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• 10:36, 11 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs moved page The neophyte and intermediate devotees can gradually rise to the platform of uttama-adhikari and become first-class devotees. Symptoms of a first-class devotee are given in Srimad-Bhagavatam to The neophyte and intermediate devotees can gradually rise to the platform of uttama-adhikari and become first-class devotees. Symptoms of a first-class devotee are given in Srimad-Bhagavatam - SB 11.2.45
• 10:13, 11 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs deleted page Because he (the Vaisnava) knows that Krsna consciousness is the basis of knowledge and action, he sees everything as being connected with Krsna (content was: "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because he knows that Krsna consciousness is the basis of knowledge and action, he sees everything as being connected with Krsna"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Mayapur}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|15Oct12}} {{last|15Oct12}} {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=1|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}} {{total|1}} {{toc right}} Category:Because Category:Krsna and the Vaisnavas Category:Knows Category:Krsna Consciousness Is... Category:The...")
• 09:56, 11 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page He (the intermediate devotee) understands that the Supreme Personality of Godhead and everything related to Him are on the same transcendental platform. Actually none of them are mundane (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he understands that the Supreme Personality of Godhead and everything related to Him are on the same transcendental platform....")
• 09:51, 11 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page The motivated devotee or the nondevotee are on the material platform, and they are called prakrta. The intermediate devotee does not mix with such materialistic people (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The motivated devotee or the nondevotee are on the material platform, and they are called prākṛta. The intermediate devotee...")
• 09:44, 11 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page An intermediate devotee can identify the nondevotee or motivated devotee (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"An intermediate devotee can identify the nondevotee or motivated devotee"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{complete|ALL}} {{...")
• 09:37, 11 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page If one chants the holy name of the Lord with great attachment, he can understand his position as an eternal servant of the spiritual master, other Vaisnavas and Krsna Himself (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one chants the holy name of the Lord with great attachment, he can understand his position as an eternal servant of the spi...")
• 09:31, 11 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page An intermediate devotee is greatly attracted to chanting the holy name, and by chanting he is elevated to the platform of love (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"An intermediate devotee is greatly attracted to chanting the holy name, and by chanting he is elevated to the platform of love...")
• 09:23, 11 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Rati-prema-taratamye bhakta-taratama - Attraction and love for God are the ultimate goal of devotional service. The degrees of such attraction and love distinguish the different stages of devotion - neophyte, intermediate & perfectional - CC Madhya 22.71 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"rati-prema-tāratamye bhakta-taratama"|"Attraction and love for God are the ultimate goal of devotional service. The degrees o...")
• 09:07, 11 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page One who has attained the intermediate stage is not very advanced in sastric knowledge, but he has firm faith in the Lord. Such a person is very fortunate to be situated on the intermediate platform - CC Madhya 22.67 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who has attained the intermediate stage is not very advanced in śāstric knowledge, but he has firm faith in the Lord. Su...")
• 08:54, 11 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page In the Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya 22.64) Sri Sanatana Gosvami is taught: One who is faithful is a proper candidate for devotional service. In terms of one’s degree of faith in devotional service, one is a first-class, second-class or neophyte Vaisnava (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta"|"Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī is taught"|"One who is faithful is a proper candidate for devotional...")
• 08:48, 11 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page In SB 11.2.46, the intermediate Vaisnava is described - The intermediate Vaisnava has to love God, make friends with the devotees, instruct the innocent and reject jealous people. These are the four functions of the Vaisnava in the intermediate stage (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"|"the intermediate Vaiṣṇava is described as follows"|"The intermediate Vaiṣṇava has to love Go...")
• 08:37, 11 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page The Mayavadis look on Visnu and Vaisnavas imperfectly due to their poor fund of knowledge, and this is condemned (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Māyāvādīs look on Viṣṇu and Vaiṣṇavas imperfectly due to their poor fund of knowledge, and this is condemned"}...")
• 16:21, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page In that verse (Bhakti-sandarbha (265)) it (pasanda - ‘godlessness’) implies the ten offenses against the Lord’s holy name, since each of these leads to such godless behavior (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in that verse it implies the ten offenses against the Lord’s holy name, since each of these leads to such godless behavior"}...")
• 16:14, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page In the Bhakti-sandarbha (265), Srila Jiva Gosvami writes: In the verse beginning namaikam yasya, we find the word pasanda (‘godlessness’). The word literally indicates misuse of one’s body or property (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the verse beginning nāmaikaṁ yasya, we find the word pāṣaṇḍa [‘godlessness’]. The word literally indicates mi...")
• 16:10, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page One should not consider Lord Visnu and things related to Him as being different. All this is offensive (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should not consider Lord Viṣṇu and things related to Him as being different. All this is offensive"}} {{notes|}} {{com...")
