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15:0015:00, 21 March 2021 diff hist +3,928 N He (Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana) explains that suvarna-varnah means a golden complexion. He also quotes the Vedic injunction yada pasyah pasyate rukma-varnam kartaram isam purusam brahma-yonim - Mundaka Up. 3.1.3 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He explains that suvarṇa-varṇaḥ means a golden complexion. He also quotes the Vedic injunction yadā paśyaḥ paśyate..." current
14:5314:53, 21 March 2021 diff hist +3,946 N In his commentary on the Visnu-sahasra-nama, called the Namartha-sudha, Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana, commenting upon this verse (of CC Adi 3.49), asserts that Lord Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead according to the evidence of the Upanisads Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In his commentary on the Viṣṇu-sahasra-nāma, called the Nāmārtha-sudhā, Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa, commentin..."
14:4114:41, 21 March 2021 diff hist +3,574 N This (CC Adi 3.49) is a verse from the Mahabharata - Dana-dharma, Visnu-sahasra-nama-stotra Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is a verse from the Mahābhārata (Dāna-dharma, Viṣṇu-sahasra-nāma-stotra)"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{..."
14:3014:30, 21 March 2021 diff hist +2,171 N No one other than the Supreme Lord Himself, who has engaged the conditioned souls by His own illusory energy, can possess these (nyagrodha-parimandala) bodily features. These features certainly indicate an incarnation of Visnu and no one else Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"No one other than the Supreme Lord Himself, who has engaged the conditioned souls by His own illusory energy, can possess thes..."
12:1512:15, 21 March 2021 diff hist +3,030 N It is said in Kali-santarana Upanisad: After searching through all the Vedic literature, one cannot find a method of religion more sublime for this age than the chanting of Hare Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After searching through all the Vedic literature, one cannot find a method of religion more sublime for this age than the chan..." current
12:1012:10, 21 March 2021 diff hist +3,044 N The Hare Krsna mantra is specifically mentioned in many Upanisads, such as the Kali-santarana Upanisad Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is specifically mentioned in many Upaniṣads, such as the Kali-santaraṇa Upaniṣad"}} {{notes|..." current
12:0612:06, 21 March 2021 diff hist +3,452 N In the Dvapara-yuga people should worship Lord Visnu only by the regulative principles of the Narada-pancaratra and other such authorized books. In the Age of Kali, however, people should simply chant the holy names of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Dvāpara-yuga people should worship Lord Viṣṇu only by the regulative principles of the Nārada-pañcarātra and ot..."
11:5411:54, 21 March 2021 diff hist +3,090 N Bhakti-yoga actually begins with the chanting of the holy name, as confirmed by Madhvacarya in his commentary on the Mundaka Upanisad Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhakti-yoga actually begins with the chanting of the holy name, as confirmed by Madhvācārya in his commentary on the Muṇ..." current
11:5111:51, 21 March 2021 diff hist +3,081 N In this Age of Kali the practical system of religion for everyone is the chanting of the name of Godhead. This was introduced in this age by Lord Caitanya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this Age of Kali the practical system of religion for everyone is the chanting of the name of Godhead. This was introduced..."
11:4311:43, 21 March 2021 diff hist +2,121 N This (CC Adi 3.39) is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 11.5.27), spoken by Saint Karabhajana, one of the nine royal mystics who explained to King Nimi the different features of the Lord in different ages Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"|"spoken by Saint Karabhājana, one of the nine royal mystics who explained to King..."
11:3211:32, 21 March 2021 diff hist +1,328 N This (CC Adi 3.36) is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam - SB 10.8.13 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 10.8.13)"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2021-03-..."
