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11 March 2021

• 21:2521:25, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,761 N A snake is a very fearful and dangerous animal because of his poison fangs, but if these fangs are broken, the appearance of a snake is no cause for fear Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A snake is a very fearful and dangerous animal because of his poison fangs, but if these fangs are broken, the appearance of a..." current
• 21:2221:22, 11 March 2021 diff hist +4,366 A devotee of Lord Caitanya considers residence in the heavenly planets a will-o’-the-wisp. He surpasses the perfection of mystic yoga power because for him the senses are like snakes with broken fangs No edit summary current
• 21:1821:18, 11 March 2021 diff hist +4,145 N In his book Caitanya-candramrta, Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati says, One who receives a little favor from the Lord becomes so exalted that he does not care even for liberation, which is sought after by many great scholars and philosophers Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In his book Caitanya-candrāmṛta, Śrīla Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī says"|"One who receives a little favor from the Lord bec..." current
• 20:4220:42, 11 March 2021 diff hist +4,279 One who considers the lotus feet of Raghunatha dasa to be transcendental to all divisions of the caste system enjoys the riches of actual spiritual bliss No edit summary current
• 20:4020:40, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,955 N Sometimes smartas consider Raghunatha dasa Gosvami a sudra. But Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami here (in CC Adi 13.124) especially mentions svarupa-rupa-raghunathadasa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes smārtas consider Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī a śūdra. But Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī here especially me..."
• 20:3520:35, 11 March 2021 diff hist +4,299 Srila Narottama dasa Thakura has sung in many places that his real property is the lotus feet of Radha and Krsna. Unfortunately, we are interested in unreal property and are neglecting our real property No edit summary current
• 20:3220:32, 11 March 2021 diff hist +4,232 N Narottama dasa Thakura says: "My real riches are Nityananda Prabhu and the lotus feet of Sri Radha and Krsna". He further prays, "O Lord, kindly give me this opulence. I do not want anything but Your lotus feet as my property" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says"|"My real riches are Nityānanda Prabhu and the lotus feet of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa"|"..."
• 20:2520:25, 11 March 2021 diff hist +4,099 N If Lord Krsna is very pleased with a devotee, He takes away his material property, as He states in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 10.88.8): yasyaham anugrhnami harisye tad-dhanam sanaih. "To show special favor to a devotee, I take away all his material property" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If Lord Krsna is very pleased with a devotee, He takes away his material property, as He states in Srimad-Bhagavatam"|"yasyaha..." current
• 20:0720:07, 11 March 2021 diff hist +4,143 N Anyone who follows in the footsteps of Kaviraja Gosvami also accepts the lotus feet of the above-mentioned lords (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda, Advaita Prabhu, Svarupa Damodara, Rupa Gosvami, Raghunatha dasa) as his personal property Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Anyone who follows in the footsteps of Kavirāja Gosvāmī also accepts the lotus feet of the above-mentioned lords as his per..."
• 20:0120:01, 11 March 2021 diff hist +4,051 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda, Advaita Prabhu, Svarupa Damodara, Rupa Gosvami, Raghunatha dasa and their followers are all accepted by Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Nityānanda, Advaita Prabhu, Svarūpa Dāmodara, Rūpa Gosvāmī, Raghunātha dāsa and their foll..."
• 19:5719:57, 11 March 2021 diff hist +5,267 N Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.23.56 says: Although a person is apparently living, if he does not serve the lotus feet of great devotees he is to be considered a dead body Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although a person is apparently living, if he does not serve the lotus feet of great devotees he is to be considered a dead bo..." current
• 19:5319:53, 11 March 2021 diff hist +5,576 N SB 10.1.4 states: Who but the animal-killer or the killer of the soul will not care to hear glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? Such glorification is enjoyed by persons liberated from the contamination of this material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Who but the animal-killer or the killer of the soul will not care to hear glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead?..."
