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18:4718:47, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,265 N In the material world, although materialists want to become one with God or compete with God, everyone directly or indirectly engages in the service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world, although materialists want to become one with God or compete with God, everyone directly or indirectly..."
18:3718:37, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,548 N The more a person engages in the service of the Lord, the more he is important; and, conversely, the more one is bereft of the transcendental service of Krsna, the more he invites the bad fortune of material contamination Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the more a person engages in the service of the Lord, the more he is important; and, conversely, the more one is bereft of the..."
18:3218:32, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,190 N In the spiritual sky or the material sky, everyone engages in the service of Lord Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"everyone engages in the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2021-03-16..." current
18:2718:27, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,845 In the spiritual sky or the material sky, in all the different planets, no one is able to supersede Lord Krsna or demand service from Him No edit summary current
18:2618:26, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,086 N According to social convention one may be superior to Krsna, but factually everyone engages in His service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to social convention one may be superior to Kṛṣṇa, but factually everyone engages in His service"}} {{notes|}}..."
18:1918:19, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,100 N It is the singularity of the Supreme Lord that everyone in the spiritual sky thinks himself a servitor of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is the singularity of the Supreme Lord that everyone in the spiritual sky thinks himself a servitor of the Lord"}} {{notes|..." current
18:1118:11, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,256 N In the spiritual sky all the Vaikuntha planets are predominated by the quadruple expansions of Krsna known as the catur-vyuha. They are direct expansions from Baladeva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the spiritual sky all the Vaikuṇṭha planets are predominated by the quadruple expansions of Kṛṣṇa known as the ca..."
18:0218:02, 16 March 2021 diff hist +1,943 N During the same incident (when the family ladies of the Kuru and Yadu dynasties meet at Samanta-pancaka), this verse (of CC Adi-lila 6.75), quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 10.83.39), was spoken to Draupadi by a queen of Krsna’s named Laksmana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"During the same incident, this verse, quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"|"was spoken to Draupadī by a queen of Kṛṣṇa’s..."
17:5617:56, 16 March 2021 diff hist +2,379 N This verse (of CC Adi-lila 6.73) appears in SB 10.83.11 in connection with the meeting of the family ladies of the Kuru and Yadu dynasties at Samanta-pancaka. At the time of that meeting, the queen of Krsna named Kalindi spoke to Draupadi in this way Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"this verse appears in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 10.83.11) in connection with the meeting of the family ladies of the Kuru and Y..."
17:5017:50, 16 March 2021 diff hist +1,624 N This verse (of CC Adi-lila 6.73) from Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 10.83.8) was spoken by Queen Rukmini Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"|"was spoken by Queen Rukmiṇī"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL}}..."
17:4417:44, 16 March 2021 diff hist +2,567 N Srimati Radharani, being proud of Her position, requested Krsna to carry Her wherever He liked. Then Krsna immediately disappeared from the scene, and Srimati Radharani began to lament Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Srimati Radharani, being proud of Her position, requested Krsna to carry Her wherever He liked. Then Krsna immediately disappe..." current
17:3917:39, 16 March 2021 diff hist +2,335 When the rasa dance was going on in full swing, Krsna left all the gopis and took only Srimati Radharani with Him No edit summary current
17:3617:36, 16 March 2021 diff hist +2,146 N This verse (of CC Adi-lila 6.68) appears in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 10.47.21), in the section known as the Bhramara-gita. When Uddhava came to Vrndavana, Srimati Radharani, in complete separation from Krsna, sang like this Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This verse appears in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"|"in the section known as the Bhramara-gītā. When Uddhava came to Vṛndāvana,..."
17:2717:27, 16 March 2021 diff hist +2,373 N This verse (of CC Adi-lila 6.67) in connection with the rasa dance of Krsna with the gopis is quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam - 10.31.6. When Krsna disappeared from His companions in the course of dancing, the gopis sang like this in separation from Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This verse in connection with the rāsa dance of Kṛṣṇa with the gopīs is quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"|"When Kṛ..."
