.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Jayapatākā: I showed your &quot;As Brilliant as the Sun&quot; to Tarun Kanti Gosh and one other minister, and when they saw that, then after, for ten minutes, all they could say was how Prabhupāda, how he is empowered by Lord Gaurāṅga.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: They said like that.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Jayapatākā: Yes. That's a good movie because it simply shows how you are doing so many books.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Gargamuni: We also showed that to that Atul Krishna Goswami. He came to Māyāpur. When he saw that he was so..., that movie, they had never seen such a thing, the process of printing the books.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: He has good idea about...&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Gargamuni: Oh, yes.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Jayapatākā: He has translated Caitanya-caritāmṛta in Hindi, they say.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: He presented me one.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Jayapatākā: Many people ask that if the Gītār Gān could be put in Hindi.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Gargamuni: This Gītā Press, they have these little books selling for one rupee, and they've sold lakhs. If we can put Gītār Gān into many languages, it will be bigger than this Gītā Press.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: So you can... It is poetry.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Jayapatākā: That's the difference, that Prabhupāda put it in poetry. Who has got that inspiration?&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Prabhupāda: It is gān, gītā, song. One can chant it singing.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;</div>

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<p>Mickey: Created page with &#039;&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt; {{terms|&quot;Gauranga means with all this paraphernalia. As soon as we speak of gauranga, we should mean the five: Lord Nityananda, Advaita, G…&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt;<br /> {{terms|&quot;Gauranga means with all this paraphernalia. As soon as we speak of gauranga, we should mean the five: Lord Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara, and Srivasa. All together&quot;}}<br /> {{notes|}}<br /> {{compiler|Mickey}}<br /> {{complete|ALL}}<br /> {{first|17Sep11}}<br /> {{last|17Sep11}}<br /> {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=1|Con=0|Let=0}}<br /> {{total|1}}<br /> {{toc right}}<br /> [[Category:Lord Gauranga]]<br /> [[Category:Meaning of Sanskrit Words]]<br /> [[Category:With All]]<br /> [[Category:Paraphernalia]]<br /> [[Category:As Soon As]]<br /> [[Category:Speak]]<br /> [[Category:One Should]]<br /> [[Category:Mean]]<br /> [[Category:Five]]<br /> [[Category:Nityananda]]<br /> [[Category:Advaita Acarya]]<br /> [[Category:Gadadhara Pandita]]<br /> [[Category:Srivasa]]<br /> [[Category:All Together]]<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Lectures&quot; class=&quot;section&quot; sec_index=&quot;4&quot; parent=&quot;compilation&quot; text=&quot;Lectures&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Lectures&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Purports_to_Songs&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;14&quot; parent=&quot;Lectures&quot; text=&quot;Purports to Songs&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Purports to Songs&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;PurporttoGaurangeraDutiPadaLosAngelesJanuary61969_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;Purports_to_Songs&quot; book=&quot;Lec&quot; index=&quot;15&quot; link=&quot;Purport to Gaurangera Duti Pada -- Los Angeles, January 6, 1969&quot; link_text=&quot;Purport to Gaurangera Duti Pada -- Los Angeles, January 6, 1969&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;heading&quot;&gt;Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura recommends that anyone who simply chants śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda...&quot; Gaurāṅga means with all this paraphernalia. As soon as we speak of gaurāṅga, we should mean the five: Lord Nityānanda, Advaita, Gadādhara, and Śrīvāsa. All together. So yei gaurāṅgera nāma laya, anyone who chants, immediately he will develop love of Godhead.<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Purport to Gaurangera Duti Pada -- Los Angeles, January 6, 1969|Purport to Gaurangera Duti Pada -- Los Angeles, January 6, 1969]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Gaurāṅgera duṭi pada, yāra dhana sampada, sei jāne bhakati-rasa-sāra. This is another song composed by Narottama das Ṭhākura, and he says that &quot;One who has accepted the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya, in other words, one who has the only asset of possession, the two feet of Lord Caitanya, such person is supposed to know what is the essence of devotional service.