11:2911:29, 21 March 2021 diff hist +6,693 N The authentic biographies mention that Lord Caitanya accepted the danda (rod) and begging pot, symbolic of the sannyasa order, at the time He took sannyasa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The authentic biographies also mention that Lord Caitanya accepted the daṇḍa (rod) and begging pot, symbolic of the sanny..." current
11:2411:24, 21 March 2021 diff hist +7,182 A brahmacari is supposed to serve the spiritual master; therefore Mahaprabhu did not negate that relationship of servitude to His spiritual master. Accepting such a position is favorable for the relationship between the disciple and the spiritual master No edit summary current
11:1611:16, 21 March 2021 diff hist +7,317 N Lord Caitanya accepted sannyasa from Kesava Bharati. When He first approached Kesava Bharati, He was accepted as a brahmacari with the name Sri Krsna Caitanya Brahmacari. After He took sannyasa, He preferred to keep the name Krsna Caitanya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya accepted sannyāsa from Keśava Bhāratī. When He first approached Keśava Bhāratī, He was accepted as a brah..." current
11:1011:10, 21 March 2021 diff hist +6,480 N The brahmacari’s name is ascertained according to the group to which the sannyasi belongs Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The brahmacārī’s name is ascertained according to the group to which the sannyāsī belongs"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alank..." current
11:0611:06, 21 March 2021 diff hist +6,773 N According to the regulation of the disciplic succession, one who wishes to enter the renounced order in Sankara’s sect must first be trained as a brahmacari under a bona fide sannyasi Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the regulation of the disciplic succession, one who wishes to enter the renounced order in Śaṅkara’s sect mu..."
11:0311:03, 21 March 2021 diff hist +6,769 N The four different sects of these monasteries (established by Sripada Sankaracarya) are known as Anandavara, Bhogavara, Kitavara and Bhumivara, and in course of time they have developed different ideas and different slogans Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The four different sects of these monasteries are known as Ānandavāra, Bhogavāra, Kīṭavāra and Bhūmivāra, and in cour..." current
10:5210:52, 21 March 2021 diff hist +6,877 N There are hundreds of branch monasteries under these four principal monasteries (established by Sripada Sankaracarya), and although there is an official symmetry among them, there are many differences in their dealings Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"there are hundreds of branch monasteries under these four principal monasteries, and although there is an official symmetry am..." current

15:3015:30, 20 March 2021 diff hist +6,778 N Sripada Sankaracarya established four monasteries in India, in the four directions (north, south, east and west), and he entrusted them to four sannyasis who were his disciples Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya established four monasteries in India, in the four directions (north, south, east and west), and..."
15:2515:25, 20 March 2021 diff hist +6,986 N Those with the names Giri, Parvata and Sagara generally stay at Badarikasrama, and their brahmacari name is Ananda. Those with the titles Sarasvati, Bharati and Puri usually live at Srngeri in South India, and their brahmacari name is Caitanya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those with the names Giri, Parvata and Sāgara generally stay at Badarikāśrama, and their brahmacārī name is Ānanda. Thos..." current
15:1915:19, 20 March 2021 diff hist +6,588 Before one enters sannyasa, he has one of the various names for a brahmacari, the assistant to a sannyasi No edit summary current
15:1815:18, 20 March 2021 diff hist +7,046 N Sannyasis with the titles Tirtha and Asrama generally stay at Dvaraka, and their brahmacari name is Svarupa. Those known by the names Vana and Aranya stay at Purusottama, or Jagannatha Puri, and their brahmacari name is Prakasa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sannyāsīs with the titles Tīrtha and Āśrama generally stay at Dvārakā, and their brahmacārī name is Svarūpa. Those k..." current
15:1415:14, 20 March 2021 diff hist +6,629 N Before one enters sannyasa, he has one of the various names for a brahmacari, the assistant to a sannyasi Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Before one enters sannyāsa, he has one of the various names for a brahmacārī, the assistant to a sannyāsī"}} {{notes|}} {..."
11:0711:07, 20 March 2021 diff hist +6,716 N In the Sankara-sampradaya there are ten different names awarded to sannyasis: (1) Tirtha, (2) Asrama, (3) Vana, (4) Aranya, (5) Giri, (6) Parvata, (7) Sagara, (8) Sarasvati, (9) Bharati and (10) Puri Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Śaṅkara-sampradāya there are ten different names awarded to sannyāsīs: (1) Tīrtha, (2) Āśrama, (3) Vana, (4) A..."
