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05:54, 3 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The living entity is an eternal servant of Krsna. (CC Madhya 20.108) Therefore, to act in that relationship one must perform sadhana-bhakti, or the prescribed duties of service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is called abhidheya-jnana (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The living entity is an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme God"|"CC Madhya 20.108"|"Therefore, to act in that relatio...")
05:50, 3 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The relationship of the living entity with the Supreme Lord is described by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu: jivera svarupa haya krsnera nitya-dasa (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The relationship of the living entity with the Supreme Lord is described by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu: jīvera"|"svarūpa"|"h...")
05:39, 3 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page While Vyasadeva was compiling the Vedanta-sutra, Parasari and Karmandi-bhiksu also discussed the Vedanta-sutra aphorisms before him (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Parasari and Karmandi-bhiksu also discussed the Vedanta-sutra aphorisms before Vyasadeva"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}...")
05:13, 3 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page While Vyasadeva was compiling the Vedanta-sutra, seven of his great saintly contemporaries were also engaged in similar work. These saints were Atreya Rsi, Asmarathya, Audulomi, Karsnajini, Kasakrtsna, Jaimini and Badari (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"while Vyāsadeva was compiling the Vedānta-sūtra, seven of his great saintly contemporaries were also engaged in similar wor...")
05:07, 3 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page He (Caitanya) declares that because the Vedanta-sutra was compiled by Srila Vyasadeva, it may be understood to have emanated from the breathing of Sri Narayana (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He declares that because the Vedānta-sūtra was compiled by Śrīla Vyāsadeva, it may be understood to have emanated from th...")
04:50, 3 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In the Bhagavad-gita (13.5) the Lord says, brahma-sutra-padais caiva hetumadbhir viniscitaih: Understanding of the ultimate goal of life is ascertained in the Brahma-sutra by legitimate logic and argument concerning cause and effect (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Bhagavad-gītā (13.5) the Lord says, brahma-sūtra-padaiś caiva hetumadbhir viniścitaiḥ"|"Understanding of the ult...")
04:04, 3 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Proper understanding of the ultimate purport of the Vedas is called Vedanta knowledge. Such knowledge, as given in the aphorisms of the Vedanta-sutra, must be supported by the Upanisads (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"proper understanding of the ultimate purport of the Vedas is called Vedānta knowledge. Such knowledge, as given in the aphori...")
04:00, 3 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Hemacandra says that the supplement of the Vedas is called the Vedanta-sutra. Veda means knowledge, and anta means the end (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hemacandra says that the supplement of the Vedas is called the Vedānta-sūtra. Veda means knowledge, and anta means the end"}...")
03:50, 3 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Reasons must be expressed (hetu), examples must be given in terms of various facts (udaharana), the theme must gradually be brought nearer for understanding (upanaya), and finally it must be supported by authoritative quotations from the Vedic sastras (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"reasons must be expressed (hetu), examples must be given in terms of various facts (udāharaṇa), the theme must gradually be...")
03:44, 3 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Every theme (of each and every division of the Vedanta-sutra) must necessarily be explained with reference to pratijna, or a solemn declaration of the purpose of the treatise (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every theme must necessarily be explained with reference to pratijñā, or a solemn declaration of the purpose of the treatise...")
17:48, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Mayavadi philosophers claim to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead, & this has no meaning, but Caitanya never uttered such nonsense. The Mayavadi sannyasis were convinced about His personality & wanted to hear the purport of Vedanta philosophy from Him (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Māyāvādī philosophers claim to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and this has no meaning, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāpra...")
17:36, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page These Mayavadi sannyasis were fortunate enough to meet the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Caitanya) in the form of a devotee, and certainly they were greatly influenced by the Lord (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These Māyāvādī sannyāsīs were fortunate enough to meet the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the form of a devotee, and...")
17:27, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Bhaktivinoda Thakura has sung, suddha-bhakata-carana-renu, bhajana-anukula. Unless one associates with a pure devotee, he cannot be influenced to understand devotional service (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has sung, śuddha-bhakata-caraṇa-reṇu, bhajana-anukūla"|"Unless one associates with a pure devote...")
17:23, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In this verse (CC Adi 7.105) the words tomara prabhave (Your influence) are very important. Unless one is spiritually advanced he cannot influence an audience (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this verse the words tomāra prabhāve"|"Your influence"|"are very important. Unless one is spiritually advanced he cannot...")
16:23, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page He (Caitanya) was not a farcical Narayana like the daridra-narayanas invented by so-called sannyasis (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He was not a farcical Nārāyaṇa like the daridra-nārāyaṇas invented by so-called sannyāsīs"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|S...")
16:20, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs deleted page By His extraordinarily beautiful bodily features, the Mayavadi sannyasis recognized Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as Narayana Himself (content was: "#REDIRECT One of these opulences is His (Caitanya's) beauty. By His extraordinarily beautiful bodily features, the Mayavadi sannyasis recognized Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as Narayana Himself", and the only contributor was "SharmisthaK" (talk))
16:14, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs moved page By His extraordinarily beautiful bodily features, the Mayavadi sannyasis recognized Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as Narayana Himself to One of these opulences is His (Caitanya's) beauty. By His extraordinarily beautiful bodily features, the Mayavadi sannyasis recognized Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as Narayana Himself
16:11, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page By the grace of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu they (the Mayavadis) could appreciate that He was none other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is endowed with all six opulences (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"by the grace of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu they could appreciate that He was none other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead...")