• 16:04, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page In the Bhakti-sandarbha (265), Srila Jiva Gosvami writes: namaikam yasya vaci smarana-patha-gatam ity-adau deha-dravinadi-nimittaka-‘pasanda’-sabdena ca dasa aparadha laksyante, pasanda-mayatvat tesam (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Bhakti-sandarbha (265), Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī writes: nāmaikaṁ yasya vāci smaraṇa-patha-gatam ity-ādau deha-dr...")
• 16:00, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Intermingling the spiritual with the material causes one to look on transcendence as material and the mundane as spiritual. This is all due to a poor fund of knowledge (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Intermingling the spiritual with the material causes one to look on transcendence as material and the mundane as spiritual. Th...")
• 15:31, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page One should not look on Lord Krsna as an ordinary human being, for He is the origin of all visnu-tattvas; nor should one regard the Supreme Lord as a demigod. All this is offensive (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nor should one look on Lord Kṛṣṇa as an ordinary human being, for He is the origin of all viṣṇu-tattvas; nor should...")
• 15:22, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Caranamrta should not be considered ordinary drinking water, and the holy name of the Lord should not be considered an ordinary sound vibration. All this is offensive (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Caraṇāmṛta should not be considered ordinary drinking water, and the holy name of the Lord should not be considered an or...")
• 15:10, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page One should not consider a Vaisnava a member of a particular caste or nation. Nor should a Vaisnava be considered material. All this is offensive (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nor should one consider a Vaiṣṇava a member of a particular caste or nation. Nor should a Vaiṣṇava be considered mater...")
• 15:03, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page The Deity in the temple is not material - He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. Similarly, considering the spiritual master an ordinary human being (gurusu nara-matih) is also an impediment (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Deity in the temple is not material—He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. Similarly, considering the spiritu...")
• 14:55, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Antara may mean - greed, greed to acquire more money or enjoy more sense gratification. Finally, the word antara may also mean - atheistic ideas, by which one considers the temple Deity to be made of stone, wood or gold. All of these are impediments (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"antara may mean"|"greed to acquire more money or enjoy more sense gratification. Finally, the word antara may also mean"|"athe...")
• 14:46, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Antara means - money. If money is not used in Krsna’s service, it is also an impediment. Antara also means janata - people in general - The association of ordinary persons may destroy the principles of devotional service (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If money is not used in Kṛṣṇa’s service, it is also an impediment. Antara also means janatā"|"people in general"|"The...")
• 14:39, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs deleted page Another meaning of antara (in CC Madhya 16.72) is - this body. The body is an impediment to self-realization because it is always engaged in sense gratification. Similarly, antara means - money (content was: "#REDIRECT Another meaning of antara (in CC Madhya 16.72) is - this body. The body is an impediment to self-realization because it is always engaged in sense gratification", and the only contributor was "Nirmal" (talk))
• 14:39, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs moved page Another meaning of antara (in CC Madhya 16.72) is - this body. The body is an impediment to self-realization because it is always engaged in sense gratification. Similarly, antara means - money to Another meaning of antara (in CC Madhya 16.72) is - this body. The body is an impediment to self-realization because it is always engaged in sense gratification
• 14:37, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Another meaning of antara (in CC Madhya 16.72) is - this body. The body is an impediment to self-realization because it is always engaged in sense gratification. Similarly, antara means - money (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Another meaning of antara is"|"this body"|"The body is an impediment to self-realization because it is always engaged in sense...")
• 14:28, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page In his Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.1.11), Srila Rupa Gosvami says: This is the platform of pure devotional service. One should not be motivated by fruitive activity or mental speculation but should simply serve Krsna favorably. That is first-class devotion (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu"|"Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.1.11"|"Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī says"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Ni...")
• 14:13, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page He (the pure devotee) should be above fruitive activity and speculative knowledge (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He should be above fruitive activity and speculative knowledge"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2021...")
• 14:07, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page The word nirantara, meaning - without cessation, continuously, constantly - is very important in this verse (CC Madhya 16.72). The word antara means - interval. If one has desires other than a desire to perform devotional service (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word nirantara, meaning"|"without cessation, continuously, constantly"|"is very important in this verse. The word antara m...")
• 14:00, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page In his Upadesamrta (5) Srila Rupa Gosvami says, pranatibhis ca bhajantam isam. This means that madhyama-adhikari devotees should exchange obeisances between themselves (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In his Upadeśāmṛta (5) Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī says, praṇatibhiś ca bhajantam īśam. This means that madhyama-adhikār...")
• 13:58, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Generally a devotee in the intermediate stage becomes a preacher. A neophyte devotee or an ordinary person should worship the madhyama-bhagavata, who is a via medium (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Generally a devotee in the intermediate stage becomes a preacher. A neophyte devotee or an ordinary person should worship the...")
• 13:53, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Such an advanced devotee (who is accustomed to chanting and takes pleasure in it) is called a madhyama-bhagavata, which indicates that he has attained the intermediate stage between the neophyte and the perfect devotee (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such an advanced devotee is called a madhyama-bhāgavata, which indicates that he has attained the intermediate stage between...")