17:1517:15, 16 March 2021 diff hist +2,047 N This verse (of CC Adi-lila 6.64), quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 10.15.17), describes how Lord Krsna and Lord Balarama were playing with the cowherd boys after killing Dhenukasura in Talavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This verse, quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"|"describes how Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Balarāma were playing with the cowherd..."
17:0917:09, 16 March 2021 diff hist +1,891 N These verses (of CC Adi-lila 6.61) from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.47.66-67) were spoken by the denizens of Vrndavana, headed by Maharaja Nanda and his associates, to Uddhava, who had come from Mathura Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These verses from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"|"were spoken by the denizens of Vṛndāvana, headed by Mahārāja Nanda and his assoc..."
15:4415:44, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,231 N In the feature of Lord Krsna He (the Lord) accepts service very plainly from His fathers, teachers and other elders who are His superiors, as well as from His equals and His subordinates. This is very wonderful Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the feature of Lord Kṛṣṇa He accepts service very plainly from His fathers, teachers and other elders who are His sup..." current
15:4115:41, 16 March 2021 diff hist +2,984 N In the feature of Narayana, the Lord can accept services only from His associates who play parts in which they are equal to or less than Him Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the feature of Nārāyaṇa, the Lord can accept services only from His associates who play parts in which they are equal t..." current
15:3515:35, 16 March 2021 diff hist +2,938 N The service attitude of the devotees who play the parts of superiors of the Lord is very difficult to understand, A vivid example is the service of mother Yasoda to Krsna, which is distinct Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A vivid example is the service of mother Yaśodā to Kṛṣṇa, which is distinct"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{c..."
15:2815:28, 16 March 2021 diff hist +2,945 N Even persons who play as the superiors of Krsna also take the chance to offer transcendental loving service to the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even persons who play as the superiors of Kṛṣṇa also take the chance to offer transcendental loving service to the Lord"..." current
15:2415:24, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,438 The love of Godhead of those engaged in pancaratrika regulative principles depends more or less on the opulent and reverential platform, but the worship of Radha and Krsna is purely on the platform of transcendental love No edit summary current
15:2315:23, 16 March 2021 diff hist +2,932 N There are two kinds of devotional service: the way of pancaratrika regulative principles and the way of bhagavata transcendental loving service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are two kinds of devotional service: the way of pāñcarātrika regulative principles and the way of bhāgavata transcen..." current
15:1615:16, 16 March 2021 diff hist +2,017 N Forgetting Himself to be the Supreme, He (the Lord) personally teaches the whole world how to render service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Forgetting Himself to be the Supreme, He personally teaches the whole world how to render service to the Supreme Personality o..." current
15:0715:07, 16 March 2021 diff hist +1,933 N The transcendental devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is so ecstatic that even the Lord Himself plays the part of a devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The transcendental devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is so ecstatic that even the Lord Himself plays th..." current
14:5514:55, 16 March 2021 diff hist +6,829 N In Srimad-Bhagavatam also there are many instances in the Third and Fourth cantos in which devotees pray to the Lord simply to be engaged in His service, and nothing else Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam also there are many instances in the Third and Fourth cantos in which devotees pray to the Lord simply..."
14:3714:37, 16 March 2021 diff hist +6,659 N King Kulasekhara, in his very famous book Mukunda-mala-stotra, prays: My Lord, I wish only that I may always be in full ecstasy with the pleasure of serving Your Lordship - MM 4 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I wish only that I may always be in full ecstasy with the pleasure of serving Your Lordship"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmisth..." current
14:3314:33, 16 March 2021 diff hist +6,839 N King Kulasekhara prays: My Lord, I do not worship You to be liberated from this material entanglement, nor do I wish to save myself from the hellish condition of material existence, nor do I ever pray for a beautiful wife to enjoy in a nice garden - MM 4 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My Lord, I do not worship You to be liberated from this material entanglement, nor do I wish to save myself from the hellish c..."