16:09, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Here (in CC Adi 7.104) one can see the effect of the Mayavadi sannyasis’ service toward Narayana. Because the Mayavadis offered a little respect to Sri Caitanya and because they were pious, they had some understanding of Vedanta philosophy (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Here one can see the effect of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs’ service toward Nārāyaṇa. Because the Māyāvādīs offered...")
16:00, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page With one’s materially contaminated senses one cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His name, form, qualities or paraphernalia, but if one renders service unto Him, the Lord reveals Himself - Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.2.234 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"With one’s materially contaminated senses one cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His name, form, qualit...")
05:49, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Caitanya is certainly the Supreme Personality of Godhead Narayana appearing as a devotee of Narayana, and thus the Mayavadi sannyasis, understanding that He was directly Narayana Himself whereas they were false, puffed-up Narayanas, spoke to Him (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Caitanya is certainly the Supreme Personality of Godhead Nārāyaṇa appearing as a devotee of Nārāyaṇa, and thus the Mā...")
05:46, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Although all these Mayavadi sannyasis who called themselves Narayana were actually unaware of the position of Narayana, due to their austerities Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu enabled them to understand Him to be Narayana Himself (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although all these Māyāvādī sannyāsīs who called themselves Nārāyaṇa were actually unaware of the position of Nārā...")
05:40, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Since Mayavadi sannyasis declares that Narayana and an ordinary human being are on the same level, they sometimes use the term daridra-narayana (poor Narayana), which was invented by a so-called svami who did not know anything about Vedanta philosophy (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since their philosophy declares that Nārāyaṇa and an ordinary human being are on the same level, they sometimes use the te...")
05:37, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Narayana has four hands, but although they (Mayavadi sannyasis) are puffed up with the idea of being Narayana, they cannot exhibit more than two (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nārāyaṇa has four hands, but although they are puffed up with the idea of being Nārāyaṇa, they cannot exhibit more tha...")
05:16, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Mayavadi sannyasis address each other as Narayana. Whenever they see another sannyasi, they offer him respect by calling om namo narayanaya - I offer my respect unto you, Narayana (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Māyāvādī sannyāsīs address each other as Nārāyaṇa. Whenever they see another sannyāsī, they offer him respect by c...")
05:11, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page When bhakti-yoga develops on the basis of Vedanta philosophy it is factual and steady (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when bhakti-yoga develops on the basis of Vedānta philosophy it is factual and steady"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}}...")
05:09, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page There are different grades of Vaisnavas (kanistha-adhikari, madhyama-adhikari and uttama-adhikari), but to be a madhyama-adhikari preacher one must be a learned scholar in the Vedanta-sutra and other Vedic literatures (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are different grades of Vaiṣṇavas (kaniṣṭha-adhikārī, madhyama-adhikārī and uttama-adhikārī), but to be a...")
05:07, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Srila Rupa Gosvami said: Devotional service performed without reference to the Vedas, Puranas, Pancaratras, etc., must be considered sentimentalism, and it causes nothing but disturbance to society (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devotional service performed without reference to the Vedas, Purāṇas, Pañcarātras, etc., must be considered sentimentalis...")
04:48, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The words bhaktya sruta-grhitaya in this verse (CC Adi 7.102) are very important, for they indicate that bhakti must be based upon the philosophy of the Upanisads and Vedanta-sutra (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The words bhaktyā śruta-gṛhītayā in this verse are very important, for they indicate that bhakti must be based upon the...")
04:04, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Unless one knows Vedanta philosophy he cannot be an acarya. To be accepted as an acarya among Indian transcendentalists who follow the Vedic principles, one must become a vastly learned scholar in Vedanta philosophy, either by studying it or hearing it (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"unless one knows Vedānta philosophy he cannot be an ācārya. To be accepted as an ācārya among Indian transcendentalists w...")
03:48, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The Vaisnavas are by far the greatest philosophers in the world, and the greatest among them was Srila Jiva Gosvami Prabhu, whose philosophy was again presented less than four hundred years later by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Maharaja (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vaiṣṇavas are by far the greatest philosophers in the world, and the greatest among them was Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī P...")
01:24, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Vaisnavas do not neglect Vedanta, but they do not care to understand Vedanta on the basis of the Sariraka-bhasya. Therefore, to clarify the situation, Caitanya, with the permission of the Mayavadi sannyasis, wanted to speak regarding Vedanta philosophy (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vaiṣṇavas do not neglect Vedānta, but they do not care to understand Vedānta on the basis of the Śārīraka-bhāṣya c...")
