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13:5113:51, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,714 m O thoughtful devotees, as long as you are not absorbed in transcendental bliss, you should continue tasting this Srimad-Bhagavatam, and when you are fully absorbed in bliss, you should go on tasting its mellows forever Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 25 - How All the Residents of Varanasi Became Vaisnavas' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5113:51, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,542 m As Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was returning to Jagannatha Puri, He passed through the solitary forest, and He received great pleasure in doing so Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 25 - How All the Residents of Varanasi Became Vaisnavas' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,805 m The word 'muni' refers to one who is thoughtful, one who is grave or silent, an ascetic, one who keeps great vows, one in the renounced order and a saint. These are the different meanings of the word 'muni' Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,731 m Within the category of regulative devotional service, there are also immature devotees. These are also of four varieties. Thus in regulative devotional service there are altogether sixteen varieties Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,550 m Hari, the Personality of Godhead, is the all-pervasive original source of everything; He is therefore the Supersoul of everything Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,943 m The word 'nirgrantha' can be taken as an adjective modifying 'muni' and 'atmarama.' There is another meaning, which you may hear from Me, indicating association with a devotee Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,797 m Materialistic devotees take to devotional service and worship Krsna when they are distressed or in need of money Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,762 m The attraction to Krsna of devotees on the platform of neutrality increases up to love of Godhead (prema), and the attraction of devotees on the platform of servitorship increases to spontaneous attachment (raga) Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters'
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,681 m I have heard this wonderful story and am therefore very inquisitive to hear Your explanation again. If You would kindly repeat it, I would be very pleased to hear Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,096 m One who always engages in the service of the S P of Godhead is called atmarama. There are two types of atmaramas. One is an atmarama engaged in regulative devotional service, and the other is an atmarama engaged in spontaneous devotional service Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,298 m Saintly persons who are always meditating upon Krsna are engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. The atmaramas are also engaged in the Lord's service. That is the indirect import Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,667 m That Absolute Truth without a second is Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the supreme truth in the past, present and future. That is the evidence of all revealed scriptures Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,166 m There are seven chief meanings of the word 'api.' They are as follows Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,659 m If one follows the path of philosophical speculation, the Absolute Truth manifests Himself as impersonal Brahman, and if one follows the path of mystic yoga, He manifests Himself as the Supersoul Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,989 m The word 'atma' sometimes means 'the mind.' In this case the word 'atmarama' means 'a person who is satisfied by mental speculation.' When such a person associates with a pure devotee, he takes to devotional service at the lotus feet of Krsna Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,362 m There is no need to repeat the word 'atmarama.' One is sufficient, and that one word indicates six persons Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,154 m One totally manifests his original love of Godhead through devotional service in nine different ways - hearing, chanting and so forth Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,491 m The proper meaning of the word 'brahma' is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is one without a second and without whom nothing else exists Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,629 m When a purified yogi associates with devotees, he engages in Lord Krsna's devotional service, being attracted by the Lord's transcendental qualities Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,413 m Thereafter, Sanatana Gosvami clasped the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and humbly submitted the following petition Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,054 m The word 'ca' can be explained in seven ways Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,649 m Atma also means 'endeavor.' Being attracted by Krsna's transcendental qualities, some saints make a great endeavor to come to the point of rendering service to Him Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,359 m Lord Sri Krsna attracts the minds of all the gopis with His beautiful, transcendental bodily features Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,418 m Even if a learned man is able to count all the minute atoms in this material world, he still cannot count the potencies of Lord Visnu Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,404 m When one is actually liberated by executing devotional service, he always engages in the transcendental loving service of the Lord Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:5013:50, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,443 m Living entities include great personalities like the four Kumaras, and also low-class foolish people, trees, plants, birds and beasts Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,311 m A devotee of Krsna is never in a miserable condition, nor does he have any desire other than to serve Krsna. He is experienced and advanced. He feels the transcendental bliss of love of Krsna and always engages in His service in full perfection Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,388 m The word 'ksetrajna' refers to the living entity, the enjoyer, the chief and material nature Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,723 m There is yet another meaning, which is full of a variety of imports. Actually there are two gross meanings and thirty-two subtle meanings Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,268 m Although there are many faults in this material world, there is one good opportunity, the association with devotees Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,763 m The six kinds of atmaramas render devotional service to Krsna without ulterior motives. The words 'munayah' and 'santah' indicate those who are very much attached to meditating upon Krsna Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,723 m I offer my respectful obeisances to the Absolute Truth, the summum bonum. He is the all-pervasive, all-increasing subject matter for the great yogis. He is changeless, and He is the soul of all Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,459 m The word 'nirgranthah' means 'without ignorance' and 'devoid of rules and regulations.' Whichever meaning fits may be applied Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,666 m Since Sri Krsna, the Absolute Truth, the master of all mystic powers, has departed for His own abode, please tell us to whom the religious principles have now gone for shelter Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,836 m As mentioned above, the word 'ca' can be used to mean 'aggregate.' According to this meaning, all the atmaramas and munis engage in Krsna's service. Besides 'aggregate,' there is another meaning of the word 'ca' Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,583 m The word 'atmarama' refers to one who enjoys these seven items (the Absolute Truth, body, mind and so on). Later, I shall enumerate the atmaramas Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +6,704 m The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, should be described as the worshipable object, and you should describe the bija-mantra for the worship of Krsna, as well as that for Rama and for other expansions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,447 m All the cranes and swans in the water are being enchanted by the melodious song of Krsna's flute. They have approached and are worshiping the S P of Godhead with full attention. Alas, they are closing their eyes and are becoming completely silent Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,899 m In this Dvaraka-dhama, I am being attracted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, who is personified spiritual bliss Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,595 m This is His transcendental quality that is the essence of all transcendental sweetness Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,470 m The word 'urukrama' refers to one whose krama (step) is great. The word 'krama' means 'throwing the foot forward,' that is, 'stepping' Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,459 m The use of the word 'ca' in different places produces different meanings. Over and above them, there is another meaning that is very important Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,703 m Nirgrantha also refers to one who is illiterate, lowborn, misbehaved, unregulated and devoid of respect for the Vedic literature. The word also refers to one who is a capitalist and to one who has no riches Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +3,405 m I am a most lowborn person. I have no knowledge of good behavior. How is it possible for me to write authorized directions about Vaisnava activities Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,817 m The word 'ca' can also be used to indicate the certainty that only saintly persons are engaged in rendering devotional service to Krsna. In the combination 'atmarama api,' 'api' is used in the sense of censure Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4913:49, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,972 m The word 'nirgranthah' can be used as an adjective, and 'api' can be used in the sense of certainty. For instance, ramas ca krsnas ca means that both Rama and Krsna enjoy walking in the forest Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,470 m A devotee absorbed in ecstatic emotion for Krsna always resides in a place where Krsna's pastimes were performed Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,524 m O Lord Pundarikaksa, while chanting Your holy name with tears in my eyes, when shall I dance in ecstasy on the bank of the Yamuna Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +3,123 m Vipralambha has four divisions - purva-raga, mana, pravasa and prema-vaicittya Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,664 m When the seed of ecstatic emotion for Krsna fructifies, the following nine symptoms manifest in one's behavior: forgiveness, concern that time should not be wasted, detachment, absence of false prestige, hope, eagerness Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current

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