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13:2613:26, 19 March 2021 diff hist +4,366 N Distinguishing between pure devotees and internal or confidential devotees, Rupa Gosvami traces the following gradual process of development. Out of many thousands of karmis, one is better when he is situated in perfect Vedic knowledge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Distinguishing between pure devotees and internal or confidential devotees, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, in his book Upadeśāmṛta..."
08:2308:23, 19 March 2021 diff hist +4,748 N There are different stages of a pure devotee's promotion to conjugal love in the service of Radha and Krsna in an intimate relationship with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These are the different stages of a pure devotee’s promotion to conjugal love in the service of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa in a..."
08:2008:20, 19 March 2021 diff hist +4,549 N When one develops his love for the six Gosvamis, he can understand the conjugal love between Radha and Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when one develops his love for the six Gosvamis, he can understand the conjugal love between Radha and Krsna"}} {{notes|}} {{c..." current
08:1008:10, 19 March 2021 diff hist +5,021 N By attachment to the DS of Lord Caitanya, one immediately comes to the ecstatic position. When he develops his love for Nityananda he is freed from all attachment to the material world, & he becomes eligible to understand the Lord's pastimes in Vrndavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By attachment to the devotional service of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, one immediately comes to the ecstatic position. When he..."
07:2407:24, 19 March 2021 diff hist +4,946 N Narottama dasa described devotional service as follows: Only if I become attached to the instructions given by the six Gosvamis, headed by Rupa Gosvami & Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, will it be possible for me to understand the conjugal love of Radha & Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only if I become attached to the instructions given by the six Gosvāmīs, headed by Rūpa Gosvāmī and Raghunātha dāsa Gos..."
07:2007:20, 19 March 2021 diff hist +4,847 N Narottama dasa Thakura described devotional service as follows: When will my mind be completely freed from all contamination of desires for material pleasure? Only at that time will it be possible for me to understand Vrndavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When will my mind be completely freed from all contamination of desires for material pleasure? Only at that time will it be po..."
07:1407:14, 19 March 2021 diff hist +4,679 N Narottama dasa Thakura prayed: When will Lord Nityananda be merciful toward me and free me from all desires for material enjoyment? Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When will Lord Nityananda be merciful toward me and free me from all desires for material enjoyment"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|S..."
07:1107:11, 19 March 2021 diff hist +4,902 N Narottama dasa Thakura described devotional service as follows: When will there be eruptions on my body as soon as I chant the name of Lord Caitanya, and when will there be incessant torrents of tears as soon as I chant the holy names Hare Krsna? Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When will there be eruptions on my body as soon as I chant the name of Lord Caitanya, and when will there be incessant torrent..." current

17:0717:07, 18 March 2021 diff hist +4,770 N When such devotees (who engage in the service of Lord Nityananda and Lord Advaita) develop great attachment for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they too become situated within the intimate circle of devotees in conjugal love Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When such devotees develop great attachment for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they too become situated within the intimate circl..."
17:0417:04, 18 March 2021 diff hist +4,795 N Those who engage in the service of Lord Nityananda Prabhu and Lord Advaita Prabhu generally have relationships of parental love, fraternity, servitude and neutrality Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who engage in the service of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu and Lord Advaita Prabhu generally have relationships of parental lo..." current
16:5816:58, 18 March 2021 diff hist +4,932 N Devotees who are in a relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead in conjugal love are considered to be the most confidential devotees of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"devotees who are in a relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead in conjugal love are considered to be the most conf..." current
16:5516:55, 18 March 2021 diff hist +4,728 N The devotees or potencies who are engaged in conjugal love are better situated than the others Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the devotees or potencies who are engaged in conjugal love are better situated than the others"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmi..." current
16:4916:49, 18 March 2021 diff hist +4,752 N Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura explains in his Anubhasya: There are specific symptoms by which the internal devotees and the unalloyed or pure devotees are to be known Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura explains in his Anubhāṣya"|"There are specific symptoms by which the internal..."
16:4116:41, 18 March 2021 diff hist +5,492 All unalloyed devotees are sakti-tattvas, or potencies of the Lord. Some of them are situated in conjugal love and others in filial affection, fraternity and servitude No edit summary current
16:3716:37, 18 March 2021 diff hist +3,109 N Although sakti-tattva & jiva-tattva within the category of Panca-tattva, represented by Gadadhara & Srivasa - are worshipers of the Supreme Lord, they are in the same category because they eternally engage in the transcendental loving service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"śakti-tattva and jīva-tattva, represented by Gadādhara and Śrīvāsa"|"are worshipers of the Supreme Lord, they are in the..." current
16:3416:34, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,953 N Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Lord, and Nityananda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu are manifestations of the Supreme Lord. All of Them are visnu-tattva, the Supreme, and are therefore worshipable by the living entities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Lord, and Nityānanda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu are manifestations of the Supre..." current
16:2416:24, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,874 N Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, describing the truth about the Panca-tattva, explains that we should understand that Caitanya is the supreme predominator and that Nityananda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu are His subordinates but are also predominators Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, describing the truth about the Pañca-tattva, explains that we should understand..."