• 19:4619:46, 11 March 2021 diff hist +5,672 N A person who neither takes advantage of the dust of the lotus feet of great devotees nor smells the tulasi leaves offered to the lotus feet of the Lord must be considered dead even though he is supposedly working Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a person who neither takes advantage of the dust of the lotus feet of great devotees nor smells the tulasī leaves offered to..."
• 19:4119:41, 11 March 2021 diff hist +5,610 N Although that person (who does not lend his aural reception to hearing about the Supreme Personality of Godhead) has a tongue, it is like the tongue of a frog, which unnecessarily creates a disturbance by croaking, inviting the snake of death Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although that person has a tongue, it is like the tongue of a frog, which unnecessarily creates a disturbance by croaking, inv..."
• 19:3619:36, 11 March 2021 diff hist +5,220 A person who does not lend his aural reception to hearing about the Supreme Personality of Godhead must be considered to have earholes like holes in a field No edit summary current
• 19:3419:34, 11 March 2021 diff hist +5,901 N A person who has no connection with Krsna consciousness may be a very great personality in so-called human society, but actually he is no better than a great animal. Such big animals are generally praised by other animals like dogs, hogs camels and asses Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A person who has no connection with Kṛṣṇa consciousness may be a very great personality in so-called human society, but..."
• 19:2719:27, 11 March 2021 diff hist +5,550 N Prabodhananda Sarasvati has composed in his Caitanya-candramrta (34): The advent of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is just like an expanding ocean of nectar. One who does not collect the valuable jewels within this ocean is certainly the poorest of the poor Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The advent of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is just like an expanding ocean of nectar. One who does not collect the valuable jewel..."
• 19:2319:23, 11 March 2021 diff hist +5,390 N Srimat Prabodhananda Sarasvati has composed in his Caitanya-candramrta (36): A person who does not take advantage of the nectar of devotional service overflowing during the presence of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s cult is certainly the poorest of the poor Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A person who does not take advantage of the nectar of devotional service overflowing during the presence of Śrī Caitanya Mah..."
• 19:1619:16, 11 March 2021 diff hist 0 m Srimat Prabodhananda Sarasvati has composed in his Caitanya-candramrta (37): If a very learned scholar or scientist does not understand Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, certainly he is wandering uselessly in this world Alankrutha moved page Srimat Prabodhananda Sarasvati has composed in his Caitanya-candramrta (37): if a very learned scholar or scientist does not understand Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, certainly he is wandering uselessly in this world to Srimat Prabodhananda Sarasvati has composed in his Caitanya-candramrta (37): If a very learned scholar or scientist does not understand Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, certainly he is wandering uselessly in this world current
• 19:1619:16, 11 March 2021 diff hist +5,451 N Srimat Prabodhananda Sarasvati has composed in his Caitanya-candramrta (37): If a very learned scholar or scientist does not understand Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, certainly he is wandering uselessly in this world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if a very learned scholar or scientist does not understand Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, certainly he is wandering uselessly in..."
• 19:1119:11, 11 March 2021 diff hist +5,452 N Srimat Prabodhananda Sarasvati has composed in his Caitanya-candramrta (37): This material world is without Krsna consciousness. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna consciousness personified Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This material world is without Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa consciousness personified"|..." current
• 19:0119:01, 11 March 2021 diff hist +2,446 N His (Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's) father and mother, Jagannatha Misra and Sacidevi, seeing the honor of their transcendental son, also became very pleased within their hearts Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"His father and mother, Jagannātha Miśra and Śacīdevī, seeing the honor of their transcendental son, also became very plea..."
• 18:5618:56, 11 March 2021 diff hist +2,417 N Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore everyone offered respects to Him. Even the denizens of heaven used to come in the dress of ordinary men to offer their respect to the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore everyone offered respects to Him. Even the de..."
