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03:0103:01, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,056 N Another one of the friends of Nanda Maharaja said, "My dear Nanda, we do not know why we are so attracted by your son Krsna. We want to forget Him, but this is impossible. Why are we so naturally affectionate toward Him" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Another one of the friends of Nanda Mahārāja said"|"My dear Nanda, we do not know why we are so attracted by your son Kṛ..."
02:5802:58, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,938 N One cowherd boy said, "Krsna saved His friends and cows from a severe forest fire, and He chastised the Kaliya serpent in the lake of the Yamuna River and forced him to leave the vicinity of the Yamuna; He thereby made the water of the Yamuna poisonless" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa saved His friends and cows from a severe forest fire, and He chastised the Kāliya serpent in the lake of the Yamu..."
02:5602:56, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,628 N One cowherd boy said, "When Pralambasura entered amongst Krsna's cowherd boyfriends, Krsna caused him to be killed by Balarama" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Pralambāsura entered amongst Kṛṣṇa’s cowherd boyfriends, Kṛṣṇa caused him to be killed by Balarāma"}} {{n..."
02:5402:54, 23 April 2017 diff hist +7,135 N One cowherd boy said, "Although the Dhenukasura demon was assisted by his cohorts, also in the shape of asses, all were killed, and the Talavana forest was then open for the use of the animals and inhabitants of Vrndavana" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the Dhenukāsura demon was assisted by his cohorts, also in the shape of asses, all were killed, and the Tālavana fo..."
02:5202:52, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,964 N One cowherd boy said, "When Krsna, along with His brother, Balarama, entered the Talavana forest, the demon known as Dhenukasura, in the shape of an ass, attacked Them and was immediately killed by Balarama" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Kṛṣṇa, along with His brother, Balarāma, entered the Tālavana forest, the demon known as Dhenukāsura, in the sha..."
02:5002:50, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,926 N One cowherd boy said, "When the demon known as Vatsasura entered among the calves tended by Krsna with a desire to kill Him, He immediately detected the demon, killed him and threw him into a tree" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the demon known as Vatsāsura entered among the calves tended by Kṛṣṇa with a desire to kill Him, He immediately de..."
02:4802:48, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,863 N One cowherd boy said, "Once His (Krsna's) mother, being disturbed by His stealing butter, tied Him to a wooden mortar, and the child pulled it toward a pair of trees known as yamala-arjuna and caused them to fall" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Once His mother, being disturbed by His stealing butter, tied Him to a wooden mortar, and the child pulled it toward a pair of..."
02:4502:45, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6,771 N One cowherd boy said, "Although He (Krsna) was taken very high in the sky, He simply hung on the neck of the demon and forced him to fall from the sky and immediately die" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although He was taken very high in the sky, He simply hung on the neck of the demon and forced him to fall from the sky and im..."

15:2615:26, 22 April 2017 diff hist +4,910 N We have inaugurated the Krsna consciousness movement so that everyone can satisfy his propensity for loving others simply by directing his love toward Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We have inaugurated the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement so that everyone can satisfy his propensity for loving others simpl..."
15:2415:24, 22 April 2017 diff hist +4,454 N The art of focusing one's attention on the Supreme and giving one's love to Him is called Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The art of focusing one’s attention on the Supreme and giving one’s love to Him is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness"}} {{n..."
15:2215:22, 22 April 2017 diff hist +6,097 N When one waters the root of a tree, he automatically waters the branches, twigs, leaves and flowers; when one supplies food to the stomach through the mouth, he satisfies all the various parts of the body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one waters the root of a tree, he automatically waters the branches, twigs, leaves and flowers; when one supplies food to..."
15:2015:20, 22 April 2017 diff hist +5,691 N Since Krsna is all-attractive, one should know that all his desires should be focused on Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since Kṛṣṇa is all-attractive, one should know that all his desires should be focused on Kṛṣṇa"}} {{notes|}} {{com..."
15:1815:18, 22 April 2017 diff hist +6,145 N In this book, Krsna, all of His activities as a human being are described. Although Krsna plays like a human being, He always maintains His identity as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this book, Kṛṣṇa, all of His activities as a human being are described. Although Kṛṣṇa plays like a human being..."
