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13:10, 2 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page If Sankarsana is understood to represent the living entities created from the body of Vasudeva, the living entities would have to be noneternal (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if Saṅkarṣaṇa is understood to represent the living entities created from the body of Vāsudeva, the living entities wou...")
12:59, 2 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Sankara says that he does not attempt to argue that portion of the devotees’ understanding, but he must protest the idea that Sankarsana is produced from Vasudeva, Pradyumna is produced from Sankarsana, and Aniruddha is produced from Pradyumna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sankara says that he does not attempt to argue that portion of the devotees' understanding, but he must protest the idea that...")
12:19, 2 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Great souls assert that Narayana, who is known as the Paramatma, or Supersoul, is beyond material nature, and this is in accordance with the statements of the Vedic literature. Mayavadis also agree that Narayana can expand Himself in various forms (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Great souls assert that Nārāyaṇa, who is known as the Paramātmā, or Supersoul, is beyond material nature, and this is in...")
12:11, 2 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Among these expansions (Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha), Vasudeva is considered the origin of the material nature. Therefore Sankaracarya says that Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha must be creations of that original cause (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Among these expansions, Vāsudeva is considered the origin of the material nature. Therefore Śaṅkarācārya says that Saṅ...")
12:02, 2 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page From Vasudeva, who is the primary expansion, come Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha in that order (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"From Vāsudeva, who is the primary expansion, come Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha in that order"}} {{notes|}} {{com...")
07:56, 2 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Devotees believe that the Supreme Personality of Godhead expands Himself into four other eternal transcendental forms - Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"believe that the Supreme Personality of Godhead expands Himself into four other eternal transcendental forms"|"Vāsudeva, Sa...")
07:52, 2 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Sankaracarya says (sutra 42): devotees think the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vasudeva, Sri Krsna, to be one, to be free from material qualities & to have a transcendental body full of bliss & eternal existence. He is the ultimate goal of the devotees (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śaṅkarācārya says (sūtra 42) that devotees think the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vāsudeva, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, to be...")
07:40, 2 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In his commentary on Vedanta-sutra 2.2.42-45, His Holiness Sripada Sankaracarya has made a futile attempt to nullify the existence of these quadruple forms (of the Lord) in the spiritual world (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In his commentary on Vedānta-sūtra"|"His Holiness Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya has made a futile attempt to nullify the exis...")
18:31, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The quadruple forms, who are full in the six opulences of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are the enjoyers of the internal potency (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The quadruple forms, who are full in the six opulences of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are the enjoyers of the internal...")
18:27, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The quadruple forms have a spiritual existence that can be realized in vasudeva-sattva (suddha-sattva), or unqualified goodness, which accompanies complete absorption in the understanding of Vasudeva (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The quadruple forms have a spiritual existence that can be realized in vasudeva-sattva (śuddha-sattva), or unqualified goodne...")
18:15, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In his Sariraka-bhasya Sankaracarya has increased the misunderstanding of the monists (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In his Śārīraka-bhāṣya, however, Śaṅkarācārya has increased the misunderstanding of the monists"}} {{notes|}} {{com...")
17:57, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The explanation of the quadruple forms in the Vedic literature cannot be understood by the speculation of a conditioned soul. The quadruple forms should therefore be accepted just as They are described (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the explanation of the quadruple forms in the Vedic literature cannot be understood by the speculation of a conditioned soul....")
17:42, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In verses 41 through 47 of this chapter of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami answers Sripada Sankaracarya’s misleading objections to the personal feature of the Absolute Truth (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In verses 41 through 47 of this chapter of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī answers...")
17:40, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Sripada Sankaracarya has misleadingly explained the quadruple form (catur-vyuha) in his interpretation of the forty-second aphorism of Chapter Two of the second khanda of the Vedanta-sutra - utpatty-asambhavat (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya has misleadingly explained the quadruple form (catur-vyūha) in his interpretation of the forty-s...")
17:10, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In the spiritual sky there are four directions, corresponding to east, west, north and south, in which Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Aniruddha and Pradyumna are situated. The same forms are also situated in the material sky (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the spiritual sky there are four directions, corresponding to east, west, north and south, in which Vasudeva, Sankarsana, A...")
15:33, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Considering the quadruple forms of the absolute PG, known as Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna & Aniruddha, the impersonalists, headed by Sankaracarya, have interpreted the aphorisms of the Vedanta-sutra in a way suitable for the impersonalist school (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In considering the quadruple forms of the absolute Personality of Godhead, known as Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and...")