10:4210:42, 20 March 2021 diff hist +6,358 N Sannyasa was sanctioned in the Vaisnava sampradaya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"sannyāsa was also sanctioned in the Vaiṣṇava sampradāya"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2..." current
10:3210:32, 20 March 2021 diff hist +6,996 N Since His (Lord Caitanya's) acceptance of sannyasa was also designed to attract public attention, Lord Caitanya, not wishing to disturb the social convention, took the renounced order of life from a sannyasi in the disciplic succession of Sankaracarya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since His acceptance of sannyāsa was also designed to attract public attention, Lord Caitanya, not wishing to disturb the soc..."
10:2010:20, 20 March 2021 diff hist +7,005 N Lord Caitanya could have performed His missionary activities as a householder, but He found householder life an obstruction to His mission. Therefore He decided to accept the renounced order, sannyasa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya could have performed His missionary activities as a householder, but He found householder life an obstruction to..."
10:0610:06, 20 March 2021 diff hist +6,810 N During the time of Lord Caitanya, the influence of Sankaracarya in society was very strong. People thought that one could accept sannyasa only in the disciplic succession of Sankaracarya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"During the time of Lord Caitanya, the influence of Śaṅkarācārya in society was very strong. People thought that one could..."
10:0210:02, 20 March 2021 diff hist +6,981 N Vaisnava sannyasa was existent even before the appearance of Sankaracarya, although those who know nothing about Vaisnava sannyasa unnecessarily declare that there is no sannyasa in the Vaisnava sampradaya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vaiṣṇava sannyāsa was existent even before the appearance of Śaṅkarācārya, although those who know nothing about Vai..."
09:5609:56, 20 March 2021 diff hist +7,016 N In the Visnu Svami Vaisnava sampradaya, there are ten different kinds of sannyasa names and 108 different names for sannyasis who accept the tri-danda, the triple staff of sannyasa. This is approved by the Vedic rules Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Viṣṇu Svāmī Vaiṣṇava sampradāya, there are ten different kinds of sannyāsa names and 108 different names fo..."
09:5009:50, 20 March 2021 diff hist +6,598 N Long before the advent of Sripada Sankaracarya, the sannyasa order existed in the Vaisnava line of Visnu Svami Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Long before the advent of Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya, however, the sannyāsa order existed in the Vaiṣṇava line of Viṣ..." current
09:3809:38, 20 March 2021 diff hist +6,787 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took the sannyasa order from Sripada Kesava Bharati, who belonged to the Sankara sect, which approves of only ten names for sannyasis Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took the sannyāsa order from Śrīpāda Keśava Bhāratī, who belonged to the Śaṅkara sect, wh..." current
09:3209:32, 20 March 2021 diff hist +6,865 N Some so-called Vaisnavas say that the renounced order of life was not accepted in the Vaisnava sampradaya, or disciplic succession, until Lord Caitanya. This is not a very intelligent proposition Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Some so-called Vaiṣṇavas say that the renounced order of life was not accepted in the Vaiṣṇava sampradāya, or discipl..." current
09:2709:27, 20 March 2021 diff hist +6,443 N His (Lord Caitanya's) sesa-lila, or the final portion of His activities, lasted twenty-four years Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"His śeṣa-līlā, or the final portion of His activities, lasted twenty-four years"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{c..." current
09:2309:23, 20 March 2021 diff hist +6,924 N Lord Caitanya remained a householder only until His twenty-fourth year had passed. Then He entered the renounced order and remained manifest in this material world until His forty-eighth year Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya remained a householder only until His twenty-fourth year had passed. Then He entered the renounced order and rem..." current

18:4118:41, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,249 N According to the Surya-siddhanta, the prathama-sandhya of Kali-yuga lasts 36,000 solar years. Lord Caitanya appeared in the prathama-sandhya after 4,586 solar years of Kali-yuga had passed Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the Sūrya-siddhānta, the prathama-sandhyā of Kali-yuga lasts 36,000 solar years. Lord Caitanya appeared in the..." current
18:3718:37, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,057 N The prathama-sandhya and sesa-sandhya, the last division of the preceding age, form the junction of the two ages Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The prathama-sandhyā and śeṣa-sandhyā, the last division of the preceding age, form the junction of the two ages"}} {{not..." current
18:3418:34, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,270 N The prathama-sandhya is the beginning of the age. According to astronomical calculation, the age is divided into twelve parts. The first of these twelve divisions is known as the prathama-sandhya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The prathama-sandhyā is the beginning of the age. According to astronomical calculation, the age is divided into twelve parts..." current
18:2918:29, 18 March 2021 diff hist +1,497 N This (CC Adi 3.27) quotation from the writings of Bilvamangala Thakura is found in the Laghu-bhagavatamrta - 1.5.37 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This quotation from the writings of Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura is found in the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (1.5.37)"}} {{notes|}} {..." current
18:2418:24, 18 March 2021 diff hist +1,740 N Texts 22 and 23 (of CC Adi 3) were spoken by Lord Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 4.7-8). Texts 24 and 25, which follow, are also from the Bhagavad-gita - BG 3.24, BG 3.21 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Texts 22 and 23 were spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā"|"Texts 24 and 25, which follow, are also from the Bhag..."
