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05:4705:47, 27 March 2021 diff hist +6,992 N After accepting the renounced order of life, Caitanya converted pasandis (nondevotees) like Jagai and Madhai, and adhama paduyas (degraded students) like Mukunda & his friends. All of them gradually became devotees of the Lord, even the Pathans (Muslims) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"pāṣaṇḍīs (nondevotees) like Jagāi and Mādhāi, and adhama paḍuyās (degraded students) like Mukunda and his friend..."
05:4105:41, 27 March 2021 diff hist +6,740 N After accepting the renounced order of life, Caitanya Mahaprabhu converted many karma-nisthas who were addicted to fruitive activities, many great logicians like Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, nindakas (blasphemers) like Prakasananda Sarasvati Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After accepting the renounced order of life, Caitanya Mahaprabhu converted many karma-nisthas who were addicted to fruitive ac..."
03:1703:17, 27 March 2021 diff hist +6,913 N In this verse (CC Adi 7.39) it is clearly indicated that although Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu converted Muslims and other mlecchas into devotees, the impersonalist followers of Sankaracarya could not be converted Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse it is clearly indicated that although Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu converted Muslims and other mlecchas into devote..."
03:0903:09, 27 March 2021 diff hist +3,503 N It is a principle that a preacher must strictly follow the rules and regulations laid down in the sastras yet at the same time devise a means by which the preaching work to reclaim the fallen may go on with full force Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is a principle that a preacher must strictly follow the rules and regulations laid down in the śāstras yet at the same ti..." current
03:0603:06, 27 March 2021 diff hist +3,125 N In this verse (CC Adi-lila 7.38) the words saba nistarite kare caturi apara indicate that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to deliver one and all Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse the words sabā nistārite kare cāturī apāra indicate that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to deliver one a..."
03:0103:01, 27 March 2021 diff hist +3,454 N Grhasthas live outside the temple, for in the temple we do not allow even husband and wife to live together. The results of this are wonderful. Both men and women are preaching the gospel of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Lord Krsna with redoubled strength Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Gṛhasthas live outside the temple, for in the temple we do not allow even husband and wife to live together. The results of..."
02:5302:53, 27 March 2021 diff hist +3,577 Grhasthas live outside the temple, for in the temple we do not allow even husband and wife to live together. The results of this are wonderful No edit summary current

12:4212:42, 26 March 2021 diff hist +3,081 N We are thoroughly instructing both men and women how to preach, and actually they are preaching wonderfully Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we are thoroughly instructing both men and women how to preach, and actually they are preaching wonderfully"}} {{notes|}} {{co..." current
12:3112:31, 26 March 2021 diff hist +3,775 It is the concern of the acarya to show mercy to the fallen souls. In this connection, desa-kala-patra (the place, the time and the object) should be taken into consideration No edit summary current
12:2712:27, 26 March 2021 diff hist +3,518 N Although I am a sannyasi I sometimes take part in getting boys and girls married, although in the history of sannyasa no sannyasi has personally taken part in marrying his disciples Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although I am a sannyāsī I sometimes take part in getting boys and girls married, although in the history of sannyāsa no sa..." current
12:2412:24, 26 March 2021 diff hist +3,770 N Since boys and girls in the Western countries freely intermingle, special concessions regarding their customs and habits are necessary to bring them to Krsna consciousness. The acarya must devise a means to bring them to devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"since boys and girls in the Western countries freely intermingle, special concessions regarding their customs and habits are n..."

16:3016:30, 25 March 2021 diff hist +3,596 N First they (the acaryas) should become Krsna conscious, and all the prescribed rules and regulations may later gradually be introduced. In our Krsna consciousness movement we follow this policy of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"First they should become Kṛṣṇa conscious, and all the prescribed rules and regulations may later gradually be introduced..."
15:5715:57, 25 March 2021 diff hist +3,351 N Srila Rupa Gosvami recommends: An acarya should devise a means by which people may somehow or other come to Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Srila Rupa Gosvami recommends: An acarya should devise a means by which people may somehow or other come to Krsna consciousnes..."
15:1815:18, 25 March 2021 diff hist +3,260 N As an ideal acarya, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu devised ways to capture all kinds of atheists and materialists Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As an ideal ācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu devised ways to capture all kinds of atheists and materialists"}} {{notes|}}..." current
15:1515:15, 25 March 2021 diff hist +3,566 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was an ideal acarya. An acarya is an ideal teacher who knows the purport of the revealed scriptures, behaves exactly according to their injunctions and teaches his students to adopt these principles Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was an ideal ācārya. An ācārya is an ideal teacher who knows the purport of the revealed script..."

