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11:4211:42, 25 February 2021 diff hist +5,957 N Sravana is very important; one must hear from the Vaisnava sadhu, guru and sastra Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śravaṇa is very important; one must hear from the Vaiṣṇava sādhu, guru and śāstra"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankruth..."
11:3811:38, 25 February 2021 diff hist +6,598 A juggler, a magician or one who speaks nonsense as an academic career is not a guru. Rather, a guru is one who presents Bhagavad-gita, Krsna's instructions, as it is No edit summary
11:3111:31, 25 February 2021 diff hist +6,111 N Caitanya Mahaprabhu advises that a guru is one who strictly follows the instructions of Bhagavad-gita: yare dekha, tare kaha, 'krsna'-upadesa - CC Madhya 7.128 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Caitanya Mahāprabhu advises that a guru is one who strictly follows the instructions of Bhagavad-gītā: yare dekha, tare kah..."
11:2711:27, 25 February 2021 diff hist +6,178 N Srila Rupa Gosvami recommends, sri-guru-padasrayah: one must seek shelter at the lotus feet of a pure devotee who can be one's guru Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī therefore recommends, śrī-guru-padāśrayaḥ: one must seek shelter at the lotus feet of a pure dev..."
11:2311:23, 25 February 2021 diff hist +6,496 N We should strictly follow this injunction and never try to hear from Mayavadis, impersonalists, voidists, politicians or so-called scholars. Strictly avoiding such inauspicious association, we should simply hear from pure devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We should strictly follow this injunction and never try to hear from Māyāvādīs, impersonalists, voidists, politicians or s..."
11:1611:16, 25 February 2021 diff hist +6,128 N We should not hear the commentaries and explanations of nondevotees, for this is strictly forbidden by Srila Sanatana Gosvami Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We should not hear the commentaries and explanations of nondevotees, for this is strictly forbidden by Srila Sanatana Gosvami"..."
11:1311:13, 25 February 2021 diff hist +6,279 N The most important process (of devotional service) is hearing (sravanam) from the guru, sadhu and sastra-the spiritual master, the saintly acaryas and the Vedic literature. Sadhu-sastra-guru-vakya, cittete kariya aikya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The most important process is hearing (śravaṇam) from the guru, sādhu and śāstra-the spiritual master, the saintly ācā..." current
08:5708:57, 25 February 2021 diff hist +6,123 N One should not give up the process of devotional service, which is performed in nine different ways - sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam, etc. - SB 7.5.23 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should not give up the process of devotional service, which is performed in nine different ways"|"śravaṇaṁ kīrtana..."
08:5308:53, 25 February 2021 diff hist +6,017 N Always chanting My (Krsna) glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, the great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion - BG 9.14 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, the great souls perpetually worship M..."
08:0208:02, 25 February 2021 diff hist +6,183 N Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.14) recommends that one always engage at least in chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra: satatam kirtayanto mam yatantas ca drdha-vratah namasyantas ca mam bhaktya nitya-yukta upasate Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"therefore recommends that one always engage at least in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Al..."
07:5607:56, 25 February 2021 diff hist +6,299 N Narada Muni says that even if one falls from the platform of devotional service, he is not lost, whereas nondevotees are lost entirely because they are not engaged in service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nārada Muni says that even if one falls from the platform of devotional service, he is not lost, whereas nondevotees are lost..."
07:4907:49, 25 February 2021 diff hist +6,329 N When King Bharata made a mistake and in his next life became a deer, his devotional service did not stop, although some slight chastisement was given to him because of his negligence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When King Bharata made a mistake and in his next life became a deer, his devotional service did not stop, although some slight..."
07:4507:45, 25 February 2021 diff hist +6,059 N Even if a devotee, by the supreme will of the Lord, takes birth in this material world, he continues his devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even if a devotee, by the supreme will of the Lord, takes birth in this material world, he continues his devotional service"}}..." current
07:3907:39, 25 February 2021 diff hist +6,197 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu prayed, mama janmani janmanisvare bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi: (CC Antya 20.29, Siksastaka 4) "All I want is Your causeless devotional service in My life, birth after birth" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu prayed, mama janmani janmanīśvare bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi"|"All I want is Your causeles..."
07:3207:32, 25 February 2021 diff hist +6,193 N Narayana-parah sarve na kutascana bibhyati: because a devotee is engaged in transcendental activities, he is not afraid of being materially embodied Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nārāyaṇa-parāḥ sarve na kutaścana bibhyati: because a devotee is engaged in transcendental activities, he is not afrai..."
06:5706:57, 25 February 2021 diff hist +6,296 N Even though such a devotee is in a material body, he has nothing to do with this body, for he is transcendentally situated Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even though such a devotee is in a material body, he has nothing to do with this body, for he is transcendentally situated"}}..."
