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14 March 2021

• 10:5510:55, 14 March 2021 diff hist +2,608 N They (small girls) especially wanted to get a husband like Lord Siva because Lord Siva is very peaceful and at the same time most powerful. Formerly, therefore, small girls in Hindu families would worship Lord Siva, in the month of Vaisakha - April-May Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They especially wanted to get a husband like Lord Śiva because Lord Śiva is very peaceful and at the same time most powerful..."
• 10:4810:48, 14 March 2021 diff hist +2,558 N According to the Vedic system, when small girls ten or twelve years old would go to the bank of the Ganges to take their bath, they would especially worship Lord Siva with prayers to get good husbands in the future Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the Vedic system, when small girls ten or twelve years old would go to the bank of the Ganges to take their bath,..."
• 10:3810:38, 14 March 2021 diff hist +2,481 N Sometimes a neighbor would complain to Sacimata, "My child is very small, but your child (Lord Caitanya) puts water in his ears and makes him cry" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes a neighbor would complain to Sacimata"|"My child is very small, but your child puts water in his ears and makes him..."
• 10:3310:33, 14 March 2021 diff hist +2,707 N In some houses He (Caitanya) would steal milk & drink it, and in others He would steal & eat prepared rice. Sometimes He would break cooking pots. If there were nothing to eat but there were small babies, the Lord would tease the babies and make them cry Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In some houses He would steal milk and drink it, and in others He would steal and eat prepared rice. Sometimes He would break..." current
• 10:2510:25, 14 March 2021 diff hist +2,764 N There is a nice description of the faults of Sri Caitanya in His childhood in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanda, Chapter Three, where it is said that as a child the Lord used to steal all kinds of eatables from the houses of neighboring friends Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is a nice description of the faults of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His childhood in the Caitanya-bhāgavata, Adi-kha..." current
• 10:1610:16, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,656 We should understand that in the spiritual world all these activities (like fighting and stealing) exist, but there is no inebriety, whereas in the material world all activities are full of miserable conditions No edit summary
• 10:1110:11, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,271 N The difference between the material and spiritual worlds is that stealing in the spiritual world is done in friendship and love, whereas fighting and stealing within this material world are executed on the basis of enmity and envy Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The difference between the material and spiritual worlds is that stealing in the spiritual world is done in friendship and lov..."
• 10:0810:08, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,073 N Without the existence of the stealing propensity and fighting propensity in the spiritual world, they cannot exist here in this material world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Without the existence of the stealing propensity and fighting propensity in the spiritual world, they cannot exist here in thi..." current
• 10:0310:03, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,352 N In this material world, small children, without enmity or bad will, sometimes go to a neighboring house and steal, and sometimes they fight. Krsna also, like other children, did all these things in His childhood Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this material world also, small children, without enmity or bad will, sometimes go to a neighboring house and steal, and so..."
• 09:5809:58, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,517 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the SP of Godhead, Krsna Himself. How is He stealing, and how is He fighting? It is not as a thief or an enemy but as a friend in a loving condition. He steals as a child not because He is in want but out of a natural instinct Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa Himself. How is He stealing, and how is He fight..."
• 09:5009:50, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,295 According to the Vedanta-sutra (janmady asya yatah (SB 1.1.1)), since creation, maintenance and annihilation exist in the Supreme Absolute, whatever we find within this material world is already in the spiritual world No edit summary current
• 09:4909:49, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,306 N According to the Vedanta-sutra (janmady asya yatah (SB 1.1.1)), since creation, maintenance and annihilation exist in the Supreme Absolute, whatever we find within this material world is already in the spiritual world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the Vedānta-sūtra (janmādy asya yataḥ (SB 1.1.1)), since creation, maintenance and annihilation exist in the..."
• 09:3809:38, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,583 N They (Jagadisa & Hiranya) immediately sent the food to Lord Caitanya through His father, Jagannatha Misra. Nimai was feeling sick, but immediately after eating the visnu-prasadam He was cured, and He also distributed the prasadam among His playmates Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"they immediately sent the food to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu through His father, Jagannātha Miśra. Nimāi was feeling sick, b..." current
• 09:3109:31, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,462 N How could the boy understand that special prasadam was being prepared for Visnu? They (Jagadisa & Hiranya) immediately concluded that Nimai must have supernatural mystic power. Otherwise how could He understand that they were preparing special prasadam? Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"How could the boy understand that special prasādam was being prepared for Lord Viṣṇu? They immediately concluded that Nim..."
