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7 March 2021

• 15:2115:21, 7 March 2021 diff hist +3,325 N By worshiping Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu alone, one can relish the loving affairs of Radha and Krsna together. One should therefore try to understand Radha-Krsna not directly but through Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and through His devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By worshiping Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu alone, one can relish the loving affairs of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa together. One sho..." current
• 15:1615:16, 7 March 2021 diff hist +3,101 N Lord Caitanya is Krsna with the feelings of Radharani; in other words, He is a combination of Radha and Krsna. It is therefore said, sri-krsna-caitanya radha-krsna nahe anya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya is Kṛṣṇa with the feelings of Rādhārāṇī; in other words, He is a combination of Rādhā and Kṛṣ..." current
• 15:1015:10, 7 March 2021 diff hist +3,142 N Krsna Himself could not understand the ecstatic feelings of Radharani toward Him, and therefore He desired to accept the role of Radharani and thereby taste these feelings Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa Himself could not understand the ecstatic feelings of Rādhārāṇī toward Him, and therefore He desired to acce..."
• 15:0515:05, 7 March 2021 diff hist +3,044 N In the beginning of the Caitanya-caritamrta it is said that Lord Caitanya appeared in order to taste the feelings Radharani felt upon seeing Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the beginning of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta it is said that Lord Caitanya appeared in order to taste the feelings Rādhār..." current
• 14:4814:48, 7 March 2021 diff hist +6,213 One should not misunderstand the pastimes of Radha and Krsna to be the activities of a mundane young boy and girl. The mundane sexual activities of young boys and girls are most abominable No edit summary
• 14:4714:47, 7 March 2021 diff hist +6,047 Mundane reviewers of these songs (the songs of Candidasa, Vidyapati and Jayadeva) simply help people in general become debauchees, and this leads only to social scandals and atheism in the world No edit summary current
• 14:4714:47, 7 March 2021 diff hist +5,828 The songs of Candidasa, Vidyapati and Jayadeva describe the transcendental activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 14:4614:46, 7 March 2021 diff hist +6,095 For critical students of mundane poetry and literary men without God consciousness who are after bodily sense gratification, there is no need to read such a high standard of transcendental literature No edit summary current
• 14:4514:45, 7 March 2021 diff hist +5,709 N Such topics (of feelings of separation) are not to be discussed by ordinary persons imitating the activities of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such topics are not to be discussed by ordinary persons imitating the activities of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu"}} {{notes|}} {{..." current
• 13:2813:28, 7 March 2021 diff hist +6,146 He (Lord Caitanya) relished all those feelings in the role of Srimati Radharani, and His appropriate associates for this purpose were Sri Ramananda Raya and Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami No edit summary current
• 13:2413:24, 7 March 2021 diff hist +6,034 The feelings of ecstasy described by Candidasa and Vidyapati were actually exhibited by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
• 13:2213:22, 7 March 2021 diff hist +6,119 It has been suggested that Candidasa and Vidyapati were great friends because the writings of both express the transcendental feelings of separation profusely No edit summary current
• 13:1713:17, 7 March 2021 diff hist +6,086 The gopis felt separation from Krsna before the rasa dance, as mentioned in Srimad-Bhagavatam, and the Gita-govinda expresses such feelings. There are many commentaries on the Gita-govinda by many Vaisnavas No edit summary current
• 13:1713:17, 7 March 2021 diff hist +6,237 One of his (Jayadeva's) famous books is Gita-govinda, which is full of transcendental mellow feelings of separation from Krsna No edit summary current
• 13:1613:16, 7 March 2021 diff hist +5,925 He (Jayadeva) passed the last days of his life in Jagannatha Puri No edit summary current
• 13:1313:13, 7 March 2021 diff hist +5,705 For many years he (Jayadeva) lived in Navadvipa, then the capital of Bengal No edit summary current
• 13:0913:09, 7 March 2021 diff hist +6,227 His (Jayadeva's) birthplace was in the Birbhum district, in the village Kendubilva. In the opinion of some authorities, however, he was born in Orissa, and still others say that he was born in southern India No edit summary current
• 13:0213:02, 7 March 2021 diff hist +5,851 Jayadeva was born during the reign of Maharaja Laksmana Sena of Bengal, in the eleventh or twelfth century of the Saka Era. His father was Bhojadeva, and his mother was Vamadevi No edit summary current
• 12:4112:41, 7 March 2021 diff hist +5,392 N The twelfth generation of Vidyapati’s descendants is still living Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The twelfth generation of Vidyāpati’s descendants is still living"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{complete|ALL}} {{..." current
• 12:3812:38, 7 March 2021 diff hist +5,968 Vidyapati's songs about the pastimes of Lord Krsna express intense feelings of separation from Krsna, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu relished all those songs in His ecstasy of separation from Krsna No edit summary current
• 12:3612:36, 7 March 2021 diff hist +6,195 It is calculated that he (Vidyapati) composed his songs during the reign of King Sivasimha and Queen Lachimadevi, in the beginning of the fourteenth century of the Saka Era, almost one hundred years before the appearance of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
• 12:2712:27, 7 March 2021 diff hist −41 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in His last twelve years of existence within this world at Jagannatha Puri, taught the people of the world how, with a feeling of separation, one can develop His dormant love of Krsna No edit summary current
• 12:2412:24, 7 March 2021 diff hist +2,714 N Full of jealousy and madness symptomizing neglect by Krsna, Srimati Radharani, criticizing a bumblebee, talked just like a madwoman. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in the last days of His pastimes, exhibited all the symptoms of such ecstasy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Full of jealousy and madness symptomizing neglect by Kṛṣṇa, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, criticizing a bumblebee, talked..."
