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04:47, 30 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page For progress in spiritual life, the sastras recommend meditation in Satya-yuga, sacrifice for the satisfaction of Lord Visnu in Treta-yuga and gorgeous worship of the Lord in the temple in Dvapara-yuga (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For progress in spiritual life, the śāstras recommend meditation in Satya-yuga, sacrifice for the satisfaction of Lord Viṣ...")
18:33, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Unless one properly takes shelter of the holy name, he cannot be relieved from the offensive stage in chanting the holy name (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless one properly takes shelter of the holy name, he cannot be relieved from the offensive stage in chanting the holy name"}...")
18:31, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Mayavadis are unable to understand that the holy name is also Brahman. If they regularly chant the maha-mantra, however, they can be relieved from this misconception (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"are unable to understand that the holy name is also Brahman. If they regularly chant the mahā-mantra, however, they can be re...")
17:37, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Although they (Mayavadis) profess to understand the Vedic mantra sarvam khalv idam brahma (Chandogya Up. 3.14.1), which means "Everything is Brahman," they are unable to understand that the holy name is also Brahman (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although they profess to understand the Vedic mantra sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ brahma"|"which means"|"Everything is Brahman"|"they...")
17:31, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Although Mayavadis profess monism, they differentiate between the holy name of the Supreme Lord and the Lord Himself. For this offense of namaparadha they gradually glide down from their exalted position of brahma-jnana, as confirmed in SB 10.2.32 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although Māyāvādīs profess monism, they differentiate between the holy name of the Supreme Lord and the Lord Himself. For...")
17:26, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In the absolute world a name and its owner, the fame and the famous, are identical, and similarly the qualities, pastimes and everything else pertaining to the Absolute are also absolute (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the absolute world a name and its owner, the fame and the famous, are identical, and similarly the qualities, pastimes and...")
17:16, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In the material world everything is full of anxiety (kuntha), whereas in the spiritual world (Vaikuntha) everything is free from anxiety (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world everything is full of anxiety (kuṇṭha), whereas in the spiritual world (Vaikuṇṭha) everything is...")
17:14, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The spiritual world is called Vaikuntha, which means - without anxiety (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The spiritual world is called Vaikuṇṭha, which means"|"without anxiety"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|A...")
17:10, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page It is a fact that simply by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra offenselessly one can be freed from all subtle and gross material conditions (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is a fact that simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra offenselessly one can be freed from all subtle and gross mate...")
17:08, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The transcendental vibration of hari-nama-sankirtana is imported from the spiritual world. Thus materialists who are addicted to experimental knowledge and the so-called scientific method cannot place their faith in the chanting of Hare Krsna maha-mantra (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The transcendental vibration of hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana is imported from the spiritual world. Thus although materialists who...")
17:01, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The holy name is completely different from material sound, as confirmed by Narottama dasa Thakura: golokera prema-dhana, hari-nama-sankirtana (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The holy name is completely different from material sound, as confirmed by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura: golokera prema-dhana, h...")
16:58, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Since Krsna and His holy name are identical, the holy name is eternally pure and beyond material contamination. It is the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a transcendental vibration (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since Kṛṣṇa and His holy name are identical, the holy name is eternally pure and beyond material contamination. It is th...")
16:23, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Argumentative attitude is against the Vedic principles, and it is very difficult for one who adopts it to understand that the holy name of Krsna is as good as Krsna Himself (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"argumentative attitude is against the Vedic principles, and it is very difficult for one who adopts it to understand that the...")
16:09, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The offenses against the holy name are as follows: (8) to compare the chanting of the holy name with material piety, (9) to be inattentive while chanting the holy name, and (10) to be attached to material things in spite of chanting the holy name (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(8) to compare the chanting of the holy name with material piety, (9) to be inattentive while chanting the holy name, and (10)...")
16:07, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The offenses against the holy name are as follows: (4) to minimize the authority of scriptures (Vedas), (5) to interpret the holy name of God, (6) to commit sins on the strength of chanting, (7) to instruct the glories of Lord’s name to the unfaithful (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(4) to minimize the authority of scriptures (Vedas), (5) to interpret the holy name of God, (6) to commit sins on the strength...")
16:04, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The offenses against the holy name are as follows: (1) to blaspheme a devotee of the Lord, (2) to consider the Lord and the demigods to be on the same level or to think that there are many gods, (3) to neglect the orders of the spiritual master (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"offenses against the holy name are as follows: (1) to blaspheme a devotee of the Lord, (2) to consider the Lord and the demigo...")