&quot; Sei jāne bhakati-rasa-sāra. What is the purport of devotional service, or what is the humor of devotional service, can be understood by a person who has accepted Lord Caitanya's lotus feet as everything. The idea is that actually Lord Caitanya, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself, and He is teaching devotional sevvice to the living entities personally. Directly. Therefore the modes of devotional service, as taught by Lord Caitanya, is the most perfect. There cannot be any doubt. The expert, or the master, is teaching the servant how to work. If a... If somebody is master of some engineering work and he is personally teaching some assistant, that teaching, instruction, is most perfect. Similarly, Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself, in the role of a devotee, is teaching devotional service. Therefore the path chalked out by Lord Kṛṣṇa is the most feasible way for perfection to devotional service. Sei jāne bhakati rasa sāra. Sāra means essence.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;And then he says, gaurāṅgera madhuri-līlā, yāra karṇe praveśilā. Now he comes to the pastimes of Lord Caitanya. He says that &quot;Lord Caitanya's pastimes are also as much transcendental as Lord Kṛṣṇa's.&quot; As in the Bhagavad-gītā it is said that anyone who can simply understand the transcendental appearance, disappearance, activities, work of Kṛṣṇa, he immediately becomes eligible to enter into the kingdom of God. Simply by understanding the pastimes and the work, transcendental activities of Kṛṣṇa. Similarly, one who enters into the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, he immediately becomes freed from all contamination of the heart. Gaurāṅgera madhuri-līlā, yāra karṇe praveśilā. Karṇe praveśilā means simply one has to receive the message of Lord Caitanya. Karṇe means in the ear. To give the message a submissive aural reception. Then immediately one's heart becomes freed from all material contamination.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Then he says: yei gaurāṅgera nāma laya, tāra haya premodaya. Now, the devotees are concerned how to develop love of Godhead. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura recommends that anyone who simply chants śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda...&quot; Gaurāṅga means with all this paraphernalia. As soon as we speak of gaurāṅga, we should mean the five: Lord Nityānanda, Advaita, Gadādhara, and Śrīvāsa. All together. So yei gaurāṅgera nāma laya, anyone who chants, immediately he will develop love of Godhead. Yei gaurāṅgera nāma laya, tara haya premodaya, tāre mui jaya bole hari. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says &quot;I offer him all congratulation.&quot; Because it is certain that he has developed love of Godhead. Then he says, gaurāṅga-guṇete jhure, nitya-līlā tāre sphure. Anyone, if he cries by simply by hearing the transcendental qualities of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he at once understands what is the loving affairs between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Nitya-līlā means the pastimes, or the loving exchange, affairs between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, that is eternal. That is not temporary. We should not think that Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa pastimes, loving affairs, is just like the business of a, of a young boy or girl, as we see in this material world. Such loving affairs is not at all loving affairs. They are lusty affairs, and they are not eternal. Therefore they break. Today I am in love with somebody and next day it breaks. But Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa līlā is not like that. It is eternal. Therefore that is transcendental and this is temporary. So simply one who is absorbed in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, he can immediately understand what is the actual position of the loving affairs of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. Nitya-līlā tāre sphure. Sei yaya rādhā-mādhava, sei yaya vrajendra-suta pāśa. And simply by doing that, he becomes eligible to enter into the abode of Kṛṣṇa. Vrajendra-suta. Vrajendra-suta means the son of Nanda Mahārāja in Vṛndāvana. He's sure to go to associate with Kṛṣṇa in his next birth.