• 09:1909:19, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,530 N The house of Jagadisa and Hiranya Pandita was situated about two miles from the house of Jagannatha Misra. Therefore when Jagannatha Misra, on the request of Sri Caitanya, came to ask Jagadisa and Hiranya for the prasadam, they were a little astonished Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The house of Jagadīśa and Hiraṇya Paṇḍita was situated about two miles from the house of Jagannātha Miśra. Therefore..." current
• 09:1409:14, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,634 N Once on Ekadasi in the house of Jagadisa and Hiranya Pandita there were arrangements for preparing special prasadam for Lord Visnu, and Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked His father to go there to ask for the visnu-prasadam because He was feeling sick Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Once on Ekādaśī in the house of Jagadīśa and Hiraṇya Paṇḍita there were arrangements for preparing special prasāda..." current
• 09:0609:06, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,265 N The Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanda, Chapter Six, fully describes the Lord’s accepting visnu-prasadam on the Ekadasi day at the house of Jagadisa and Hiranya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Caitanya-bhāgavata, Adi-khaṇḍa, Chapter Six, fully describes the Lord’s accepting viṣṇu-prasādam on the Ekāda..." current
• 09:0109:01, 14 March 2021 diff hist +2,819 N This incident (of CC Adi 14.38) is very elaborately explained in the Adi-khanda of Caitanya-bhagavata, Third Chapter Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This incident is also very elaborately explained in the Adi-khaṇḍaof Caitanya-bhāgavata, Third Chapter"}} {{notes|}} {{co..." current
• 08:5708:57, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,225 N The thieves, thinking it dangerous to remain, went away and left Him (Lord Caitanya). The child was brought within the house and given to mother Saci, who was in great anxiety, and she became satisfied Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the thieves, thinking it dangerous to remain, went away and left Him. The child was brought within the house and given to moth..."
• 08:5208:52, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,083 N When they (thieves) came before His (lord Caitanya's) house they became afraid because everyone from the house of Jagannatha Misra and all the inhabitants of that quarter were busy searching for the child Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When they came before His house they became afraid because everyone from the house of Jagannātha Miśra and all the inhabitan..."
• 08:4708:47, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,117 N The Lord, expanded His illusory energy upon the thieves, so much so that instead of carrying Him to the forest they came right back in front of His house Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The thieves thought they would carry the child to the forest and then kill Him and take away the ornaments. The Lord, however,..." current
• 08:3908:39, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,187 N They (two thieves) took Him (Lord Caitanya) on their shoulders, pleasing Him by offering Him some sweetmeats. The thieves thought they would carry the child to the forest and then kill Him and take away the ornaments Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"they took Him on their shoulders, pleasing Him by offering Him some sweetmeats. The thieves thought they would carry the child..." current
• 08:3408:34, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,157 N In His childhood the Lord was profusely decorated with gold ornaments. Once upon a time, when the Lord was playing outside His house, two thieves passing on the street saw the opportunity to rob Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In His childhood the Lord was profusely decorated with gold ornaments. Once upon a time, when the Lord was playing outside His..." current
• 08:2508:25, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,961 N The story of the deliverance of the brahmana: The Lord asked the brahmana not to disclose the incident to anyone else. This pastime is very elaborately explained in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanda, Chapter Five Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Then the Lord asked the brāhmaṇa not to disclose the incident to anyone else. This pastime is very elaborately explained in..." current
• 08:2108:21, 14 March 2021 diff hist +4,111 N The story of the deliverance of the brahmana: Understanding the favor offered to him by the Lord, the brahmana was greatly pleased, and he was overwhelmed with love of Krsna. He was thankful to the Lord, for he felt himself greatly fortunate Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Understanding the favor offered to him by the Lord, the brāhmaṇa was greatly pleased, and he was overwhelmed with love of K..." current
• 08:1408:14, 14 March 2021 diff hist +4,185 N Lord told the brahmana: Formerly I was the son of mother Yasoda. At that time also you became a guest in the house of Nanda Maharaja, & I disturbed you in this way. I am very much pleased by your devotion. Therefore I am eating the food you have prepared Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He told him"|"Formerly I was the son of mother Yaśodā. At that time also you became a guest in the house of Nanda Mahārāja..." current
• 07:5907:59, 14 March 2021 diff hist +4,182 N Thinking that on that day Lord Visnu was not willing to accept his (the brahmana's) food and that he was therefore ordained to fast, the brahmana became greatly agitated and cried aloud, haya haya: "What has been done! What has been done!" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"thinking that on that day Lord Visnu was not willing to accept his food and that he was therefore ordained to fast, the brahma..."