14:2614:26, 16 March 2021 diff hist +6,437 N In the Narada-pancaratra it is stated: I do not want any one of the four desirable stations. I simply want to engage as a servant of the lotus feet of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I do not want any one of the four desirable stations. I simply want to engage as a servant of the lotus feet of the Lord"}} {{..."
14:1514:15, 16 March 2021 diff hist +6,674 N The great devotee Hanuman prayed: I do not wish to take liberation or to merge in the Brahman effulgence, where the conception of being a servant of the Lord is completely lost Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I do not wish to take liberation or to merge in the Brahman effulgence, where the conception of being a servant of the Lord is..."
14:1114:11, 16 March 2021 diff hist +6,786 N Nrsimhadeva offered Prahlada Maharaja all kinds of benedictions, but Prahlada Maharaja did not accept any of them, for he simply wanted to engage in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nṛsiṁhadeva offered Prahlāda Mahārāja all kinds of benedictions, but Prahlāda Mahārāja did not accept any of them, f..."
14:0614:06, 16 March 2021 diff hist +6,869 N A pure devotee wishes to be blessed like Maharaja Prahlada by being thus endowed with devotional service. Devotees also offer their respects to Hanuman, who always remained a servant of Lord Rama Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a pure devotee wishes to be blessed like Mahārāja Prahlāda by being thus endowed with devotional service. Devotees also off..."
13:4613:46, 16 March 2021 diff hist +6,711 N In the Hayasirsiya-sri-narayana-vyuha-stava, it is stated: My dear Lord, I do not pray for any of these (economic development, sense gratification or liberation). I simply pray that I may always be engaged as a servant of Your lotus feet Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I do not pray for any of these. I simply pray that I may always be engaged as a servant of Your lotus feet"}} {{notes|}} {{com..."
13:3913:39, 16 March 2021 diff hist +6,735 N In the Hayasirsiya-sri-narayana-vyuha-stava, it is stated: My dear Lord, I do not wish to become a man of religion or a master of economic development or sense gratification, nor do I wish for liberation. Although I can have all these from You Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear Lord, I do not wish to become a man of religion or a master of economic development or sense gratification, nor do I w..."
13:2613:26, 16 March 2021 diff hist +7,138 N In connection with the glorification of the month of Kartika, devotees pray: Dear Lord, During Your childhood pastimes You liberated two sons of Kuvera & made them great devotees. I wish that instead of giving me liberation You may award me such devotion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"During Your childhood pastimes You liberated the two sons of Kuvera and made them great devotees of Your Lordship. Similarly,..." current
13:2113:21, 16 March 2021 diff hist +6,738 N In the Padma Purana, it is stated that devotees pray: Dear Lord, always remembering Your childhood pastimes at Vrndavana is better for us than aspiring to merge into the impersonal Brahman Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Dear Lord, always remembering Your childhood pastimes at Vṛndāvana is better for us than aspiring to merge into the imperso..."
13:0913:09, 16 March 2021 diff hist +6,944 N Those who engage in the transcendental service of the lotus feet of Krsna, being relieved of all material enjoyment, have no attraction to topics of impersonal monism Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who engage in the transcendental service of the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, being relieved of all material enjoyment, hav..." current
13:0313:03, 16 March 2021 diff hist +6,972 N The 4 progressive realizations of religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation, all combined together, cannot compare, any more than a straw could, to the happiness derived from hearing about the transcendental activities of God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the four progressive realizations of religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation, all combined toget..."
12:3012:30, 16 March 2021 diff hist +7,044 N If multiplied billions of times, the transcendental pleasure derived from impersonal Brahman realization still could not compare to even an atomic portion of the ocean of bhakti, or transcendental service - Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.38 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If multiplied billions of times, the transcendental pleasure derived from impersonal Brahman realization still could not compa..."
12:2712:27, 16 March 2021 diff hist +6,633 N The Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu of Rupa Gosvami explains the superexcellent quality of devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu of Rupa Gosvami explains the superexcellent quality of devotional service"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|..."
