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• 05:54, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One who wants to understand the mystery of revealed scriptures must approach a bona fide spiritual master, hear from him very submissively and render service to him. Then the import of the scriptures will be revealed (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one who wants to understand the mystery of revealed scriptures must approach a bona fide spiritual master, hear from him very...")
• 05:48, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One who is not taught by a bona fide spiritual master cannot understand the Vedic literature. To emphasize this point, Krsna clearly said that it was because Arjuna was His devotee and confidential friend that he could understand the mystery of the BG (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who is not taught by a bona fide spiritual master cannot understand the Vedic literature. To emphasize this point, Lord K...")
• 05:35, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In order to follow the disciplic succession of Lord Caitanya, one should not associate with these (aula, baula, kartabhaja, neda, daravesa, sani, sahajiya, sakhibheki, smarta, jata-gosani, ativadi, cudadhari and gauranga-nagari) apasampradaya communities (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In order to follow strictly the disciplic succession of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, one should not associate with these apasamp...")
• 05:32, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Some of these groups (apasampradaya) are known as aula, baula, kartabhaja, neda, daravesa, sani, sahajiya, sakhibheki, smarta, jata-gosani, ativadi, cudadhari and gauranga-nagari (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Some of these groups are known as āula, bāula, kartābhajā, neḍā, daraveśa, sāṅi, sahajiyā, sakhībhekī, smārta,...")
• 05:23, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Prabhavisnave namah: Lord Visnu is so powerful that He can do anything He likes. Therefore it is not difficult for Visnu to change the body of a devotee who is under the guidance of a pure devotee of the Lord (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Prabhavisnave namah: Lord Visnu is so powerful that He can do anything He likes. Therefore it is not difficult for Visnu to ch...")
• 05:20, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Srila Jiva Gosvami states how a non-brahmana can be turned into a brahmana by the association of a pure devotee (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Srila Jiva Gosvami states how a non-brahmana can be turned into a brahmana by the association of a pure devotee"}} {{notes|}}...")
• 05:14, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page A living entity is conditioned by a particular type of body. The body is certainly an impediment, but one who associates with a pure devotee & follows his instructions can avoid this impediment & become a regular brahmana by initiation under his guidance (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a living entity is conditioned by a particular type of body. The body is certainly an impediment, but one who associates with...")
• 05:11, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page By the grace of Krsna and His devotee, one’s life can change. This is confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam by the words jahati bandham and sudhyanti (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By the grace of Kṛṣṇa and His devotee, one’s life can change. This is confirmed in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam by the words j...")
• 05:05, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One who is properly trained and initiated by a bona fide spiritual master immediately becomes a brahmana. Sometimes those born in brahmana families protest this, but they have no strong arguments against this principle (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one who is properly trained and initiated by a bona fide spiritual master immediately becomes a brāhmaṇa"|"Sometimes those...")
• 04:58, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Sri Sanatana Gosvami says: As bell metal is turned to gold when mixed with mercury in an alchemical process, so one who is properly trained and initiated by a bona fide spiritual master immediately becomes a brahmana (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As bell metal is turned to gold when mixed with mercury in an alchemical process, so one who is properly trained and initiated...")
• 04:53, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In this Hari-bhakti-vilasa Sri Sanatana Gosvami gives definite instructions that by proper initiation by a bona fide spiritual master one can immediately become a brahmana (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this Hari-bhakti-vilāsa Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī gives definite instructions that by proper initiation by a bona fide spi...")
• 04:47, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Lord Caitanya taught Sanatana Gosvami in the line of disciplic succession. Sanatana Gosvami was a very learned scholar in Sanskrit and other languages, but until instructed by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu he did not write anything about Vaisnava behavior (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya taught Sanātana Gosvāmī in the line of disciplic succession. Sanātana Gosvāmī was a very learned scholar i...")
• 04:41, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page This exemplary behavior of Lord Caitanya (accepting food at the house of Tapana Misra and never mixing with other sannyasis) definitely proves that a Vaisnava sannyasi cannot accept invitations from Mayavadi sannyasis or intimately mix with them (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This exemplary behavior of Lord Caitanya definitely proves that a Vaiṣṇava sannyāsī cannot accept invitations from Māy...")
• 04:11, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Accepting disciples born in brahmana families, they (Thakura Raghunandana Acarya, Thakura Krsnadasa, Navani Hoda and Rasikananda-deva (a disciple of Syamananda Prabhu)) are bona fide spiritual masters who have the facility to worship the salagrama-sila (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Accepting disciples born in brāhmaṇa families, they are bona fide spiritual masters who have the facility to worship the ś...")
• 03:58, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page At the present day the same biases (of caste system) are still being followed (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At the present day the same biases are still being followed"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|20...")
• 03:55, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Although some brahmanas approved of Ballal Sena’s actions, others did not. Thus the brahmanas also became divided amongst themselves, and those who supported the suvarna-vanik class were rejected from the brahmana community (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although some brāhmaṇas approved of Ballāl Sena’s actions, others did not. Thus the brāhmaṇas also became divided amo...")