18:0018:00, 22 March 2021 diff hist +2,683 m There are two kinds of sannyasis, who are called dhiras and narottamas, as stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam - SB 1.13.26-27 SharmisthaK moved page There are two kinds of sannyasis, who are called dhiras and narottamas, as stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 1.13.26-27) to There are two kinds of sannyasis, who are called dhiras and narottamas, as stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam - SB 1.13.26-27 current
17:5617:56, 22 March 2021 diff hist +2,699 N There are two kinds of sannyasis, who are called dhiras and narottamas, as stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam - SB 1.13.26-27 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are two kinds of sannyāsīs, who are called dhīras and narottamas, as stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 1.13.26-27)"}..."
16:0816:08, 22 March 2021 diff hist +2,770 N The divisions of the vanaprastha-asrama are vaikhanasa, valakhilya, audumbara and phenapa, and the divisions of sannyasa are kuticaka, bahudaka, hamsa and niskriya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the divisions of the vānaprastha-āśrama are vaikhānasa, vālakhilya, auḍumbara and pheṇapa, and the divisions of sanny..." current
16:0216:02, 22 March 2021 diff hist +2,959 N The divisions of the grhasthasrama are varta (professionals), sancaya (accumulators), salina (those who do not ask anything from anyone) and silonchana (those who collect grains from the paddy fields) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the divisions of the gṛhasthāśrama are vārtā (professionals), sañcaya (accumulators), śālīna (those who do not ask a..." current
15:4515:45, 22 March 2021 diff hist +2,622 N The divisions of the brahmacarya-asrama are savitrya, prajapatya, brahma and brhat Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The divisions of the brahmacarya-āśrama are sāvitrya, prājāpatya, brāhma and bṛhat"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmistha..." current
15:2315:23, 22 March 2021 diff hist +2,946 N There are four orders of spiritual life, namely, brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa, and in each of these asramas there are four divisions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are four orders of spiritual life, namely, brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha and sannyāsa, and in each of these ā..."