12:0712:07, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,277 N Rajendra is the disciple of Vidyanidhi. Jayadharma is the disciple of Rajendra. Purusottama is the disciple of Jayadharma. Laksmipati is the disciple of Vyasatirtha, who is the disciple of Purusottama. And Madhavendra Puri is the disciple of Laksmipati Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Rājendra is the disciple of Vidyānidhi. Jayadharma is the disciple of Rājendra. Puruṣottama is the disciple of Jayadharma..." current
12:0112:01, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,191 N Madhava is the disciple of Narahari, Aksobhya is the direct disciple of Madhava, and Jayatirtha is the disciple of Aksobhya. Jayatirtha’s disciple is Jnanasindhu, and his disciple is Mahanidhi. Vidyanidhi is the disciple of Mahanidhi Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mādhava is the disciple of Narahari, Akṣobhya is the direct disciple of Mādhava, and Jayatīrtha is the disciple of Akṣo..."
11:5411:54, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,314 N Vyasa’s disciples are Sukadeva Gosvami and Madhvacarya. Padmanabha Acarya is the disciple of Madhvacarya, and Narahari is the disciple of Padmanabha Acarya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vyāsa's disciples are Śukadeva Gosvāmī and Madhvācārya. Padmanābha Ācārya is the disciple of Madhvācārya, and Narah..."
11:5211:52, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,369 N The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (22) clearly states the disciplic succession of the Gaudiya Vaisnavas as follows: Lord Brahma is the direct disciple of Visnu, the Lord of the spiritual sky. His disciple is Narada, Narada’s disciple is Vyasa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika"|"clearly states the disciplic succession of the Gaudiya Vaisnavas as follows"|"Lord Brahma is the..."
11:4411:44, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,359 N The Gaudiya Vaisnava-sampradaya is a disciplic succession from Madhvacarya. This fact has been accepted in the authorized books known as Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika and Prameya-ratnavali, as well as by Gopala Guru Gosvami Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava-sampradāya is a disciplic succession from Madhvācārya. This fact has been accepted in the autho..."
11:4011:40, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,290 N Sri Madhavendra Puri is one of the acaryas in the disciplic succession from Madhvacarya. Madhavendra Puri had two principal disciples, Isvara Puri and Sri Advaita Prabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Mādhavendra Purī is one of the ācāryas in the disciplic succession from Madhvācārya. Mādhavendra Purī had two pr..."
11:3511:35, 16 March 2021 diff hist +1,923 N Vaisnavas must follow in the footsteps of Advaita Acarya, for by so doing one can actually engage in the devotional service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vaiṣṇavas must follow in the footsteps of Advaita Ācārya, for by so doing one can actually engage in the devotional serv..." current
11:3311:33, 16 March 2021 diff hist +1,774 N Sri Advaita Acarya is the prime spiritual master of the Vaisnavas, and He is worshipable by all Vaisnavas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Advaita Ācārya is the prime spiritual master of the Vaiṣṇavas, and He is worshipable by all Vaiṣṇavas"}} {{not..." current
11:2511:25, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,166 N It is the main business of an acarya to defy such imposters posing as God before the innocent public Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is the main business of an ācārya to defy such imposters posing as God before the innocent public"}} {{notes|}} {{compile..." current
11:1711:17, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,565 N Advaita Acarya especially intended to teach the conditioned souls about devotional service. The word acarya means "teacher." The special function of such a teacher is to make people Krsna conscious Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Advaita Ācārya especially intended to teach the conditioned souls about devotional service. The word ācārya means"|"teache..."
08:0108:01, 16 March 2021 diff hist +3,874 N If Lord Caitanya, Lord Nityananda and Advaita had exhibited Their all-powerful Visnu potencies within this material world, people would have become greater impersonalists, monists & self-worshipers than they had already become under the spell of this age Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If Lord Caitanya, Lord Nityānanda and Advaita Prabhu had exhibited Their all-powerful Viṣṇu potencies within this materia..."

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