• 03:52, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page He (Ballal Sena) tried to induce the brahmanas not to accept the suvarna-vaniks as followers of the instructions of the Vedas under the brahminical directions (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He tried to induce the brāhmaṇas not to accept the suvarṇa-vaṇiks as followers of the instructions of the Vedas under t...")
• 03:46, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Ballal Sena used to borrow money from a suvarna-vanik banker. Ballal Sena's bankruptcy later obliged the suvarna-vanik banker to stop advancing money to him & Ballal Sena became angry & condemned the entire suvarna-vanik society as belonging to the sudra (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ballāl Sena used to borrow money from a suvarṇa-vaṇik banker. Ballāl Sena’s bankruptcy later obliged the suvarṇa-va...")
• 03:40, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In Bengal the suvarna-vanik class are always very rich, for they are bankers and dealers in gold and silver (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Bengal the suvarṇa-vaṇik class are always very rich, for they are bankers and dealers in gold and silver"}} {{notes|}}...")
• 03:38, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Before the time of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the suvarna-vanik class was condemned by Ballal Sena, who was then the King of Bengal, due to a personal grudge (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Before the time of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the suvarṇa-vaṇik class was condemned by Ballāl Sena, who was then the King of B...")
• 03:34, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, did not accept this artificial principle, which was introduced in society by self-interested men, and later the kayasthas, vaidyas and vaniks all began to accept the sacred thread, despite objections from the so-called brahmanas (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, however, did not accept this artificial principle, which was introduced in society by self-interest...")
• 03:30, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Five hundred years ago, vaisyas, especially those of the suvarna-vanik community, were accepted as sudras in Bengal, and even the vaidyas, who were generally physicians, were also considered sudras (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"vaiśyas, especially those of the suvarṇa-vaṇik community, were accepted as śūdras in Bengal, and even the vaidyas, who...")
• 03:25, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Although Sri Candrasekhara was a clerk from a kayastha family in upper India, he was considered a sudra (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although Śrī Candraśekhara was a clerk from a kāyastha family in upper India, he was considered a śūdra"}} {{notes|}} {{...")
• 03:18, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Five hundred years ago, it was the system that persons who were born in the families of brahmanas were accepted as brahmanas & all those who took birth in other families - even the higher castes, namely, the ksatriyas and vaisyas - were considered sudras (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Five hundred years ago, especially in Bengal, it was the system that persons who were born in the families of brāhmaṇas wer...")
• 03:15, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Lord Caitanya stayed at the house of Candrasekhara, a clerk, although a sannyasi is not supposed to reside in a sudra’s house (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya stayed at the house of Candraśekhara, a clerk, although a sannyāsī is not supposed to reside in a śūdra’s...")
• 02:55, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not talk with the Mayavadi philosophers when He first visited Varanasi, but He returned there from Mathura to convince them of the real purport of Vedanta (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not talk with the Māyāvādī philosophers when He first visited Vārāṇasī, but He returned...")
• 02:48, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Although everyone admires the ecstatic chanting and dancing of the devotees, who are therefore popularly known as “the Hare Krsna people,” Mayavadis cannot appreciate these activities because of their poor fund of knowledge (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although everyone admires the ecstatic chanting and dancing of the devotees, who are therefore popularly known as"|"the Hare K...")
• 02:43, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page After understanding the Bhagavata philosophy, or bhagavata-dharma, they (those who are Krsna conscious) become fully spiritually conscious or Krsna conscious, and therefore their chanting and dancing is not material but is on the spiritual platform (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After understanding the Bhāgavata philosophy, or bhāgavata-dharma, they become fully spiritually conscious or Kṛṣṇa co...")
• 02:39, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Those who are Krsna conscious actually have full knowledge of the essence of Vedanta philosophy, for they study the real commentary on the Vedanta philosophy, Srimad-Bhagavatam, and follow the actual words of the SPG as found in Bhagavad-gita As It Is (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who are Kṛṣṇa conscious actually have full knowledge of the essence of Vedānta philosophy, for they study the rea...")
• 22:50, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Lord Caitanya bestowed His mercy upon these Mayavadi (in Varanasi) sannyasis and delivered them by means of His Vedanta discourses with Prakasananda Sarasvati and Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya, however, bestowed His mercy upon these Māyāvādī sannyāsīs and delivered them by means of His Vedānta dis...")
• 22:46, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The Mayavadis in Varanasi blasphemed Lord Caitanya because His behavior did not follow these (accepting the renounced order very strictly and wearing nothing more than a loincloth) principles (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Māyāvādīs in Vārāṇasī blasphemed Lord Caitanya because His behavior did not follow these principles"}} {{notes|}}...")
• 22:38, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page A sannyasi, accepting the renounced order very strictly and wearing nothing more than a loincloth, should always enjoy the philosophical statements in the Vedanta-sutra. Such a person in the renounced order is to be considered very fortunate (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A sannyāsī, accepting the renounced order very strictly and wearing nothing more than a loincloth, should always enjoy the p...")