15:1615:16, 22 April 2017 diff hist +6,057 N Krsna appeared outside His mother’s body as the four-handed Visnu-Narayana. Then He turned Himself into a baby and told His father to carry Him to the house of Nanda Maharaja and his wife Yasoda Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa appeared outside His mother’s body as the four-handed Viṣṇu-Nārāyaṇa. Then He turned Himself into a baby..."
15:1315:13, 22 April 2017 diff hist +6,041 N Within the prison of His maternal uncle Kamsa, where His father and mother were confined, Krsna appeared outside His mother's body as the four-handed Visnu-Narayana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Within the prison of His maternal uncle Kaṁsa, where His father and mother were confined, Kṛṣṇa appeared outside His m..."
15:1115:11, 22 April 2017 diff hist +5,545 N Properly speaking, He (Krsna) never becomes God because He is the Godhead in all circumstances Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Properly speaking, He never becomes God because He is the Godhead in all circumstances"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{co..."
15:1015:10, 22 April 2017 diff hist +6,867 N He (Krsna) does not become God by manufacturing some mystic process of meditation, nor does He become God by undergoing the severe austerities of the mystic yogic exercises Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He does not become God by manufacturing some mystic process of meditation, nor does He become God by undergoing the severe aus..."
15:0815:08, 22 April 2017 diff hist +7,412 N Nowadays it is the fashion of the atheistic class of men to try to become God by following some mystic process. Generally the atheists claim to be God by dint of their imagination or their meditational prowess. Krsna is not that kind of God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nowadays it is the fashion of the atheistic class of men to try to become God by following some mystic process. Generally the..."
15:0515:05, 22 April 2017 diff hist +7,097 N In the Fourth Chapter Krsna states that He can remember instructing the lessons of the Bhagavad-gita some millions of years ago to the sun-god, Vivasvan Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Fourth Chapter Kṛṣṇa states that He can remember instructing the lessons of the Bhagavad-gītā some millions of..."
15:0315:03, 22 April 2017 diff hist +6,778 N Because He possesses unlimited knowledge, Krsna has a memory that is boundless Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because He possesses unlimited knowledge, Kṛṣṇa has a memory that is boundless"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{comp..."
15:0215:02, 22 April 2017 diff hist +7,185 N Arjuna might have been a very great warrior, a well-cultured member of the Kuru dynasty, but after all, he was an ordinary human being, whereas Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the possessor of unlimited knowledge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Arjuna might have been a very great warrior, a well-cultured member of the Kuru dynasty, but after all, he was an ordinary hum..."
15:0015:00, 22 April 2017 diff hist +7,403 N In the Fourth Chapter of the BG Krsna tells Arjuna that both He and Arjuna had had many births before and that He (Krsna) could remember all of them but Arjuna could not. This illustrates the difference between the knowledge of Krsna and that of Arjuna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Fourth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna that both He and Arjuna had had many births before and t..."
14:5714:57, 22 April 2017 diff hist +6,941 N For example, from these literatures we are given the histories of Krsna's appearances and disappearances millions and billions of years ago Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For example, from these literatures we are given the histories of Kṛṣṇa’s appearances and disappearances millions and..."
14:5614:56, 22 April 2017 diff hist +7,030 N The Vedic histories, such as the Puranas and Mahabharata, relate human histories which extend millions and billions of years into the past Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But the Vedic histories, such as the Purāṇas and Mahābhārata, relate human histories which extend millions and billions o..."
14:5414:54, 22 April 2017 diff hist +7,796 N According to the Vedic literature & according to the great acaryas, the authorized persons versed in the knowledge of God in all ages, like acaryas Sankara, Ramanuja, Madhva, Visnu Svami, Caitanya, all unanimously agree that Krsna is the SPG Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"according to the Vedic literature and according to the great ācāryas, the authorized persons versed in the knowledge of God..."
14:5014:50, 22 April 2017 diff hist +5,516 N There are various classes of men in the world who speak of God in different ways Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are various classes of men in the world who speak of God in different ways"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{complete..."