• 18:4918:49, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,743 N Sacidevi and Jagannatha Misra, with the newborn child, were honored by Sita Thakurani. Similarly, while Sita Thakurani was returning home, she was also honored by Sacidevi and Jagannatha Misra. That was the system in respectable families of Bengal Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śacīdevī and Jagannātha Miśra, with the newborn child, were honored by Sītā Ṭhākurāṇī. Similarly, while Sītā..." current
• 18:4118:41, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,358 N For the sections of society known as kartabhaja and satima, the mother of the child was immediately purified after the quarantine by the throwing of hari-nuta, small pieces of sweetmeat, in sankirtana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For the sections of society known as kartābhajā and satīmā, the mother of the child was immediately purified after the qua..."
• 17:4717:47, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,429 N The higher castes, namely the brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas, observed only twenty-one days as a quarantine (for the mother, after the birth of the child), whereas the sudras had to observe thirty days Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the higher castes, namely the brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas, observed only twenty-one days as a quarantine, whereas t..."
• 17:4117:41, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,446 N Formerly, especially in Bengal, the higher castes (namely the brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas) observed four months after the birth of a child as a quarantine. At the end of the fourth month, the mother could see the sun rise Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Formerly, especially in Bengal, the higher castes observed four months after the birth of a child as a quarantine. At the end..."
• 17:3217:32, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,415 N On the ninth day after the birth of a child the mother would come into the regular rooms (from maternity home) in the ceremony called niskramana. Of the ten purificatory processes, niskramana is one Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"on the ninth day after the birth of a child the mother would come into the regular rooms in the ceremony called niṣkrāmaṇ..."
• 17:2717:27, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,421 N Nowadays the maternity home is a hospital, but formerly in every respectable house one room was set aside as a maternity home where children would take birth Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nowadays the maternity home is a hospital, but formerly in every respectable house one room was set aside as a maternity home..." current
• 17:2317:23, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,372 N On the fifth day from the birth of a child, as also on the ninth day, the mother bathes either in the Ganges or in another sacred place. This is called niskramana, or the ceremony of coming out of the maternity home Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"On the fifth day from the birth of a child, as also on the ninth day, the mother bathes either in the Ganges or in another sac..."
• 17:1517:15, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,081 N In His (Lord Caitanya's) youth He was celebrated as Nimai Pandita, and in the neighborhood villages He was called by that name, although His real name was Visvambhara Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in His youth He was celebrated as Nimāi Paṇḍita, and in the neighborhood villages He was called by that name, although Hi..." current
• 17:1017:10, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,129 Because of all the antiseptic effects of the nima tree and because Lord Caitanya was born beneath a nima tree, Sita Thakurani gave the Lord the name Nimai No edit summary current
• 17:0417:04, 11 March 2021 diff hist +233 Nima is used for many purposes, especially to brush the teeth. In Indian villages ninety percent of the people use nima twigs for this purpose No edit summary current
• 17:0217:02, 11 March 2021 diff hist +2,777 N On very large roads in India, especially in Uttar Pradesh, there are hundreds and thousands of nima trees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"On very large roads in India, especially in Uttar Pradesh, there are hundreds and thousands of nima trees"}} {{notes|}} {{comp..." current
• 16:5616:56, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,522 Nima wood is so antiseptic that the Ayurvedic science uses it to cure leprosy. Medical scientists have extracted the active principle of the nima tree, which is called margosic acid. Nima is used for many purposes, especially to brush the teeth No edit summary current
• 16:5416:54, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,255 N It is believed that such inauspicious living creatures (like Dakini & Sankhini) cannot go near a nima tree. At least medically it is accepted that nima wood is extremely antiseptic, & formerly it was customary to have a nima tree in front of one’s house Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is believed that such inauspicious living creatures cannot go near a nima tree. At least medically it is accepted that nima..."
• 16:4716:47, 11 March 2021 diff hist +2,858 N Dakini and Sankhini are two companions of Lord Siva and his wife who are supposed to be extremely inauspicious, having been born of ghostly life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ḍākinī and Śāṅkhinī are two companions of Lord Śiva and his wife who are supposed to be extremely inauspicious, havi..."