• 12:1612:16, 7 March 2021 diff hist +2,497 N One should refer to Srimati Radharani’s soliloquy after meeting Uddhava in Vrndavana. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu presented a similar picture of such ecstatic imaginary talking Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one should refer to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s soliloquy after meeting Uddhava in Vṛndāvana. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu..." current
• 12:1012:10, 7 March 2021 diff hist +3,623 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna Himself, and in the role of a krsna-bhakta, a devotee of Krsna, He instructed the entire world how one can execute devotional service and thus go back home, back to Godhead, in due course of time No edit summary current
• 12:0812:08, 7 March 2021 diff hist +3,857 Prema-bhakti is the stage of relishing, whereas sadhana-bhakti is the stage of improving in devotional service. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught this cult of devotional service in full detail by practical application in His own life No edit summary current
• 12:0512:05, 7 March 2021 diff hist +3,454 N The highest stage is called prema-bhakti, but this stage is attained by executing sadhana-bhakti. One should not try to elevate himself artificially to the stage of prema-bhakti without seriously following the regulative principles of sadhana-bhakti Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The highest stage is called prema-bhakti, but this stage is attained by executing sādhana-bhakti. One should not try to eleva..."
• 11:5911:59, 7 March 2021 diff hist +3,418 N Feelings of separation or meeting with Krsna are different stages of love of Godhead. These feelings develop in time when a person seriously engages in devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such feelings of separation or meeting with Kṛṣṇa are different stages of love of Godhead. These feelings develop in tim..."
• 11:5211:52, 7 March 2021 diff hist +3,411 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in His last twelve years of existence within this world at Jagannatha Puri, taught the people of the world how, with a feeling of separation, one can develop His dormant love of Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in His last twelve years of existence within this world at Jagannātha Purī, taught the people of..."
• 11:4511:45, 7 March 2021 diff hist +3,216 N A person who is advanced in Krsna consciousness always feels separation from Krsna because such a feeling of separation excels the feeling of meeting Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A person who is advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness always feels separation from Kṛṣṇa because such a feeling of separ..." current
• 11:3311:33, 7 March 2021 diff hist +2,646 The Krsna consciousness movement, in continuity of that same motion (set by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu), is now spreading all over the world, and in this way it will gradually spread all over the universe No edit summary current
• 11:2211:22, 7 March 2021 diff hist +2,566 N With the spread of the Krsna consciousness movement, everyone will merge in an ocean of love of Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"With the spread of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, everyone will merge in an ocean of love of Kṛṣṇa"}} {{notes|}..."
• 11:1811:18, 7 March 2021 diff hist +2,658 N The Krsna consciousness movement, in continuity of that same motion (set by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu), is now spreading all over the world, and in this way it will gradually spread all over the universe Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, in continuity of that same motion, is now spreading all over the world, and in this wa..."
• 11:1211:12, 7 March 2021 diff hist +2,675 N The sankirtana movement was first set in motion five hundred years ago by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s desire that it spread all over the universe Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the saṅkīrtana movement was first set in motion five hundred years ago by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s desire that it spr..." current
• 11:0511:05, 7 March 2021 diff hist +2,389 N The entire cosmic manifestation results from the Lord’s first setting it in motion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The entire cosmic manifestation results from the Lord’s first setting it in motion"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{c..." current

6 March 2021

• 15:0615:06, 6 March 2021 diff hist +3,479 One may raise the question how all three worlds became inundated with love of Krsna, since Caitanya Mahaprabhu performed kirtana only in the Navadvipa area. The answer is that Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna Himself No edit summary current
• 14:5614:56, 6 March 2021 diff hist +3,355 N In all these different islands (in the Navadvipa), Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, as a young man, used to lead His sankirtana party. He thus inundated the entire area with the waves of love of Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In all these different islands, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, as a young man, used to lead His saṅkīrtana party. He thus inund..."