15:26, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Although belonging to the marginal potency, known as jiva-sakti, the spiritual sparks known as the living entities are subjected to the conditions of material energy. It is because these sparks are related with both the internal and external potencies (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although belonging to the marginal potency, known as jīva-śakti, the spiritual sparks known as the living entities are subje...")
15:21, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Maha-sankarsana is the ultimate reservoir and objective of all living entities (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"is the ultimate reservoir and objective of all living entities"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first...")
15:15, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Yogis who attain oneness through meditation according to the Patanjali yoga system also reach Siddhaloka. This is a verse (of CC Adi 5.39) from the Brahmanda Purana (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Yogīs who attain oneness through meditation according to the Patañjali yoga system also reach Siddhaloka. This is a verse fr...")
15:03, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Tamas means darkness. The material world is dark, and beyond the material world is light (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Tamas means darkness. The material world is dark, and beyond the material world is light"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}...")
14:56, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page A devotee's aim in life is to attain perfection in loving the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A devotee's aim in life is to attain perfection in loving the Supreme Personality of Godhead"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmist...")
14:48, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Demons are always accustomed to being malicious toward devotees and to killing brahmanas and cows (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Demons are always accustomed to being malicious toward devotees and to killing brāhmaṇas and cows"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|...")
14:42, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Devotees are actually in a transcendental position, whereas nondevotees are candidates for hellish conditions of life (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devotees are actually in a transcendental position, whereas nondevotees are candidates for hellish conditions of life"}} {{not...")
14:36, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page For devotees such salvation (merging into the Brahman effulgence) is abominable (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For devotees such salvation is abominable"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2021-03-01T14:36:36Z...")
14:32, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Demons like Kamsa, who were famous for killing brahmanas and cows, attained that salvation by merging into the Brahman effulgence (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"demons like Kaṁsa, who were famous for killing brāhmaṇas and cows, attained that salvation"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharm...")
14:12, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page When it is said that Sisupala merged into the body of Krsna, it should be noted that in this case he was not Jaya or Vijaya: he was actually a demon (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When it is said that Śiśupāla merged into the body of Kṛṣṇa, it should be noted that in this case he was not Jaya or...")
14:00, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page It is natural that sometimes Lord Visnu wants to fight. Just as He has the tendencies to create, to enjoy, to be a friend, to accept a mother and father, and so on, He also has the tendency to fight (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is natural that sometimes Lord Viṣṇu wants to fight. Just as He has the tendencies to create, to enjoy, to be a friend,...")
13:57, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The Supreme Personality of Godhead has all the tendencies that may be found in the living entity, for He is the chief living entity (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead has all the tendencies that may be found in the living entity, for He is the chief living e...")
13:49, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page It is not necessary for the Vaikuṇṭha associates of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to come to take the roles of His enemies in all the millenniums in which He appears (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not necessary for the Vaikuṇṭha associates of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to come to take the roles of His en...")
13:40, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In the course of these instructions to Maitreya about Hiranyakasipu, Ravana and Sisupala, Parasara did not say that these demons were formerly Jaya and Vijaya. He simply described the transmigration through three lives (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the course of these instructions to Maitreya about Hiraṇyakaśipu, Rāvaṇa and Śiśupāla, Parāśara did not say that...")
13:31, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The discussion between Maitreya Muni and Parasara Muni centered on whether devotees come down into the material world in every millennium like Jaya and Vijaya, who were cursed by the Kumaras to that effect (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"discussion between Maitreya Muni and Parasara Muni centered on whether devotees come down into the material world in every mil...")
13:19, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The devotees are placed in Vaikunthaloka or Krsnaloka (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The devotees are placed in Vaikuṇṭhaloka or Kṛṣṇaloka"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL}} {{firs...")
13:06, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Devotees (who always think favorably of Krsna as their master or friend) must attain a situation better than Brahmaloka, the impersonal bodily effulgence of Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"devotees must attain a situation better than Brahmaloka, the impersonal bodily effulgence of Kṛṣṇa"}} {{notes|}} {{compi...")
12:35, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Even a person who thinks of Krsna as an enemy and is killed by Him may be liberated by becoming one with the body of Krsna. What then must be the destination of devotees who always think favorably of Krsna as their master or friend? (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"even a person who thinks of Kṛṣṇa as an enemy and is killed by Him may be liberated by becoming one with the body of K...")