06:4606:46, 25 February 2021 diff hist +6,749 N Srila Rupa Gosvami has said that anyone who has dedicated his life to the service of the Lord by his activities, his mind and his words may stay in any condition of life and yet is no longer actually conditioned but is liberated - jivan-muktah sa ucyate Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has said that anyone who has dedicated his life to the service of the Lord (īhā yasya harer dāsye)..."
04:5404:54, 25 February 2021 diff hist +11,018 N Srila Rupa Gosvami has said that by affection and love for the SPG, devotees can express their mind to Him with their words. Others, however, cannot do this, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gita - bhaktya mam abhijanati yavan yas casmi tattvatah - BG 18.55 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has therefore said that by affection and love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, devotees can exp..."
04:4804:48, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,852 N As the Lord (Krsna) says in Bhagavad-gita (BG 4.9): One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again..."
04:4304:43, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,759 N If by chance, by the association of devotees, one can actually understand the Lord and His features, one immediately becomes a liberated person Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if by chance, by the association of devotees, one can actually understand the Lord and His features, one immediately becomes a..." current
04:3804:38, 25 February 2021 diff hist +11,007 N In conclusion, unless one elevates himself to the transcendental platform by practicing bhakti-yoga, one cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His name, form, attributes or activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In conclusion, unless one elevates himself to the transcendental platform by practicing bhakti-yoga, one cannot understand the..."
04:3104:31, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,846 N Nondevotees cannot understand even the preliminary study of transcendental knowledge, Bhagavad-gita. They simply speculate and present commentaries with absurd distortions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nondevotees cannot understand even the preliminary study of transcendental knowledge, Bhagavad-gītā. They simply speculate a..."
04:2704:27, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,820 N The Puranas are old, authentic histories, but nondevotees cannot understand them, especially Srimad-Bhagavatam, which is the essence of Vedic knowledge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Purāṇas are old, authentic histories, but nondevotees cannot understand them, especially Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is..."
04:2304:23, 25 February 2021 diff hist +11,268 N Because of the material disease, nondevotees cannot understand the transcendental name, form, attributes and activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, although they actually see the Lord's activities, either through authority or through history Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"because of the material disease, nondevotees cannot understand the transcendental name, form, attributes and activities of the..."
04:1804:18, 25 February 2021 diff hist +11,014 N Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has given the example that persons suffering from jaundice cannot taste the sweetness of sugar candy, although everyone knows that sugar candy is sweet Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura has given the example that persons suffering from jaundice cannot taste the sweetn..."
04:1404:14, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,832 N Nondevotees, who have not developed their loving qualities, think that the activities, form and attributes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are fictitious Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"nondevotees, who have not developed their loving qualities, think that the activities, form and attributes of the Supreme Pers..."
04:0904:09, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,885 N The history of Krsna the person has been openly seen by everyone, yet only those who are in love with the Supreme Personality of Godhead can appreciate this history Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The history of Kṛṣṇa the person has been openly seen by everyone, yet only those who are in love with the Supreme Person..."
04:0204:02, 25 February 2021 diff hist +11,164 N He (Krsna) has no mundane name, He is addressed by devotees as Devaki-nandana, Yasoda-nandana, Gopala and Syamasundara. These are all transcendental names that only devotees can appreciate and nondevotees cannot Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He has no mundane name, He is addressed by devotees as Devakī-nandana, Yaśodā-nandana, Gopāla and Śyāmasundara. These ar..."
03:5103:51, 25 February 2021 diff hist +11,122 N The Lord (Krsna) is known as Devaki-nandana and Yasoda-nandana because He accepted the role of son for mother Devaki and mother Yasoda, and He is known as Gopala because He enjoyed the sport of maintaining the cows and calves Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Lord is known as Devakī-nandana and Yaśodā-nandana because He accepted the role of son for mother Devakī and mother Ya..."
03:3903:39, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,882 N Nondevotees, in spite of directly perceiving the Lord's inconceivable strength and power, regard the Lord's activities as fictitious. This is the difference between a devotee and a nondevotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"nondevotees, in spite of directly perceiving the Lord's inconceivable strength and power, regard the Lord's activities as fict..." current
03:3303:33, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,860 N The Lord (Krsna) is also known as Giridhari or Girivara-dhari. Because Krsna, for the sake of His devotees, lifted Govardhana Hill, the devotees appreciate the Lord's inconceivable strength Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord is also known as Giridhārī or Girivara-dhārī. Because Kṛṣṇa, for the sake of His devotees, lifted Govardhan..."
03:2803:28, 25 February 2021 diff hist −40 The beauty of the Supreme Lord can be seen by devotees who are in love with Him, devotees whose eyes are anointed with love of Godhead - premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena - Bs 5.38 No edit summary current
03:2803:28, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,908 N The beauty of the Supreme Lord can be seen by devotees who are in love with Him, devotees whose eyes are anointed with love of Godhead - premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena - Bs 5.38 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This beauty of the Supreme Lord can be seen by devotees who are in love with Him, devotees whose eyes are anointed with love o..."