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Gaurāṅgera saṅge-gaṇe, nitya-siddha boli māne. Anyone who has understood that the associates of Lord Caitanya, they are not ordinary conditioned souls... They are liberated souls. Nitya-siddha bole māni. There are three kinds of devotees. One is called sādhana-siddha. Sadhana-siddha means by following the regulative principles of devotional service, if one becomes perfect, he's called sādhana-siddha. Another devotee is called kṛpā-siddha. Kṛpā-siddha means even if he has not followed strictly all the regulative principle, still, by the mercy of ācārya or a devotee, or by Kṛṣṇa, he is elevated to the perfectional stage. That is specially. And another devotee is called nitya-siddha. Nitya-siddha means they were never contaminated. The sādhana-siddha and kṛpā-siddha was contaminated by material touch, and by following regulative principles or by the mercy or grace of some devotee and ācārya they're elevated to the perfectional state. But nitya-siddha means they were never contaminated. They're ever liberated. So all the associates of Lord Caitanya, just like Advaita Prabhu, Śrīvāsa, Gadādhara, Nityānanda, they are Viṣṇu-tattva. They are all liberated. Not only they, the Gosvāmīs... There are many others. So they are ever-liberated. So one who can understand that the associates of Lord Caitanya are ever-liberated... Nitya-siddha bale māni, sei yaya vrajendra suta-pāśa. Immediately he becomes eligible to enter into the abode of Kṛṣṇa.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;And then he says, gauḍa-maṇḍala-bhūmi, yebā jāni cintāmaṇi. A... The gaura-maṇḍala means the place in West Bengal wherein Lord Caitanya had His pastimes. In Navadvīpa, during Lord Caitanya's birth anniversary, the devotees go and circumambulate different places of Lord Caitanya's pastimes. It takes nine days. So that portion of Bengal is called gauḍa-maṇḍala. So Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, &quot;One who understands that there is no difference between this part of the country with Vṛndāvana,&quot; tāra haya vraja-bhūmi vāsa, &quot;it is as good as one lives in Vṛndāvana.&quot; Then he says, gaura-prema rasārṇarve. Lord Caitanya's activities is just like an ocean of loving affairs of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore one who takes a dip into this ocean, gaura-prema-rasārṇave, sei taraṅga yebā ḍube. Just like we take a dip and bath, and we play, sport, in the waves of the ocean or sea. Similarly, one who takes pleasure, taking a dip and sporting with the waves of the ocean of Lord Caitanya's distribution of love of God, such a person becomes immediately a confidential devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Sei rādhā-mādhava-antaraṅga. Antaraṅga means not ordinary devotee. They are confidential devotee. And Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, gṛhe vā vanete thāke. &quot;Such devotee, who is taking pleasure in the waves of Lord Caitanya's movement,&quot; because he has become a very confidential devotee of the Lord...&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Therefore Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, &quot;Such devotee, it doesn't matter whether he's in the renounced order of life or whether he is a householder.&quot; Gṛha. Gṛha means householder. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu's movement does not say that one has to become a renounced order, sannyāsī. Just like Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, impersonalists, Śaṅkarācārya, they first, they put the first condition that &quot;You take up the renounced order of life first, and then talk of spiritual advancement.&quot; So in Śaṅkara sampradāya nobody is accepted as bona fide impersonalist unless he has accepted the renounced order of life. But here, in Caitanya's movement, there is no such restriction. Advaita Prabhu, He was a householder. Nityānanda, He was householder. Gadādhara, He was also householder. And Śrīvāsa, he was also householder. And Caitanya Mahāprabhu also married twice. So it doesn't matter. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says that to become in renounced order of life, or to remain in householder life, that does not matter. If he is actually taking part in the movements of Caitanya's saṅkīrtana activities and actually understanding what it is, he is taking sport in the waves of such devotional ocean, then such person is always liberated. And Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura is aspiring his association ever increasingly. That is the sum and substance of this song.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;</div>

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Mickey https://dev.vaniquotes.org/w/index.php?title=One_who_chants_the_mantra_%22gauranga%22_and_one_who_chants_the_names_of_Radha_and_Krsna_are_on_the_same_level&diff=268380 2011-09-17T14:31:54Z