12:27, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Although Sisupala was always envious of Krsna, he frequently uttered the name of Krsna and always thought of the beautiful features of Krsna. Thus by constantly thinking and chanting of Krsna he was cleansed of the contamination of his sinful activities (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although Śiśupāla was always envious of Kṛṣṇa, he frequently uttered the name of Kṛṣṇa and always thought of th...")
12:10, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page When killed by the hands of Rama he (Ravana) got the privilege of taking birth as Sisupala, who had such immense opulence that he could think himself a competitor to Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When killed by the hands of Rama, therefore, he got the privilege of taking birth as Sisupala, who had such immense opulence t...")
12:06, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Instead of accepting Lord Rama as an incarnation of Visnu, Ravana thought Him an ordinary living being (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"instead of accepting Lord Rama as an incarnation of Visnu, Ravana thought Him an ordinary living being"}} {{notes|}} {{compile...")
11:59, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In his Ravana body he was too much attracted to Rama’s wife, Janaki, and because of that attraction he was able to see Lord Rama (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In his Rāvaṇa body he was too much attracted to Rāma's wife, Jānakī, and because of that attraction he was able to see L...")
11:57, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page As Ravana, with unlimited material enjoyment, he could not accept Lord Rama as the Personality of Godhead. Therefore even though he was killed by Rama, he did not attain sayujya, or oneness with the body of the Lord (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As Rāvaṇa, with unlimited material enjoyment, he could not accept Lord Rāma as the Personality of Godhead. Therefore even...")
11:47, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Because Hiranyakasipu was killed by the hands of Lord Nrsimhadeva, in his next life he became Ravana and had proprietorship of unlimited opulence (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"because Hiraṇyakaśipu was killed by the hands of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, in his next life he became Rāvaṇa and had proprie...")
11:43, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Being overcome by the mode of passion, he (Hiranyakasipu) considered Lord Nrsimhadeva an ordinary living entity, not understanding His form (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Being overcome by the mode of passion, he considered Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva an ordinary living entity, not understanding His for...")
11:40, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Hiranyakasipu failed to recognize Lord Nrsimhadeva as Lord Visnu. He thought that Nrsimhadeva was some living entity who had acquired such opulence by various pious activities (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hiranyakasipu failed to recognize Lord Nrsimhadeva as Lord Visnu. He thought that Nrsimhadeva was some living entity who had a...")
11:34, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page When he (Hiranyakasipu) became Sisupala, quarreled with Krsna and was killed, he attained salvation and merged into the body of Lord Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when he became Śiśupāla, quarreled with Kṛṣṇa and was killed, he attained salvation and merged into the body of Lord...")
11:28, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Maitreya Muni asked Parasara, in regard to Jaya and Vijaya, how it was that Hiranyakasipu next became Ravana and enjoyed more material happiness than the demigods but did not attain salvation (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Maitreya Muni asked Parasara, in regard to Jaya and Vijaya, how it was that Hiranyakasipu next became Ravana and enjoyed more...")
11:25, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page This verse (of CC Adi-lila 5.36) is from the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.278) of Srila Rupa Gosvami, who further discusses this same topic in his Laghu-bhagavatamrta - Purva 5.41 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This verse is from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu"|"of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, who further discusses this same topic in his La...")
11:16, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page As soon as there is a reciprocal exchange by the living entity’s free will, at once the great spiritual being attracts the small living entity, thus freeing him from all material bondage (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"as soon as there is a reciprocal exchange by the living entity’s free will, at once the great spiritual being attracts the s...")
11:13, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Although God is great and the living entity small, they are spiritual individuals (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although God is great and the living entity small, they are spiritual individuals"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{com...")
11:08, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page If one is related to the Lord in fear and animosity, he also becomes purified by the spiritual attraction of the Lord (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one is related to the Lord in fear and animosity, he also becomes purified by the spiritual attraction of the Lord"}} {{not...")
11:01, 1 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page As the powerful sun, by its glowing rays, can purify all kinds of impurities, so the all-spiritual Personality of Godhead can purify all material qualities in a person He attracts (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As the powerful sun, by its glowing rays, can purify all kinds of impurities, so the all-spiritual Personality of Godhead can...")
16:34, 28 February 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page It (Brahmaloka) is compared to the glow of the sun. Within the sun’s glow is the sphere of the sun, where one can experience all sorts of varieties (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is compared to the glow of the sun. Within the sun's glow is the sphere of the sun, where one can experience all sorts of v...")

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