03:1803:18, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,845 N The Lord's form is so beautiful that the Brahma-samhita (BS 5.38) states: His (Krsna's) bodily color resembles the color of a fresh black cloud, although His bodily features are more beautiful than millions of Cupids Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"His bodily color resembles the color of a fresh black cloud, although His bodily features are more beautiful than millions of..."
02:5902:59, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,984 N The Lord's form is so beautiful that the Brahma-samhita (Bs 5.38) states: I (Brahma) worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who plays on His transcendental flute. His eyes are like lotus flowers, He is decorated with peacock plumes Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord's form is so beautiful that the Brahma-saṁhitā"|"also states"|"I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who plays on..."
02:2002:20, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,915 N The Brahma-samhita (Bs 5.38) says: Although Krsna's transcendental form is presented as black, devotees who are in love with the Supreme Personality of Godhead appreciate the Lord as Syamasundara, having a very beautiful blackish form Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although Krsna's transcendental form is presented as black, devotees who are in love with the Supreme Personality of Godhead a..."
02:1002:10, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,893 N The devotees get the direct chance to see Him (Krsna) and worship Him. Those who are not on that platform get the chance to become acquainted with His activities and thus become elevated to the same position Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The devotees get the direct chance to see Him and worship Him. Those who are not on that platform get the chance to become acq..."
02:0402:04, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,679 N Krsna appears in order to give a chance to both the devotees and the nondevotees for realization of the ultimate goal of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa appears in order to give a chance to both the devotees and the nondevotees for realization of the ultimate goal of..."
01:5801:58, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,699 N It is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita: those who are engaged in the devotional service of the Lord have already transcended the material position Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā: those who are engaged in the devotional service of the Lord have already transc..."
01:5301:53, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,967 N Srila Rupa Gosvami has explained that those who are always engaged in Krsna consciousness by body, mind & activities are to be considered liberated even within this body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has explained that those who are always engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness by body, mind and activit..."
01:4001:40, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,971 N The pure devotees, who are always absorbed in the thought of the transcendental lotus feet of Krsna & who are always engaged in devotional service in full Krsna consciousness, are never to be considered to be in the material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The pure devotees, who are always absorbed in the thought of the transcendental lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa and who are always e..." current
01:2801:28, 25 February 2021 diff hist +11,121 N In the Mahabharata, Krsna is present in His different activities. Mahabharata is history, & simply by studying, hearing, and memorizing the transcendental activities of Krsna, the less intelligent can also gradually rise to the standard of pure devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Mahābhārata, Kṛṣṇa is present in His different activities. Mahābhārata is history, and simply by studying, he..."
01:2101:21, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,785 N For those who are less intelligent (like women, laborers or the mercantile class), the great sage Vyasadeva wrote Mahabharata Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For those who are less intelligent (like women, laborers or the mercantile class), the great sage Vyāsadeva wrote Mahābhāra..."
01:1501:15, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,833 m There is no difference between the transcendental name and form of the Lord, there is no difference between the transcendental pastimes and the form of the Lord Alankrutha moved page Since there is no difference between the transcendental name and form of the Lord, there is no difference between the transcendental pastimes and the form of the Lord to There is no difference between the transcendental name and form of the Lord, there is no difference between the transcendental pastimes and the form of the Lord current
01:0501:05, 25 February 2021 diff hist +10,960 N For persons who are not very advanced in absolute knowledge of the Supreme, Lord Krsna exhibits His transcendental pastimes. They can simply think of the pastimes of the Lord and get the full benefit Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For persons who are not very advanced in absolute knowledge of the Supreme, Lord Kṛṣṇa exhibits His transcendental pasti..."

15:2615:26, 24 February 2021 diff hist +10,996 N The devotee who knows that there is no difference between the name & the form of the Lord chants Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, and realizes that he is always in Krsna's company Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But the devotee who knows that there is no difference between the name and the form of the Lord chants Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare..." current
15:1515:15, 24 February 2021 diff hist +10,769 N In the material world there is a difference between form and name. The mango fruit is different from the name of the mango. One cannot taste the mango fruit simply by chanting, "Mango, mango, mango" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world there is a difference between form and name. The mango fruit is different from the name of the mango. On..."
15:0315:03, 24 February 2021 diff hist +11,034 N O Lord, the demigods say, "the impersonalists, who are nondevotees, cannot understand that Your name is identical with Your form." Since the Lord is absolute, there is no difference between His name and His actual form Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O Lord"|"the demigods say"|"the impersonalists, who are nondevotees, cannot understand that Your name is identical with Your f..."
14:5714:57, 24 February 2021 diff hist +10,779 N Only by sevonmukha, by engaging oneself in the Lord's service, can one realize the name, form and qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only by sevonmukha, by engaging oneself in the Lord's service, can one realize the name, form and qualities of the Supreme Per..."
14:5014:50, 24 February 2021 diff hist +10,989 N One can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness of the Supreme Lord by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God - BG 18.55 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousne..."

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