• 07:5207:52, 14 March 2021 diff hist +4,229 N By the request of Jagannatha Misra the brahmana cooked for a third time, but for a third time the Lord (Nimai) came before him & began to eat the food, although the child had been locked within a room & everyone was sleeping because it was late at night Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By the request of Jagannātha Miśra the brāhmaṇa cooked for a third time, but for a third time the Lord came before him an..." current
• 07:4507:45, 14 March 2021 diff hist +4,054 N The story of the deliverance of the brahmana: By the request of Jagannatha Misra he (the brahmana) cooked for a second time, but when he was meditating the child (Nimai) again came before him and began to eat the food, again spoiling the offering Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"by the request of Jagannātha Miśra he cooked for a second time, but when he was meditating the child again came before him a..." current
• 07:3307:33, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,876 N When the brahmana was offering the food to Lord Visnu in meditation, child Nimai came before him and began to eat it, and because of this the brahmana thought the whole offering had been spoiled Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When the brāhmaṇa was offering the food to Lord Viṣṇu in meditation, child Nimāi came before him and began to eat it,..." current
• 07:0107:01, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,601 N The story of the deliverance of brahmana is as follows: Jagannatha Misra gave him (brahmana) all ingredients for cooking, and the brahmana prepared his food Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Jagannātha Miśra gave him all ingredients for cooking, and the brāhmaṇa prepared his food"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankr..." current
• 06:5606:56, 14 March 2021 diff hist +4,009 N The story of the deliverance of brahmana is as follows. A brahmana who was touring all over the country, traveling from one place of pilgrimage to another, reached Navadvipa and became a guest in the house of Jagannatha Misra Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The story of the deliverance of this brāhmaṇa is as follows. A brāhmaṇa who was touring all over the country, traveling..." current
• 06:3506:35, 14 March 2021 diff hist +2,791 N One cannot say that light is heat or that heat is light, yet one cannot separate one from the other. Therefore Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s philosophy is acintya-bhedabheda, inconceivable nonseparation and distinction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One cannot say that light is heat or that heat is light, yet one cannot separate one from the other. Therefore Lord Caitanya M..." current
• 06:2906:29, 14 March 2021 diff hist +2,535 N The original energy is exhibited in varieties, exactly as the sunshine, the original energy emanating from the sun, exhibits itself in variety as light and heat Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The original energy is exhibited in varieties, exactly as the sunshine, the original energy emanating from the sun, exhibits i..." current
• 05:2405:24, 14 March 2021 diff hist +2,971 N For the ultimate realization of the goal of life, we are concerned with the fire of the spirit, not the dull wood or earth of matter Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"for the ultimate realization of the goal of life, we are concerned with the fire of the spirit, not the dull wood or earth of..." current
• 05:1905:19, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,277 N The Bhagavatam gives the example that dirt and fire are practically one and the same. From the earth grow trees, and from their wood come fire and smoke. Nevertheless, for heat we can utilize the fire but not the earth, smoke or wood Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Bhāgavatam gives the example that dirt and fire are practically one and the same. From the earth grow trees, and from the..."