18:5518:55, 20 March 2021 diff hist +5,077 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted sannyasa to facilitate preaching His devotional cult, although otherwise He had no need to accept the fourth order of spiritual life No edit summary current
18:5418:54, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,623 N The sannyasa order is still respected in India. Indeed, the very dress of a sannyasi still commands respect from the Indian public Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The sannyāsa order is still respected in India. Indeed, the very dress of a sannyāsī still commands respect from the Indian..." current
18:5018:50, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,619 N Caitanya Mahaprabhu decided to accept the sannyasa order, for by seeing Him as a sannyasi they (the kutarkikas, nindakas, pasandis and adhama paduyas) would offer Him respects Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"decided to accept the sannyāsa order, for by seeing Him as a sannyāsī they would offer Him respects"}} {{notes|}} {{compile..." current
18:4918:49, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,952 N The kutarkikas, nindakas, pasandis and adhama paduyas all avoided the benefit of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s movement of developing love of Godhead. Caitanya felt compassion for them, and it is for this reason that He decided to accept the sannyasa order Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The kutārkikas, nindakas, pāṣaṇḍīs and adhama paḍuyās all avoided the benefit of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mo..."
18:4118:41, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,812 N Those who criticize devotional service are called nindakas (blasphemers). Similarly, nondevotees who consider devotional activities to be material are called pasandis, and scholars with a similar viewpoint are called adhama paduyas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who criticize devotional service are called nindakas (blasphemers). Similarly, nondevotees who consider devotional activ..." current
18:3718:37, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,706 N Those who consider devotional service to be fruitive activity are called karma-nisthas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"those who consider devotional service to be fruitive activity are called karma-niṣṭhas"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmistha..." current
18:3518:35, 20 March 2021 diff hist +5,162 N According to them (mayavadis), when bhagavatas (devotees) are purified by philosophical speculation, they will come to the real point of liberation. Those who speculate in this way regarding devotional service are called kutarkikas (false logicians) Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to them, when bhāgavatas (devotees) are purified by philosophical speculation, they will come to the real point of..."
18:2918:29, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,592 N Maya refers to material existence, which is characterized by the reactions of fruitive activities. Mayavadis consider devotional service to be among such fruitive activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Māyā refers to material existence, which is characterized by the reactions of fruitive activities. Māyāvādīs consider de..." current
18:2618:26, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,459 N The Mayavadi considers all the paraphernalia of devotional service to be maya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Māyāvādī considers all the paraphernalia of devotional service to be māyā"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{c..." current
18:2318:23, 20 March 2021 diff hist +5,402 A Mayavadi is one who considers the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna to be made of maya and who also considers the abode of the Lord and the process of approaching Him, devotional service, to be maya No edit summary current
18:2218:22, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,566 N The Supreme Personality of Godhead is transcendental to the material conception of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead is transcendental to the material conception of life"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}}..." current
18:1818:18, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,800 N The main purpose of His (Caitanya's) accepting sannyasa was to deliver the Mayavadi sannyasis. This will be evident later in this chapter - CC Adi 7.33 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The main purpose of His accepting sannyāsa was to deliver the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs. This will be evident later in this ch..."
18:1418:14, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,945 N Although there was actually no need for Caitanya to accept sannyasa, He did so for the benefit of those who might think Him an ordinary human being Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although there was actually no need for Him to accept sannyāsa, He did so for the benefit of those who might think Him an ord..."
18:1118:11, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,900 N Lord Caitanya decided to accept sannyasa on the grounds that when He became a sannyasi everyone would show Him respect and in that way be favored Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya decided to accept sannyāsa on the grounds that when He became a sannyāsī everyone would show Him respect and..."
18:0518:05, 20 March 2021 diff hist +5,350 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, or for that matter any pure devotee, never identifies with these social and spiritual divisions of life, for a devotee is always transcendental to these different gradations of society No edit summary current
18:0318:03, 20 March 2021 diff hist +5,060 N Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not identify Himself with any of the eight varnas and asramas, namely, brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra, brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa. He identified Himself as the Supreme Spirit Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not identify Himself with any of the eight varṇas and āśramas, namely, brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, v..."
18:0018:00, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,832 N There was no need for Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to accept sannyasa, for He is God Himself and therefore has nothing to do with the material bodily concept of life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There was no need for Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to accept sannyāsa, for He is God Himself and therefore has nothing to..." current
17:4717:47, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,130 What we are doing is perfect by the grace of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, for it is He who proposed to invent a way to capture those who strayed from Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
17:4517:45, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,110 Their (jealous fools who criticize the intermingling of boys and girls) stereotyped methods will never help spread Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
17:4517:45, 20 March 2021 diff hist +5,007 These jealous fools who criticize the intermingling of boys and girls will simply have to be satisfied with their own foolishness because they cannot think of how to spread Krsna consciousness by adopting ways and means that are favorable for this purpose No edit summary current
17:3417:34, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,035 An acarya who comes for the service of the Lord cannot be expected to conform to a stereotype, for he must find the ways and means by which Krsna consciousness may be spread No edit summary current
17:3217:32, 20 March 2021 diff hist +3,859 Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to invent a way to capture the Mayavadis and others who did not take interest in the Krsna consciousness movement. This is the symptom of an acarya No edit summary current
17:3017:30, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,540 N Caitanya Mahaprabhu is described in the sastras as an incarnation of Krsna; therefore if one wants to imitate Lord Caitanya and claim to be an incarnation, he must show evidence from the sastras about his appearance to substantiate his claim Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Caitanya Mahāprabhu is described in the śāstras as an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa; therefore if one wants to imitate Lord Ca..."
17:1117:11, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,256 N To avoid being misled by an exhibition of mystic powers, it is best to examine a so-called incarnation of God in the light of the statements of the sastras Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To avoid being misled by an exhibition of mystic powers, it is best to examine a so-called incarnation of God in the light of..." current
17:0217:02, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,194 N One must test a so-called incarnation of Godhead according to the standard criteria Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one must test a so-called incarnation of Godhead according to the standard criteria"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{c..."
17:0017:00, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,703 N Krsna taught Arjuna in the Bhagavad-gita, and Arjuna also accepted Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but for our understanding Arjuna requested the Lord to manifest His universal form, thus testing whether He was actually the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa taught Arjuna in the Bhagavad-gītā, and Arjuna also accepted Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but for..."
16:5316:53, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,182 N One should not accept a rascal as an incarnation of God but should test his ability to act as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should not accept a rascal as an incarnation of God but should test his ability to act as the Supreme Personality of Godhe..."
16:5016:50, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,507 N There are other unscrupulous persons who exploit the Lord’s appearance by posing as incarnations to cheat the innocent public. An incarnation of God should pass the tests of the statements of the sastras and also perform uncommon activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are also other unscrupulous persons who exploit the Lord’s appearance by posing as incarnations to cheat the innocent..." current
15:4715:47, 20 March 2021 diff hist +4,438 N This (accepting Krsna as an ordinary human being) is condemned in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.11): Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature as the Supreme Lord of all that be Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature as the Supreme Lord of all that be..." current

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