• 16:3616:36, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,171 The wife of Advaita Acarya (Sita Thakurani), being a very respectable lady, observed the customary rules (riding on a palanquin carried by four men) current in that social environment - five hundred years ago No edit summary current
• 16:1916:19, 11 March 2021 diff hist +2,681 This system of carrying luggage and packages is still current in India and other oriental countries, and we have seen that the same system is still current even in Jakarta, Indonesia No edit summary current
• 16:1616:16, 11 March 2021 diff hist +2,554 A petari is a kind of big basket that is carried in pairs on the ends of a rod balanced over the shoulders. The man who carries such a load is called a bhari No edit summary current
• 16:0916:09, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,000 N The wife of Advaita Acarya (Sita Thakurani), being a very respectable lady, observed the customary rules (riding on a palanquin carried by four men) current in that social environment - five hundred years ago Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the wife of Advaita Ācārya, being a very respectable lady, observed the customary rules current in that social environment"}..."
• 16:0516:05, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,709 We have actual experience in our childhood that our mother would not walk even next door to observe an invitation; rather, she would go in either a carriage or a palanquin carried by four men. This custom was also strictly followed five hundred years ago No edit summary current
• 15:5815:58, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,290 N The Sanskrit word asurya-pasya indicates that a respectable lady could not be seen even by the sun. In the oriental culture this system was very prevalent and was strictly observed by respectable ladies, both Hindu and Muslim Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Sanskrit word asūrya-paśyā indicates that a respectable lady could not be seen even by the sun. In the oriental culture..."
• 15:5315:53, 11 March 2021 diff hist +2,971 N Ladies (fifty or sixty years ago in Calcutta), especially those coming from respectable families, could not be seen by ordinary men. This system is still current in remote places Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ladies, especially those coming from respectable families, could not be seen by ordinary men. This system is still current in..."
• 15:5015:50, 11 March 2021 diff hist +2,960 N The palanquin was covered with soft cotton, and in that way there was no chance of seeing a respectable lady traveling in public Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The palanquin was covered with soft cotton, and in that way there was no chance of seeing a respectable lady traveling in publ..." current
• 15:4315:43, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,189 N The words vastra-gupta dola are very significant in this verse (of CC Adi 13.114). Even fifty or sixty years ago in Calcutta, all respectable ladies would go to a neighboring place riding on a palanquin carried by four men Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The words vastra-gupta dolā are very significant in this verse. Even fifty or sixty years ago in Calcutta, all respectable la..."
• 15:3515:35, 11 March 2021 diff hist +2,761 N Probably the value of three hundred rupees at that time was equal to the present value of thirty thousand rupees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Probably the value of three hundred rupees at that time was equal to the present value of thirty thousand rupees"}} {{notes|}}..." current
• 15:3315:33, 11 March 2021 diff hist +2,964 N At present, no one feels difficulty over a debt of three hundred rupees, nor can an ordinary man accumulate such valuable ornaments to present to a friend’s son Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At present, no one feels difficulty over a debt of three hundred rupees, nor can an ordinary man accumulate such valuable orna..."
• 15:2715:27, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,320 m Such a rich man (Advaita Acarya), who could present many valuable ornaments, saris, etc., thought it difficult to repay three hundred rupees. Therefore the value of a rupee at that time was many thousands of times what it is now Alankrutha moved page Such a rich man (Advaita Ācārya), who could present many valuable ornaments, saris, etc., thought it difficult to repay three hundred rupees. Therefore the value of a rupee at that time was many thousands of times what it is now to Such a rich man (Advaita Acarya), who could present many valuable ornaments, saris, etc., thought it difficult to repay three hundred rupees. Therefore the value of a rupee at that time was many thousands of times what it is now current
• 15:2515:25, 11 March 2021 diff hist +3,320 N Such a rich man (Advaita Acarya), who could present many valuable ornaments, saris, etc., thought it difficult to repay three hundred rupees. Therefore the value of a rupee at that time was many thousands of times what it is now Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"such a rich man, who could present many valuable ornaments, saris, etc., thought it difficult to repay three hundred rupees. T..."