<p>Mickey: Created page with &#039;&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt; {{terms|&quot;and one who chants the names of Radha and Krsna are on the same level&quot;|&quot;one who chants the mantra&quot;}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Mickey…&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt;<br /> {{terms|&quot;and one who chants the names of Radha and Krsna are on the same level&quot;|&quot;one who chants the mantra&quot;}}<br /> {{notes|}}<br /> {{compiler|Mickey}}<br /> {{complete|ALL}}<br /> {{first|17Sep11}}<br /> {{last|17Sep11}}<br /> {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=1|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}<br /> {{total|1}}<br /> {{toc right}}<br /> [[Category:One Who]]<br /> [[Category:Chanting the Mantra]]<br /> [[Category:Lord Gauranga]]<br /> [[Category:Chanting the Holy Name]]<br /> [[Category:Radha-Krsna]]<br /> [[Category:On The Same Level]]<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta&quot; class=&quot;section&quot; sec_index=&quot;2&quot; parent=&quot;compilation&quot; text=&quot;Sri Caitanya-caritamrta&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Sri Caitanya-caritamrta&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CC_Antya-lila&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;3&quot; parent=&quot;Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta&quot; text=&quot;CC Antya-lila&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;CC Antya-lila&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;CCAntya231_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;CC_Antya-lila&quot; book=&quot;CC&quot; index=&quot;252&quot; link=&quot;CC Antya 2.31&quot; link_text=&quot;CC Antya 2.31&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;heading&quot;&gt;Vaiṣṇavas consider Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu nondifferent from Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa (śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya rādhā-kṛṣṇa nahe anya). Therefore one who chants the mantra &quot;gaurāṅga&quot; and one who chants the names of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are on the same level.<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:CC Antya 2.31|CC Antya 2.31, Translation and Purport]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;trans text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;&quot;You are chanting the Gaura-gopāla mantra, composed of four syllables. Now please give up the doubts that have resided within you.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;purport text&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura explains the Gaura-gopāla mantra in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Worshipers of Śrī Gaurasundara accept the four syllables gau-ra-aṅ-ga as the Gaura mantra, but pure worshipers of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa accept the four syllables rā-dhā kṛṣ-ṇa as the Gaura-gopāla mantra. However, Vaiṣṇavas consider Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu nondifferent from Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa (śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya rādhā-kṛṣṇa nahe anya). Therefore one who chants the mantra &quot;gaurāṅga&quot; and one who chants the names of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are on the same level.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;</div>

Mickey https://dev.vaniquotes.org/w/index.php?title=User:Mickey&diff=268237 2011-09-16T16:25:26Z

<p>Mickey: Created page with &#039;*This is my vani-notepad and I can place anything here relating to my vaniseva for Vanipedia. =Resources for new compilers= ==Notes for new compilers== This is just a reminder …&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>*This is my vani-notepad and I can place anything here relating to my vaniseva for Vanipedia.<br /> <br /> =Resources for new compilers=<br /> <br /> ==Notes for new compilers==<br /> This is just a reminder list of basic guidelines for compiling.<br /> <br /> ====Preparing VedaBase====<br /> *[[Manual:Troubleshooting#Preparation|Click here]] for the list of sources to select in Vedabase.<br /> <br /> ====What we ''do not'' compile====<br /> <br /> *Synonyms<br /> *Quotes from an appendix or index<br /> *Text segments written by the publishers, not by Srila Prabhupada (e.g. forewords)<br /> *Purports from SB Canto 10.14 through Canto 12<br /> *Verse summaries at the beginning of LOB, ISO, MM, NBS<br /> *Quotes in which the expression appears only in a reading being done by a devotee and is not further commented upon by Prabhupada<br /> *Quotes in which the expression is used by someone other than Prabhupada and Prabhupada does not offer further commentary in connection with the expression<br /> <br /> If you come across a page for a Sanskrit term, check with your Vanitutor before compiling.<br /> <br /> ====Guidelines for compiling====<br /> <br /> Before you start, be sure you are:<br /> *using Mozilla Firefox version 3.6.17 for your web browser;<br /> *situated in Vaniquotes (not Vanipedia, Vanisource, or another one of the Vani sites).<br /> <br /> =====Formatting standards=====<br /> *'''Conversations''' should always show the speakers' names, even if Prabhupada is the only speaker.