15:53, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page As soon as He (Caitanya) became a faithful servant of His spiritual master and followed his instructions, He very easily saw the path of liberation (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"as soon as He became a faithful servant of His spiritual master and followed his instructions, He very easily saw the path of...")
15:50, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Caitanya Mahaprabhu presented Himself as a fool because prior to accepting the shelter of a spiritual master He could not understand that simply by chanting one can be relieved from all material conditions (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Caitanya Mahaprabhu presented Himself as a fool because prior to accepting the shelter of a spiritual master He could not unde...")
15:42, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page This knowledge, which is achieved by the mercy of the spiritual master, places one on the supreme transcendental platform (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This knowledge, which is achieved by the mercy of the spiritual master, places one on the supreme transcendental platform"}} {...")
15:41, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The holy name and the Lord are identical. One who is completely free from the clutches of maya can understand this fact (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The holy name and the Lord are identical. One who is completely free from the clutches of māyā can understand this fact"}} {...")
15:31, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One can overcome all misconceptions and entanglement in the material world by practicing bhakti-yoga, & therefore Vyasadeva, acting on the instruction of Sri Narada, has very kindly introduced SB to relieve the conditioned souls from the clutches of maya (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One can overcome all misconceptions and entanglement in the material world by practicing bhakti-yoga, and therefore Vyāsadeva...")
15:25, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The material miseries of a living entity can be directly mitigated by the linking process of devotional service. But the mass of people do not know this, and therefore the learned Vyasadeva compiled this Vedic literature - Srimad-Bhagavatam (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The material miseries of a living entity, which are superfluous to him, can be directly mitigated by the linking process of de...")
15:22, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu presented Himself as a grand fool, yet He maintained that all the words that He had heard from His spiritual master strictly followed the principles stated by Vyasadeva in Srimad-Bhagavatam - SB 1.7.6 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu presented Himself as a grand fool, yet He maintained that all the words that He had heard from His...")
14:29, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Simply addressing the energy of the Supreme Lord as Hare and the Lord Himself as Krsna very soon situates the Lord within the heart of the devotee. By thus addressing Radha and Krsna, one directly engages in His Lordship’s service (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Simply addressing the energy of the Supreme Lord as Hare and the Lord Himself as Kṛṣṇa very soon situates the Lord withi...")
14:22, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The grammatical word jugglers cannot bewilder a devotee who engages in chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The grammatical word jugglers cannot bewilder a devotee who engages in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra"}} {{notes|}...")
14:20, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Sri Sankaracarya stressed this point: Simply by juggling grammatical suffixes and prefixes one cannot save himself from the clutches of death (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Simply by juggling grammatical suffixes and prefixes one cannot save himself from the clutches of death"}} {{notes|}} {{compil...")
13:40, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page A person who is addicted to the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra very easily gets the opportunity to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is no need for such a person to understand the grammatical jugglery in which Mayavadi sannyasis indulge (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A person who is addicted to the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra very easily gets the opportunity to serve the Supreme...")
13:37, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page If one adheres to the regulative principles under the order of the spiritual master, he very easily achieves the ultimate goal of his life (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one adheres to the regulative principles under the order of the spiritual master, he very easily achieves the ultimate goal...")
13:31, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Sambandha-jnana refers to establishing one's relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, abhidheya refers to acting according to that constitutional relationship, and prayojana is the ultimate goal of life, which is to develop love of Godhead (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sambandha-jñāna refers to establishing one's original relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, abhidheya refers...")
13:23, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page When one realizes that the holy name of the Lord is identical with the Supreme Person, he becomes completely eligible to chant the holy name of the Lord. Such an ecstatic chanter and dancer must be considered to have a direct relationship with the Lord (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one realizes that the holy name of the Lord is identical with the Supreme Person, he becomes completely eligible to chant...")
13:20, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page A devotee relates to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in one of 5 relationships - namely, santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya or madhurya - and he relishes transcendental bliss in that relationship. Such a relationship certainly transcends the body and mind (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a devotee relates to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in one of five relationships"|"namely, śānta, dāsya, sakhya, vātsa...")
13:10, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page When one chants the holy name of the Lord offenselessly, one can realize a transcendental position that is completely aloof from the material conception of life (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when one chants the holy name of the Lord offenselessly, one can realize a transcendental position that is completely aloof fr...")
13:08, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Unless one serves the Supreme Personality of Godhead Mukunda, one cannot become free from fruitive activities under the external energy (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless one serves the Supreme Personality of Godhead Mukunda, one cannot become free from fruitive activities under the extern...")