15:3415:34, 18 March 2021 diff hist +3,108 N In the absolute world there are no such differences (between the visnu-tattva servitors and the jiva-tattva servitors), yet one must observe these differences in order to distinguish the Supreme from His subordinates Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the absolute world there are no such differences, yet one must observe these differences in order to distinguish the Suprem..." current
15:3015:30, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,616 N The jiva-tattva servitor, the spiritual master, is actually the servitor God Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The jīva-tattva servitor, the spiritual master, is actually the servitor God"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complet..." current
15:2715:27, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,979 N Both the visnu-tattva (as Nityananda Prabhu and Advaita) and the jiva-tattva (srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda) engage in the service of the Lord, but one must distinguish between the visnu-tattva servitors and the jiva-tattva servitors Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Both the viṣṇu-tattva (as Nityānanda Prabhu and Advaita) and the jīva-tattva (śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda) engage..." current
15:2215:22, 18 March 2021 diff hist +3,017 Ekale isvara krsna, ara saba bhrtya: the only supreme master is Krsna, and all others, both visnu-tattva and jiva-tattva, engage in the service of the Lord No edit summary current
15:1915:19, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,965 N The other two prabhus (Sri Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Advaita Prabhu) engage in His (Caitanya's) transcendental loving service to teach ordinary living entities that every one of us is subordinate to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the other two prabhus engage in His transcendental loving service to teach ordinary living entities that every one of us is su..."
15:1415:14, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,954 N Although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Advaita Prabhu all belong to the same Visnu category, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is nevertheless accepted as the Supreme Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu and Śrī Advaita Prabhu all belong to the same Viṣṇu catego..." current
15:0315:03, 18 March 2021 diff hist +3,656 N Their (Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu & Advaita Gosani's) so-called descendants who do not have the qualifications have accepted this title as a hereditary designation or a professional degree. That is not in accord with the sastric injunctions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Their so-called descendants who do not have the qualifications of gosvāmīs have accepted this title as a hereditary designat..." current
14:5614:56, 18 March 2021 diff hist +3,192 N All of Them (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Advaita Gosani) are prabhus (predominators or masters), and They are sometimes called Caitanya Gosani, Nityananda Gosani and Advaita Gosani Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"all of Them are prabhus (“predominators” or “masters”), and They are sometimes called Caitanya Gosani, Nityananda Gosa..." current
14:5314:53, 18 March 2021 diff hist +3,152 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Advaita Gosani Prabhu are natural gosvamis because They belong to the visnu-tattva category Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu and Śrī Advaita Gosāñi Prabhu are natural gosvāmīs because They bel..." current
14:5114:51, 18 March 2021 diff hist +3,644 N Gosvami is not a hereditary title but refers to one’s qualifications. When one is highly elevated in spiritual advancement, regardless of wherefrom he comes, he may be called Gosvami Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Gosvāmī is not a hereditary title but refers to one’s qualifications. When one is highly elevated in spiritual advancement..." current
14:4414:44, 18 March 2021 diff hist +3,366 N Sri Rupa Gosvami presented himself as an ordinary grhastha and minister in government service but became a gosvami when he was actually elevated by the instruction of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"presented himself as an ordinary gṛhastha and minister in government service but became a gosvāmī when he was actually ele..."
14:4114:41, 18 March 2021 diff hist +3,293 N Although the Gosvami title has become a hereditary designation for unscrupulous men, actually the title Gosani, or Gosvami, began from Sri Rupa Gosvami Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the Gosvāmī title has become a hereditary designation for unscrupulous men, actually the title Gosāñi, or Gosvām..." current
14:3914:39, 18 March 2021 diff hist +3,160 N A spiritual master who actually has control over the mind and senses is called Gosvami Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A spiritual master who actually has control over the mind and senses is called Gosvāmī"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}..." current
14:3414:34, 18 March 2021 diff hist +3,066 N One who does not have control over the senses and mind is called a godasa, or a servant of the senses, and cannot become a spiritual master Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who does not have such control is called a godāsa, or a servant of the senses, and cannot become a spiritual master"}} {{..."