14:4914:49, 22 April 2017 diff hist +5,965 N From the very moment of His appearance to the moment of His disappearance, every one of His activities is unparalleled in the history of the world, and therefore anyone who knows what we mean by Godhead will accept Krsna as the SP of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From the very moment of His appearance to the moment of His disappearance, every one of His activities is unparalleled in the..."
14:4614:46, 22 April 2017 diff hist +6,055 N Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is a historical person who appeared on this earth 5,000 years ago. He stayed on this earth for 125 years and played exactly like a human being, but His activities were unparalleled Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is a historical person who appeared on this earth 5,000 years ago. He stayed..."
14:4314:43, 22 April 2017 diff hist +5,820 N We have never seen any one person who is unlimitedly and simultaneously wealthy, powerful, famous, beautiful, wise and unattached, like Krsna, in the history of humanity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we have never seen any one person who is unlimitedly and simultaneously wealthy, powerful, famous, beautiful, wise and unattac..."
14:4114:41, 22 April 2017 diff hist +5,846 N We have seen many rich persons, many powerful persons, many famous persons, many beautiful persons, many learned and scholarly persons, and persons in the renounced order of life unattached to material possessions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We have seen many rich persons, many powerful persons, many famous persons, many beautiful persons, many learned and scholarly..."
14:3914:39, 22 April 2017 diff hist +6,036 N From practical experience we can observe that one is attractive due to wealth, power, fame, beauty, wisdom & renunciation. One who is in possession of all these opulences, who possesses them to an unlimited degree, is understood to be the SPG Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"So from practical experience we can observe that one is attractive due to"|"renunciation. One who is in possession of all six..."
14:3514:35, 22 April 2017 diff hist +5,822 N If someone is very powerful, he also becomes attractive, and if someone is very famous, he also becomes attractive, and if someone is very beautiful or wise or unattached to all kinds of possessions, he also becomes attractive Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if someone is very powerful, he also becomes attractive, and if someone is very famous, he also becomes attractive, and if som..."
14:3314:33, 22 April 2017 diff hist +5,786 N How is it one can be all-attractive? First of all, if one is very wealthy, if he has great riches, he becomes attractive to the people in general Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"How is it one can be all-attractive? First of all, if one is very wealthy, if he has great riches, he becomes attractive to th..."
14:3114:31, 22 April 2017 diff hist +5,562 N Krsna is the Godhead because He is all-attractive. Outside the principle of all-attraction, there is no meaning to the word "Godhead" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In other words, Kṛṣṇa is the Godhead because He is all-attractive. Outside the principle of all-attraction, there is no..."
14:2914:29, 22 April 2017 diff hist +5,794 N The immediate answer is that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. How is that? Because He conforms in exact detail to descriptions of the Supreme Being, the Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The immediate answer is that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. How is that? Because He conforms in exact deta..."
14:2614:26, 22 April 2017 diff hist +5,681 N In the Western countries, when someone sees the cover of a book like Krsna, he immediately asks, "Who is Krsna? Who is the girl with Krsna?" etc Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Western countries, when someone sees the cover of a book like Kṛṣṇa, he immediately asks"|"Who is the girl with K..."
09:4109:41, 22 April 2017 diff hist +3,731 N These pastimes are just like the Ganges water, which flows from the toe of Lord Visnu: they purify the three worlds, the upper, middle and lower planetary systems Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These pastimes are just like the Ganges water, which flows from the toe of Lord Viṣṇu: they purify the three worlds, the u..."
09:3909:39, 22 April 2017 diff hist +3,904 N He informed Pariksit that hearing & chanting the pastimes of Krsna are so auspicious that the processes purify the three varieties of men involved: he who recites the transcendental topics of Krsna, he who hears such topics & he who inquires about Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He informed Mahārāja Parīkṣit that hearing and chanting the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa are so auspicious that the processes..."