13:04, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami says that the actual effect that will be visible as soon as one achieves transcendental knowledge is that he will immediately become free from the clutches of maya and fully engage in the service of the Lord (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In his Anubhāṣya, Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī says that the actual effect that will be visible as soon as o...")
12:56, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Vedanta means "the end of knowledge." The ultimate end of knowledge is knowledge of Krsna, who is identical with His holy name (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vedānta means"|"the end of knowledge"|"The ultimate end of knowledge is knowledge of Kṛṣṇa, who is identical with His h...")
12:28, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page A Vaisnava should be completely conversant with Vedanta philosophy, yet he should not think that studying Vedanta is all in all and therefore be unattached to the chanting of the holy name (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a Vaiṣṇava should be completely conversant with Vedānta philosophy, yet he should not think that studying Vedānta is all...")
12:24, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One should not be a Mayavadi, yet one should not be unaware of the subject matter of Vedanta philosophy. Indeed, Caitanya Mahaprabhu exhibited His knowledge of Vedanta in His discourses with Prakasananda Sarasvati (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one should not be a Māyāvādī, yet one should not be unaware of the subject matter of Vedānta philosophy. Indeed, Caitanya...")
08:01, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page A real Vaisnava should study Vedanta philosophy, but if after studying Vedanta one does not adopt the chanting of the holy name of the Lord, he is no better than a Mayavadi (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A real Vaiṣṇava should, however, study Vedānta philosophy, but if after studying Vedānta one does not adopt the chanting...")
07:58, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page There are some sahajiyas who, taking everything very cheaply, consider themselves elevated Vaisnavas but do not care even to touch the Vedanta-sutra or Vedanta philosophy (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"there are some sahajiyās who, taking everything very cheaply, consider themselves elevated Vaiṣṇavas but do not care even...")
07:39, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page A person who always chants the holy name of the Lord is already beyond the ocean of nescience, and thus even a person born in a low family who engages in chanting the holy name of the Lord is considered to be beyond the study of Vedanta philosophy (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A person who always chants the holy name of the Lord, however, is already beyond the ocean of nescience, and thus even a perso...")
07:35, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Philosophical speculators who want to make Vedanta philosophy an academic career are considered to be within the material energy (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"philosophical speculators who want to make Vedānta philosophy an academic career are also considered to be within the materia...")
07:30, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One who is unfit to chant the holy name of Krsna but thinks that the holy name is different from Krsna and thus takes shelter of Vedanta study in order to understand Him must be considered a number one fool (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who is unfit to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa but thinks that the holy name is different from Kṛṣṇa and thus ta...")
07:26, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One who has taken shelter of the holy name of the Lord, which is identical with the Lord, does not have to study Vedanta philosophy, for he has already completed all such study (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who has taken shelter of the holy name of the Lord, which is identical with the Lord, does not have to study Vedānta phil...")
07:15, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Knowledge of the unlimited is actual brahma-jnana, or knowledge of the Supreme (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Knowledge of the unlimited is actual brahma-jñāna, or knowledge of the Supreme"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{comp...")
07:08, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page An actual follower of Vedanta philosophy is a devotee of Lord Visnu, who is the greatest of the great and the maintainer of the entire universe (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"An actual follower of Vedānta philosophy is a devotee of Lord Viṣṇu, who is the greatest of the great and the maintainer...")
06:47, 29 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page As long as one is attracted by the inebrieties of this ever-changing material energy, he deviates from devotion to the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"as long as one is attracted by the inebrieties of this ever-changing material energy, he deviates from devotion to the Supreme...")
20:51, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Only fools give up the service of the spiritual master and think themselves advanced in spiritual knowledge. In order to check such fools, Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself presented the perfect example of how to be a disciple (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only fools give up the service of the spiritual master and think themselves advanced in spiritual knowledge. In order to check...")
20:47, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Krsna confirms in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 15.15): 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|"By all the Vedas, I am to be known. Indeed, I am the compiler of Vedānta, and I am the knower of the Vedas"}} {{notes|}} {{co...")
20:44, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In this age, no one is actually competent to study Vedanta, and therefore it is better that one chant the holy name of the Lord, which is the essence of all Vedic knowledge, as Krsna Himself confirms in the Bhagavad-gita (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this age, no one is actually competent to study Vedānta, and therefore it is better that one chant the holy name of the Lo...")
20:41, 28 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One who is very much attracted to the study of Vedanta philosophy must take lessons from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who is very much attracted to the study of Vedānta philosophy must take lessons from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu"}} {{note...")

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