18:1518:15, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,673 N To teach the highest principles of spiritual life, the Lord (Krsna) Himself appeared as a devotee in the form of Lord Caitanya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To teach the highest principles of spiritual life, the Lord Himself appeared as a devotee in the form of Lord Caitanya"}} {{no..."
18:0918:09, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,522 N He (Lord Krsna) distributed the process of devotional service performed on the platform of transcendental spontaneous love Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He also distributed the process of devotional service performed on the platform of transcendental spontaneous love"}} {{notes|..."
18:0418:04, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,676 N When the Lord took the place of the incarnation of Kali-yuga to spread the glories of chanting Hare Krsna - the system of worship recommended in this age Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when the Lord took the place of the incarnation of Kali-yuga to spread the glories of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa—the system o..."
17:5717:57, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,540 N No one but the Lord Himself can teach this highest form of devotional service - transcendental loving service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"No one but the Lord Himself can teach this highest form of devotional service"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{complete..." current
17:4917:49, 18 March 2021 diff hist +3,232 m Pure devotees do not ask anything from the Lord for their personal benefit. Even if offered personal benefits, pure devotees do not accept them, because their only desire is to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead by transcendental loving service Alankrutha moved page Pure devotees do not ask anything from the Lord for their personal benefit. Even if offered personal benefits, pure devotees do not accept them, because their only desire is to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead to [[Pure devotees do not ask anything from the Lord for their personal benefit. Even if offered personal benefits, pure devotees do not accept them, because their only desire is to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead by transcendental loving s... current
17:3917:39, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,677 N To attain sayujya, or merging into the Brahman effulgence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the aspiration of the impersonalists. A devotee never cares for sayujya liberation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To attain sāyujya, or merging into the Brahman effulgence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the aspiration of the imp..."
17:3317:33, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,498 N The fifth kind of liberation, sayujya, is never accepted even by devotees who perform only ritualistic worship Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The fifth kind of liberation, sāyujya, is never accepted even by devotees who perform only ritualistic worship"}} {{notes|}}..." current
17:2817:28, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,637 N Devotees (who are engaged in devotional service according to the ritualistic principles) are satisfied only in rendering transcendental loving service to the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"devotees are satisfied only in rendering transcendental loving service to the Lord"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{com..."
17:1317:13, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,751 N Although such devotees (those engaged in devotional service according to the ritualistic principles) can attain sarsti, sarupya, samipya and salokya, they are not concerned with these liberations Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although such devotees can attain sārṣṭi, sārūpya, sāmīpya and sālokya, they are not concerned with these liberation..."
16:2916:29, 18 March 2021 diff hist +2,655 N Those engaged in devotional service according to the ritualistic principles mentioned in the scriptures attain these different kinds of liberation - sarsti, sarupya, samipya and salokya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those engaged in devotional service according to the ritualistic principles mentioned in the scriptures attain these different..."

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