• 14:5014:50, 6 March 2021 diff hist +3,500 N According to the settlement map, our ISKCON Navadvipa center is situated on the Rudradvipa island. Below Rudradvipa, in Antardvipa, is Mayapur. There Sri Jagannatha Misra, the father of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, used to reside Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the settlement map, our ISKCON Navadvīpa center is situated on the Rudradvīpa island. Below Rudradvīpa, in Ant..."
• 14:4414:44, 6 March 2021 diff hist +3,088 N They (the different islands in the Navadvipa area) are as follows: (1) Antardvipa, (2) Simantadvipa, (3) Godrumadvipa, (4) Madhyadvipa, (5) Koladvipa, (6) Rtudvipa, (7) Jahnudvipa, (8) Modadruma-dvipa and (9) Rudradvipa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They are as follows: (1) Antardvīpa, (2) Sīmantadvīpa, (3) Godrumadvīpa, (4) Madhyadvīpa, (5) Koladvīpa, (6) Ṛtudvīpa..."
• 14:3914:39, 6 March 2021 diff hist +3,120 N There are different islands in the Navadvipa area for cultivation of these nine varieties of devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are different islands in the Navadvīpa area for cultivation of these nine varieties of devotional service"}} {{notes|}}..."
• 14:3414:34, 6 March 2021 diff hist +3,448 N In all nine of those islands of the Navadvipa area there are different places for cultivating devotional service. It is stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 7.5.23) that there are nava-vidha bhakti, nine different activities of devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In all nine of those islands of the Navadvipa area there are different places for cultivating devotional service. It is stated..."
• 13:4213:42, 6 March 2021 diff hist +3,507 N The present Navadvipa-dhama is but a part of the whole of Navadvipa. Navadvipa means “nine islands.” These nine islands, which occupy an area of land estimated at thirty-two square miles, are surrounded by different branches of the Ganges Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The present Navadvīpa-dhāma is but a part of the whole of Navadvīpa. Navadvīpa means “nine islands.” These nine island..."
• 12:3612:36, 6 March 2021 diff hist +3,269 N If one does not know the essence of all revealed scriptures but still becomes a teacher, his teaching is like the disturbing braying of an ass Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one does not know the essence of all revealed scriptures but still becomes a teacher, his teaching is like the disturbing b..."
• 12:2912:29, 6 March 2021 diff hist +3,373 N The purport of all revealed scriptures is understanding of Krsna. Therefore if a person explains anything that is not Krsna, he simply wastes his time laboring hard without fulfilling the aim of his life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The purport of all revealed scriptures is understanding of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore if a person explains anything that is not K..."
• 10:0210:02, 6 March 2021 diff hist +3,230 N In the Caitanya-bhagavata, Madhya-khanda, First Chapter, there is a statement about the method by which Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught grammar Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya-khaṇḍa, First Chapter, there is a statement about the method by which Lord Śrī Caitan..." current
• 09:5809:58, 6 March 2021 diff hist +3,348 Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu explained the aphorisms of grammar to be eternal, like the holy name of Krsna No edit summary current
• 09:5509:55, 6 March 2021 diff hist +3,337 N If someone studies these two texts (Laghu-hari-namamrta-vyakarana and Brhad-dhari-namamrta-vyakarana) in vyakarana, or grammar, he learns the grammatical rules of the Sanskrit language and simultaneously learns how to become a great devotee of Lord Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If someone studies these two texts in vyākaraṇa, or grammar, he learns the grammatical rules of the Sanskrit language and s..."
• 09:5009:50, 6 March 2021 diff hist +3,111 N Srila Jiva Gosvami compiled a grammar in two parts, named Laghu-hari-namamrta-vyakarana and Brhad-dhari-namamrta-vyakarana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī compiled a grammar in two parts, named Laghu-hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa and Bṛhad-dhari-nāmām..."
• 09:0709:07, 6 March 2021 diff hist +3,484 N The Caitanya-caritamrta (CC Madhya 22.31) states: Krsna is bright like the sun. As soon as the sun appears, there is no question of darkness or nescience Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa is bright like the sun. As soon as the sun appears, there is no question of darkness or nescience"}} {{notes|}} {{..." current
• 08:5208:52, 6 March 2021 diff hist +3,668 N The sun has the ability to shine powerfully, and the moons reflect the sunshine and therefore look brilliant. In the Caitanya-caritamrta Krsna is described to be like the sun Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The sun has the ability to shine powerfully, and the moons reflect the sunshine and therefore look brilliant. In the Caitanya-..." current