• 22:22, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Since they (the Mayavadis') think that reading Vedanta philosophy is the only function of a sannyasi and they did not find Caitanya Mahaprabhu engaged in such direct study, they criticized the Lord (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since they think that reading Vedānta philosophy is the only function of a sannyāsī and they did not find Caitanya Mahāpra...")
• 22:19, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The Mayavadis' accusation that devotees do not study Vedanta is false. The Mayavadis do not know that chanting, dancing and preaching the principles of Srimad-Bhagavatam, called bhagavata-dharma, are the same as studying Vedanta (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Māyāvādīs' accusation that devotees do not study Vedānta is false. The Māyāvādīs do not know that chanting, danci...")
• 17:00, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Srimad-Bhagavatam is bhasyo ’yam brahma-sutranam; in other words, all the Vedanta philosophy in the aphorisms of the Brahma-sutra is thoroughly described in the pages of Srimad-Bhagavatam (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is bhāṣyo ’yaṁ brahma-sūtrāṇām; in other words, all the Vedānta philosophy in the aphorisms...")
• 16:36, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Although they are lacking the knowledge of Vedanta presented by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the transcendental form of Srimad-Bhagavatam, the Mayavadis are very proud of their study (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although they are lacking the knowledge of Vedānta presented by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the transcendental form...")
• 16:30, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Lord Krsna is the actual compiler of Vedanta, and whatever He speaks is Vedanta philosophy (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Kṛṣṇa is the actual compiler of Vedānta, and whatever He speaks is Vedānta philosophy"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sh...")
• 16:27, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 15.15) Krsna says, vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyo vedanta-krd veda-vid eva caham: By all the Vedas I am to be known; indeed I am the compiler of Vedanta, and I am the knower of the Vedas (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Bhagavad-gītā"|"Kṛṣṇa says, vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyo vedānta-kṛd veda-vid eva cāham"|"By all the V...")
• 15:40, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Such men (Mayavadi sannyasis) do not understand what is meant by Vedanta (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"such men do not understand what is meant by Vedānta"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2021-03-2...")
• 15:28, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Mayavadi sannyasis neither chant nor dance. Their technical objection is that this method of chanting and dancing is called tauryatrika, which indicates that a sannyasi should completely avoid such activities and engage his time in the study of Vedanta (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mayavadi sannyasis neither chant nor dance. Their technical objection is that this method of chanting and dancing is called ta...")
• 15:22, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Although we study, we do not study the nonsense of the Mayavadis (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although we study, we do not study the nonsense of the Māyāvādīs"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL}} {...")
• 15:17, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page We are writing and printing books, and our students study them and distribute them all over the world (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We are writing and printing books, and our students study them and distribute them all over the world"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler...")
• 15:12, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page We meet such Mayavadis who criticize our method of chanting & accuse us of not being interested in study. They do not know that we have translated volumes & volumes of books into English & that the students in our temples regularly study them (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we also meet such Māyāvādīs who criticize our method of chanting and accuse us of not being interested in study. They do n...")
• 13:08, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page While preaching KC with full vigor, Caitanya faced many Mayavadi philosophers. Similarly, we are facing opposing svamis, yogis, impersonalists, scientists, philosophers & other mental speculators & by the grace of Krsna we successfully defeat all of them (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness with full vigor, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu faced many Māyāvādī philosophers. Si...")
• 12:54, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page However expert such quarrelsome impersonalists (the Mayavadis) are in putting forward their so-called logic, we defeat them in every respect and go forward with our Krsna consciousness movement (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"However expert such quarrelsome impersonalists are in putting forward their so-called logic, we defeat them in every respect a...")
• 09:49, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page As stated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, mayavadi krsne aparadhi: “All the Mayavadis are offenders to Lord Krsna.” (CC Madhya 17.129) It is not possible for them to understand the Krsna consciousness movement (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"as stated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, māyāvādī kṛṣṇe aparādhī"|"All the Māyāvādīs are offenders to Lord K...")
• 09:44, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Theorizing as if devotional service were subject to their mental speculation, both kinds of Mayavadi impersonalists conclude that the subject matter of bhakti-yoga is a creation of maya and that Krsna, devotional service and the devotee are also maya (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Theorizing as if devotional service were subject to their mental speculation, both kinds of Māyāvādī impersonalists conclu...")
• 09:36, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page We sometimes feel inconvenienced by the hindrances offered by the impersonalists, but we do not care about their so-called philosophy, for we are propagating our own philosophy as presented in Bhagavad-gita As It Is and getting successful results (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We sometimes feel inconvenienced by the hindrances offered by these impersonalists, but we do not care about their so-called p...")
• 09:30, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Since impersonalists who do not have perfect spiritual knowledge cannot understand the principles of bhakti-yoga, they must be classified among the nondevotees who are against the Krsna consciousness movement (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since these impersonalists who do not have perfect spiritual knowledge cannot understand the principles of bhakti-yoga, they m...")
• 06:36, 27 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Persons who are bewildered by empiric knowledge or direct sensual perception, & who consider that this limited material world can be gauged by their material estimations, conclude that anything that one can discern by direct sense perception is but maya (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"persons who are bewildered by empiric knowledge or direct sensual perception, and who thus consider that even this limited mat...")