01:20, 2 April 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The entire system of Vaisnava activities is based on Vedanta philosophy. Vaisnavas do not neglect Vedanta, but they do not care to understand Vedanta on the basis of the Sariraka-bhasya commentary (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the entire system of Vaiṣṇava activities is based on Vedānta philosophy. Vaiṣṇavas do not neglect Vedānta, but they...")
17:27, 31 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The Mayavadi sannyasis, appreciating Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, inquired from Him why He did not discuss Vedanta philosophy (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, appreciating Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, inquired from Him why He did not discuss Vedānta philos...")
16:59, 31 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Mayavadis consider devotional service to be an aspect of fruitive activities (karma-kanda). According to their view, bhakti consists of mental speculation or sometimes meditation. This is the difference between the Mayavadi and Vaisnava philosophies (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They consider such devotional service to be an aspect of fruitive activities (karma-kāṇḍa). According to their view, bhak...")
16:54, 31 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page They are known as Mayavadis because according to their opinion Krsna has a body made of maya and the loving service of the Lord executed by devotees is also maya (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They are known as Māyāvādīs because according to their opinion Kṛṣṇa has a body made of māyā and the loving servic...")
16:48, 31 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Mayavadis believe that Krsna has a body made of material elements and that the activities of loving service to Krsna are sentimentality (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"believe that Kṛṣṇa has a body made of material elements and that the activities of loving service to Kṛṣṇa are sen...")
16:47, 31 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Mayavadis do not discuss these philosophies (of the Vaisnava acaryas), for they are firmly convinced of their own philosophy of kevaladvaita, exclusive monism (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Māyāvādīs do not discuss these philosophies, for they are firmly convinced of their own philosophy of kevalādvaita, exclu...")
15:35, 31 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Monist philosophers do not accept the philosophies of the Vaisnava acaryas, which are known as suddhadvaita (purified monism), suddha-dvaita (purified dualism), visistadvaita (specific monism), dvaitadvaita (monism and dualism) and acintya-bhedabheda (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Monist philosophers do not accept the philosophies of the Vaisnava acaryas, which are known as suddhadvaita (purified monism),...")
15:22, 31 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Monist philosophers like Sankaracarya and his followers want to establish that God and the living entity are one, and instead of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead they present themselves as God. They want to be worshiped as God by others (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Monist philosophers like Śaṅkarācārya and his followers want to establish that God and the living entity are one, and ins...")
15:15, 31 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page There are other Vedanta commentaries, written by Vaisnava acaryas, none of whom follow Sri Sankaracarya or accept the imaginative commentary of his school. Their commentaries are based on the philosophy of duality (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are other Vedānta commentaries, written by Vaiṣṇava ācāryas, none of whom follow Śrī Śaṅkarācārya or accep...")
15:13, 31 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Vedanta refers to the essence of Vedic knowledge, and it is not a fact that there is nothing more than Sankaracarya’s Sariraka-bhasya (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vedānta refers to the essence of Vedic knowledge, and it is not a fact that there is nothing more than Śaṅkarācārya’s...")
15:05, 31 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Mayavadi sannyasis accept the meanings expressed in the explanations of the Vedanta-sutra by Sankaracarya, which are based on monism. Thus they explain the Vedanta-sutra, the Upanisads and all such Vedic literatures in their own impersonal way (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Māyāvādī sannyāsīs accept the meanings expressed in the explanations of the Vedānta-sūtra by Śaṅkarācārya, which...")
15:03, 31 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Mayavadi sannyasis accept that the commentary by Sri Sankaracarya known as Sariraka-bhasya gives the real meaning of the Vedanta-sutra (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Māyāvādī sannyāsīs accept that the commentary by Śrī Śaṅkarācārya known as Śārīraka-bhāṣya gives the real m...")
14:58, 31 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page It is not easy for one to become a Krsna conscious person, but by the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu it can be possible (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not easy for one to become a Kṛṣṇa conscious person, but by the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu it can be poss...")
14:56, 31 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One who becomes a devotee of the inconceivable Supreme Personality of Godhead is to be considered extremely fortunate. The Mayavadi sannyasis admitted this fact to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"who thus becomes a devotee of the inconceivable Supreme Personality of Godhead is to be considered extremely fortunate. The M...")
14:52, 31 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One whose love of Godhead (krsna-prema) is awakened and who thus becomes a devotee of the inconceivable Supreme Personality of Godhead is to be considered extremely fortunate (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One whose love of Godhead (kṛṣṇa-prema) is awakened and who thus becomes a devotee of the inconceivable Supreme Personal...")
14:50, 31 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page By discharging devotional service under the direction of the bona fide spiritual master, or acarya, he (the living entity) develops love of Godhead (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By discharging devotional service under the direction of the bona fide spiritual master, or ācārya, he develops love of Godh...")
14:45, 31 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One who is fortunate meets a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Krsna and comes to understand the meaning of devotional service (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one who is fortunate meets a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Kṛṣṇa and comes to understand the meaning of dev...")
14:43, 31 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page There are millions of living entities who have become conditioned by the laws of material nature, and they are wandering throughout the planetary systems of this universe in different bodily forms (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are millions of living entities who have become conditioned by the laws of material nature, and they are wandering throu...")

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