• 05:0905:09, 14 March 2021 diff hist +3,037 N Sometimes scientists argue that matter and spirit are one, with no difference between them. Factually, in a higher sense, there is no difference between matter and spirit Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes scientists argue that matter and spirit are one, with no difference between them. Factually, in a higher sense, ther..." current

13 March 2021

• 13:1813:18, 13 March 2021 diff hist +2,249 N In the philosophical discourse between the mother (Sacimata) and the son (Caitanya), when the son said that everything is one, the mother replied: If everything is one, why do people in general not eat dirt but eat the food grains produced from the dirt? Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the philosophical discourse between the mother and the son, when the son said that everything is one, as impersonalists say..." current
• 12:5912:59, 13 March 2021 diff hist +5,800 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised, mayavadi-bhasya sunile haya sarva-nasa (CC Madhya 6.169). If one accepts the Mayavada philosophy, his advancement is doomed forever Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore advised, māyāvādi-bhāṣya śunile haya sarva-nāśa"|"If one accepts the Māyāvāda..." current
• 12:5412:54, 13 March 2021 diff hist +5,788 N While saying that everything is maya, the Mayavadi philosopher loses the opportunity of devotional service, and therefore his life is doomed Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While saying that everything is māyā, the Māyāvādī philosopher loses the opportunity of devotional service, and therefor..."
• 12:4912:49, 13 March 2021 diff hist +6,025 The philosophy of the Mayavadis is defective because it maintains that everything is maya but the nonsense they speak No edit summary current
• 12:4412:44, 13 March 2021 diff hist +6,298 m Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, as the supreme spiritual master, instructed His mother about the Māyāvāda philosophy. By saying that the body is dirt and eatables are also dirt, He implied that everything is māyā. This is Māyāvāda philosophy Alankrutha moved page Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, as the supreme spiritual master, instructed His mother about the Mayavada philosophy. By saying that the body is dirt and eatables are also dirt, He implied that everything is maya to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, as the supreme spiritual master, instructed His mother about the Māyāvāda philosophy. By saying that the body is dirt and eatables are also dirt, He implied that everything is māyā. This is Māyāvāda philosophy current
• 12:2612:26, 13 March 2021 diff hist +6,155 N Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura confirms: yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto ’pi. Activities that please the spiritual master must be considered spiritual, and they should be accepted as satisfying to the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura confirms this: yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto..."
• 12:1012:10, 13 March 2021 diff hist +6,551 One must first please the spiritual master, and if he is pleased, then we should understand that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is also pleased. But if the spiritual master is displeased by our actions, they are not spiritual No edit summary
• 12:0612:06, 13 March 2021 diff hist +6,102 N One must achieve the favor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead through the mercy of the spiritual master Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One must achieve the favor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead through the mercy of the spiritual master. Therefore one must..."
• 12:0012:00, 13 March 2021 diff hist +5,809 N For a person to disregard the order of the spiritual master and act by concoction, accepting his nonsensical activities to be spiritual, is maya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"for a person to disregard the order of the spiritual master and act by concoction, accepting his nonsensical activities to be..."
• 11:5511:55, 13 March 2021 diff hist +5,770 N Actually, any activities performed favorably for the satisfaction of the Lord, under the direction of the spiritual master, are spiritual Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually, any activities performed favorably for the satisfaction of the Lord, under the direction of the spiritual master, ar..." current
• 11:5011:50, 13 March 2021 diff hist +6,079 N They (Mayavadi philosophers) consider Krsna’s advent in this universe and His activities to be maya. Therefore, because they consider everything maya, they are known as Mayavadis Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They also consider Kṛṣṇa’s advent in this universe and His activities to be māyā. Therefore, because they consider e..." current
• 11:4311:43, 13 March 2021 diff hist +6,062 N Since Mayavadi philosophers cannot understand this (that all devotional activities are easy to perform and are eternal), they take it for granted that a devotee’s activities (sravanam kirtanam, etc. (SB 7.5.23)) are all material and are therefore maya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since Māyāvādī philosophers cannot understand this, they take it for granted that a devotee’s activities (śravaṇaṁ..."
• 10:1010:10, 13 March 2021 diff hist +5,824 N As stated in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.2), all devotional activities are easy to perform (su-sukham kartum) and are eternal and spiritual - avyayam Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā"|"all devotional activities are easy to perform (su-sukhaṁ kartum) and are eternal and spir..." current