<br /> *'''Lectures''' show speakers' names only if there is a speaker other than Prabhupada present within the quote. If Prabhupada is the only speaker in the quote, do not include his name as speaker. <br /> *Don't take it for granted that SP is speaking. Always check and confirm.<br /> **Exception: '''Philosophy Discussions''' - These should be handled just like Conversations (always include the speaker)<br /> <br /> =====Headings=====<br /> *should include the expression (there may be some exceptions, but this is the general rule)<br /> **one exception is when a third party cites the expression. At this time we make the heading the comment that SP makes on the expression<br /> *should be complete sentences, ending with a full stop/period<br /> *Pages should be consistent. Either all quotes have headings in a page, or no quotes have headings in a page<br /> *are not necessary for short 'translation-only' quotes<br /> <br /> =====Cited Verses=====<br /> <br /> *When the auto box appears for cited verses, click yes if it is indeed a cited verse. Sometimes the verses are not completely identified. At that time we go to the manual edit by double clicking on the text of the quote and manually code them with : in front of each line<br /> <br /> ====Short Keys====<br /> <br /> *F2 = Advanced Query (top binoculars) <br /> *F3 = Previous Hit <br /> *F4 = Next Hit<br /> *Ctrl/D = copy with reference<br /> *Alt/Tab = move from Vedabase to Vani or from Vani to Vedabase<br /> *S = set section<br /> *R = purport<br /> *T = Translation<br /> *E = Insert<br /> *Ctrl/V = paste into compile form<br /> <br /> to compile a purport<br /> <br /> select text, Ctrl/D, Alt/Tab, Ctrl/V, SRE<br /> <br /> to compile a translation<br /> <br /> select text, Ctrl/D, Alt/Tab, Ctrl/V, STE<br /> <br /> to compile a book with no purports/Trans, (TLC, NOD, EJ, KB, RTW, MOG) or lectures, conversations and letters<br /> <br /> select text, Ctrl/D, Alt/Tab, Ctrl/V, E<br /> <br /> ====Editing====<br /> *Quote text copied from VedaBase must remain exactly 'as is'. Do not correct spelling or grammar, and do not 'skip' through the text to select your quote (quotes must be taken from contiguous text). <br /> **It is not necessary, however, to include the entirety of a single speaker's passage (in other words, you don't have to start your quote at the very beginning of a speaker's contribution to the conversation).<br /> *Headings may include minor editing for clarity.<br /> <br /> =====Self edit=====<br /> <br /> *self edits should be done after compiling each page, preferably before saving. As time goes on, it becomes natural to do partial self edits as each quote is being compiled, so that the final self edit is very clean.<br /> <br /> *'''check if''' - All speakers are identified in all of the conversations, and all of the philosophy discussions and only in the lectures when there is one or more people other than Prabhupada speaking<br /> <br /> *'''check if''' - there is consistency for headings<br /> <br /> *'''check if''' - any purports have been compiled in the `SB 10.14 - 12 section and delete when found<br /> <br /> *'''check if''' - there are double quotes compiled and deleted when found<br /> <br /> *'''check if''' - check if the correct sections are compiled<br /> <br /> *'''check if''' - check if quotes or headings beginning words are not cut example: &quot;Devotional&quot; should not be &quot;evotional&quot;<br /> <br /> *'''check if''' - cited verses are properly arranged. If when editing they get buggy, then if they are not autocorrected with the &quot;save&quot;&quot; then we should click edit, compile, save<br /> <br /> *'''check if'''<br /> <br /> =====Bugs=====<br /> <br /> There are a few bugs that are there and we have to simply move around them<br /> <br /> ======NOD======<br /> <br /> In the Nectar of Devotion some chapters are wrongly referenced in VedaBase so the compiler has to keep their eye on the chapter they are compiling and if there is an incorrect link created in the Vani compile form then it has to be manually corrected by clicking on the little blue box (click to change the link for this quote) in the top of the right hand side of the compile tool that is present once you have gone to &quot;edit quote&quot; or &quot;double click&quot; on the text. The coding for NOD is simple. NOD 46 or NOD 47 etc<br /> <br /> ====Needed links for Compiling====<br /> <br /> http://vaniquotes.org/wiki/Special:CompilerGoals<br /> <br /> http://vaniquotes.org/wiki/Special:CompilerStatistics<br /> <br /> http://vaniquotes.org/wiki/Manual:Tools#Vedabase<br /> <br /> http://vaniquotes.org/wiki/Special:CompleteCompilations?from=0&amp;limit=1500</div>

Mickey https://dev.vaniquotes.org/w/index.php?title=Everything_is_manifestation_of_the_prakrti_of_the_Lord,_exactly_like_the_heat_and_light_of_the_fire._Heat_and_light_are_not_different_from_the_fire,_but_at_the_same_time,_heat_and_light_are_not_the_fire&diff=268234 2011-09-16T15:55:34Z