09:3709:37, 22 April 2017 diff hist +3,877 N Sukadeva Gosvami thanked the King for his eagerness to hear about Krsna, and he encouraged him by saying, "My dear King (Pariksit), your intelligence is very keen because you are so eager to hear about the pastimes of Krsna" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śukadeva Gosvāmī thanked the King for his eagerness to hear about Kṛṣṇa, and he encouraged him by saying"|"My dear Ki..."
09:3509:35, 22 April 2017 diff hist +3,609 N Sukadeva was the greatest of all Bhagavata reciters, and thus he began to speak about Krsna's pastimes, which destroy all inauspiciousness in this Age of Kali Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śukadeva was the greatest of all Bhāgavata reciters, and thus he began to speak about Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes, which destro..."
09:3209:32, 22 April 2017 diff hist +3,655 N At the point of his death, King Pariksit was hearing Srimad-Bhagavatam from Sukadeva Gosvami. When King Pariksit expressed his untiring desire to hear about Krsna, Sukadeva Gosvami was very much pleased Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At the point of his death, King Parīkṣit was hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from Śukadeva Gosvāmī. When King Parīkṣit e..."
09:3009:30, 22 April 2017 diff hist +5,047 N Every one of us should be conscious of death at every moment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every one of us should be conscious of death at every moment"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Iswaraj}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2017-..."
09:2909:29, 22 April 2017 diff hist +5,689 N It is understood that one must be very fortunate to hear krsna-katha as seriously as Maharaja Pariksit did. He was especially intent on the subject matter because he was expecting death at any moment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is understood that one must be very fortunate to hear kṛṣṇa-kathā as seriously as Mahārāja Parīkṣit did. He was..."
09:2709:27, 22 April 2017 diff hist +5,863 N Maharaja Pariksit said, "Hunger and thirst may give trouble to ordinary persons or to me, but the topics of Krsna are so nice that one can continue to hear them without feeling tired because such hearing situates one in the transcendental position" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hunger and thirst may give trouble to ordinary persons or to me, but the topics of Kṛṣṇa are so nice that one can contin..."
09:2509:25, 22 April 2017 diff hist +5,760 N In order to assure Sukadeva Gosvami that by hearing krsna-katha he would not feel tired, Maharaja Pariksit expressed himself very frankly Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In order to assure Śukadeva Gosvāmī that by hearing kṛṣṇa-kathā he would not feel tired, Mahārāja Parīkṣit expr..."
09:2309:23, 22 April 2017 diff hist +5,701 N This narration was presented by Sukadeva Gosvami when Maharaja Pariksit was prepared to give up his body, fasting on the bank of the Ganges Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This narration was presented by Śukadeva Gosvāmī when Mahārāja Parīkṣit was prepared to give up his body, fasting on t..."
09:2109:21, 22 April 2017 diff hist +7,446 N If such a fortunate combination (Maharaja Pariksit and Sukadeva Goswami) is made possible, then krsna-katha immediately becomes revealed, and people may benefit to the highest possible degree from such a conversation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If such a fortunate combination is made possible, then kṛṣṇa-kathā immediately becomes revealed, and people may benefit..."
09:1909:19, 22 April 2017 diff hist +7,330 N The position of Maharaja Pariksit and Sukadeva Gosvami is unique. Maharaja Pariksit is the right person to hear about the transcendental pastimes of Krsna, and Sukadeva Gosvami is the right person to describe them Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The position of Mahārāja Parīkṣit and Śukadeva Gosvāmī is unique. Mahārāja Parīkṣit is the right person to hear a..."
09:1709:17, 22 April 2017 diff hist +7,126 N The subject matter of this book is Sukadeva Gosvami's answering of these and other questions asked by Maharaja Pariksit Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The subject matter of this book is Śukadeva Gosvāmī’s answering of these and other questions asked by Mahārāja Parīk..."
09:1309:13, 22 April 2017 diff hist +7,394 N Maharaja Pariksit asked Sukadeva Gosvami how many years Lord Krsna remained in human society, how many years He reigned over the kingdom of Dvaraka, and how many wives He accepted there Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahārāja Parīkṣit asked how many years Lord Kṛṣṇa remained in human society, how many years He reigned over the kin..."

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