14:3214:32, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,977 N Gosani means gosvami. A person who has full control over the senses and mind is called a gosvami or gosani Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Gosāñi means gosvāmī. A person who has full control over the senses and mind is called a gosvāmī or gosāñi"}} {{notes|..." current
14:2614:26, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,469 N Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami has said, caitanyakhyam prakatam adhuna tad-dvayam caikyam aptam: Radha and Krsna assumed oneness in the form of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī has said, caitanyākhyaṁ prakaṭam adhunā tad-dvayaṁ caikyam āptam: Rādhā and Kṛ..." current
14:2314:23, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,313 N Vaisnavas sing, sri-krsna-caitanya radha-krsna nahe anya: Radha and Krsna combined together are Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vaiṣṇavas sing, śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya rādhā-kṛṣṇa nahe anya"|"Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa combined together are..." current
14:2114:21, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,332 N Although Lord Caitanya is present in the form of a devotee, He is Krsna Himself Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although Lord Caitanya is present in the form of a devotee, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {..." current
14:1714:17, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,767 Although Krsna is the reservoir of all pleasure, He has a special intention to taste Himself by accepting the form of a devotee No edit summary current
14:1214:12, 18 March 2021 diff hist +5,587 There is a class of devotees called Gauranga-nagari, who stage plays of Krsna's pastimes using a vigraha, or form, of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. This is a mistake that is technically called rasabhasa No edit summary current
14:1114:11, 18 March 2021 diff hist +5,428 N When Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu was addressed as Krsna or Visnu He blocked His ears, not wanting to hear Himself addressed as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu was addressed as Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu He blocked His ears, not wanting to hear..."
14:0214:02, 18 March 2021 diff hist +5,594 Caitanya Mahaprabhu's body is not material but purely spiritual. One should not, therefore, accept Caitanya Mahaprabhu as an ordinary devotee, although He has assumed the form of a devotee No edit summary current
13:5613:56, 18 March 2021 diff hist +4,897 N Less intelligent men create their own "Gods" by advertising a human being as God. This is their mistake Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Less intelligent men create their own"|"Gods" by advertising a human being as God. This is their mistake"}} {{notes|}} {{compi..."
13:5213:52, 18 March 2021 diff hist +5,401 Since the time of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, there have been many imitation incarnations of Krsna who cannot understand that Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna Himself and not an ordinary human being No edit summary current
13:4813:48, 18 March 2021 diff hist +5,203 N One should not foolishly consider Caitanya Mahaprabhu to be an ordinary human being. He has accepted the ecstasy of a devotee, but He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one should not foolishly consider Caitanya Mahaprabhu to be an ordinary human being. He has accepted the ecstasy of a devotee,..." current
13:3713:37, 18 March 2021 diff hist +5,667 When the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna comes to this planet exactly like a human being, some rascals consider Him to be one of the ordinary humans. One who thinks in that mistaken way is described as mudha, or foolish No edit summary current
13:3413:34, 18 March 2021 diff hist +5,452 The supreme controller, the Personality of Godhead, is Krsna Himself, but as a transcendental pastime He has accepted the form of a devotee, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
13:3213:32, 18 March 2021 diff hist +5,295 N This verse (of CC Adi-lila 7.10) is especially meant to impart to the Mayavadi philosopher the understanding that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the supreme controller Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This verse is especially meant to impart to the Māyāvādī philosopher the understanding that the Supreme Personality of God..."
13:3013:30, 18 March 2021 diff hist +5,101 According to the Vedic mantras the Supreme Lord is the supreme master of innumerable living entities No edit summary current
13:2913:29, 18 March 2021 diff hist +5,561 N The Mayavadi philosophers, try to equate the minute living entities with the supreme living entity. Because they recognize no distinctions between them, their philosophy is called Advaita-vada, or monism. Factually, however, there is a distinction Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Māyāvādī philosophers, however, try to equate the minute living entities with the supreme living entity. Because they..."
13:1213:12, 18 March 2021 diff hist +5,289 The supreme eternal never accepts a body of a temporary material nature, whereas the living entities, who are part and parcel of the supreme eternal, are prone to do so No edit summary current
13:0913:09, 18 March 2021 diff hist 0 The living entities are also eternal and are also living forces, but they are very minute in quantity, whereas the Supreme Lord is the supreme living force and the supreme eternal No edit summary current
13:0913:09, 18 March 2021 diff hist +5,128 N The living entities are also eternal and are also living forces, but they are very minute in quantity, whereas the Supreme Lord is the supreme living force and the supreme eternal Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living entities are also eternal and are also living forces, but they are very minute in quantity, whereas the Supreme Lor..."

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