<p>Mickey: Created page with &#039;&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt; {{terms|&quot;Everything is manifestation of the prakrti of the Lord, exactly like the heat and light of the fire. Heat and light are not diffe…&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;div id=&quot;compilation&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;facts&quot;&gt;<br /> {{terms|&quot;Everything is manifestation of the prakrti of the Lord, exactly like the heat and light of the fire. Heat and light are not different from the fire, but at the same time, heat and light are not the fire&quot;}}<br /> {{notes|}}<br /> {{compiler|Mickey}}<br /> {{complete|ALL}}<br /> {{first|16Sep11}}<br /> {{last|16Sep11}}<br /> {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=1}}<br /> {{total|1}}<br /> {{toc right}}<br /> [[Category:Everything]]<br /> [[Category:Manifestation]]<br /> [[Category:Prakrti]]<br /> [[Category:Of The Lord]]<br /> [[Category:Exactly Like]]<br /> [[Category:Heat]]<br /> [[Category:Light]]<br /> [[Category:Fire]]<br /> [[Category:Not Different From]]<br /> [[Category:At the Same Time]]<br /> [[Category:Are Not]]<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;Correspondence&quot; class=&quot;section&quot; sec_index=&quot;6&quot; parent=&quot;compilation&quot; text=&quot;Correspondence&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Correspondence&lt;/h2&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;1969_Correspondence&quot; class=&quot;sub_section&quot; sec_index=&quot;4&quot; parent=&quot;Correspondence&quot; text=&quot;1969 Correspondence&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;1969 Correspondence&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;LettertoLilavatiAllstonMass25April1969_0&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; parent=&quot;1969_Correspondence&quot; book=&quot;Let&quot; index=&quot;249&quot; link=&quot;Letter to Lilavati -- Allston, Mass 25 April, 1969&quot; link_text=&quot;Letter to Lilavati -- Allston, Mass 25 April, 1969&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;heading&quot;&gt;Lord Caitanya's philosophy of inconceivably simultaneously one and different is the perfect philosophy of our relationship with the Absolute Truth. Everything is manifestation of the prakrti of the Lord, exactly like the heat and light of the fire. Heat and light are not different from the fire, but at the same time, heat and light are not the fire. In this way we have to understand the purusa and prakrti. The Lord is the purusa, or Enjoyer, and prakrti is the enjoyed.<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;span class=&quot;link&quot;&gt;[[Vanisource:Letter to Lilavati -- Allston, Mass 25 April, 1969|Letter to Lilavati -- Allston, Mass 25 April, 1969]]: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;Please accept my blessings to yourself as well as to your good husband and nice daughter, Subhadra. I beg to thank you for your letter dated April 18, 1969, and I have noted the contents carefully. Regarding your question about the relationship between the living entities and Krishna, the answer is that qualitatively we are one with Krishna: There is no qualitative difference, although the living entity has a different function than Krishna. Prakrti means nature. Just like fire; its nature is heat, and the heat is not a different quality although the function is different. In one sense, fire and heat are nondifferent. Therefore, Lord Caitanya's philosophy of inconceivably simultaneously one and different is the perfect philosophy of our relationship with the Absolute Truth. Everything is manifestation of the prakrti of the Lord, exactly like the heat and light of the fire. Heat and light are not different from the fire, but at the same time, heat and light are not the fire. In this way we have to understand the purusa and prakrti. The Lord is the purusa, or Enjoyer, and prakrti is the enjoyed.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;Regarding your question about our relationship with Srimati Radharani, She is the internal energy, we are marginal energy. Marginal means sometimes internal, sometimes external. When we are under the internal energy, that is our normal life, and when we are under the external energy, that is our abnormal life. Therefore, we are called marginal energy; we can be either this way or that way. But being qualitatively one with the purusa, our tendency is to remain in the internal energy. Being in the external energy is our artificial attempt.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;I hope this will meet you in good health.&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;</div>

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