• 13:42, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Such a devotee (who is constantly chanting the holy name of the Lord) is superior to a neophyte Vaisnava who has just learned to chant the holy name of the Lord (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such a devotee is superior to a neophyte Vaiṣṇava who has just learned to chant the holy name of the Lord"}} {{notes|}} {{...")
• 13:38, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that any Vaisnava who is constantly chanting the holy name of the Lord should be considered to have attained the second platform of Vaisnavism (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura says that any Vaiṣṇava who is constantly chanting the holy name of the Lord...")
• 11:33, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Although the Lord wants to give all credit to His devotee, the devotee himself never takes credit, for he acts only under the Lord’s direction. Consequently all credit goes to the Lord (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the Lord wants to give all credit to His devotee, the devotee himself never takes credit, for he acts only under the...")
• 11:28, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Nityananda Prabhu told Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, ye karaha, sei kari, nahika niyama - I do not know by what regulative principle I am carrying out this wonderful work, but I know for certain that I will do whatever You desire (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nityānanda Prabhu told Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, ye karāha, sei kari, nāhika niyama"|"I do not know by what regulative pr...")
• 11:26, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Through His inconceivable energy, a pure devotee can perform tasks that are supposed to be very, very difficult. He can perform tasks not even previously performed by the Lord Himself (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Through His inconceivable energy, a pure devotee can perform tasks that are supposed to be very, very difficult. He can perfor...")
• 11:21, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Everything is possible for a pure devotee because he acts under the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everything is possible for a pure devotee because he acts under the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"}} {{no...")
• 10:58, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page If he follows the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the living entity, even though an insignificant creature, can perform the most difficult tasks by the Lord’s grace. Lord Krsna confirms this in the Bhagavad-gita - BG 10.10 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If he follows the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the living entity, even though an insignificant creature...")
• 10:52, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page By the grace of the Lord, who instructed him through the heart (tene brahma hrda), Lord Brahma could create a huge universe. Those who are actually pure devotees of the Lord are instructed by the Lord through the heart, where the Lord is always situated (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"by the grace of the Lord, who instructed him through the heart (tene brahma hṛdā), Lord Brahmā could create a huge univers...")
• 10:45, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Although he is the first living entity, Lord Brahma is not in the category of visnu-tattva. Rather, he is part of the jiva-tattva (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although he is the first living entity, Lord Brahmā is not in the category of viṣṇu-tattva. Rather, he is part of the jī...")
• 10:39, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page As stated in the beginning of Srimad-Bhagavatam: tene brahma hrda ya adi-kavaye (SB 1.1.1). Lord Brahma is the first living creature within this universe, and he is also the creator of this universe. How is this possible (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated in the beginning of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye (SB 1.1.1). Lord Brahmā is the first l...")
• 10:17, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page If we simply follow Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s instructions and follow in the footsteps of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, even more difficult tasks can be performed by the preachers remaining faithful to the service of the Lord (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we simply follow Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s instructions and follow in the footsteps of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu"}} {{n...")
• 10:14, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page If we simply follow Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s instructions and follow in the footsteps of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, this Krsna consciousness movement can advance (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we simply follow Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s instructions and follow in the footsteps of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, this...")
• 10:03, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page It was Hanumanji who jumped over the sea in one leap and reached the shore of Lanka from the shore of Bharata-varsa. When Lord Ramacandra chose to go there, He paved the way with stones, although by His will the stones were able to float on the sea (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It was Hanumānjī who jumped over the sea in one leap and reached the shore of Laṅkā from the shore of Bhārata-varṣa. W...")
• 09:58, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page The Supreme Personality of Godhead gives credit to a devotee who performs any heavy task perfectly. Hanumanji, or Vajrangaji, the servant of Lord Ramacandra, serves as an example (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Supreme Personality of Godhead gives credit to a devotee who performs any heavy task perfectly. Hanumānjī, or Vajrāṅg...")
• 09:53, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Krsna Himself did not want to take credit; rather, He wanted Arjuna to take credit. Therefore He asked him to fight and win fame (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa Himself did not want to take credit; rather, He wanted Arjuna to take credit. Therefore He asked him to fight and...")
• 09:50, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page The Lord actually wants to see His servants work more gloriously than Himself. For instance, on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, Sri Krsna provoked Arjuna to fight because all the warriors on the battlefield were to die by Krsna’s plan (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Lord actually wants to see His servants work more gloriously than Himself. For instance, on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetr...")
• 09:43, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page By the grace of Visnu, a Vaisnava can render better service than Visnu; that is the special prerogative of a Vaisnava (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By the grace of Viṣṇu, a Vaiṣṇava can render better service than Viṣṇu; that is the special prerogative of a Vai...")
• 09:35, 10 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Lord Siva says - Of all types of worship, worship of Lord Visnu is best, and better than the worship of Lord Visnu is the worship of His devotee, the Vaisnava - Padma Purana (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"“Of all types of worship, worship of Lord Viṣṇu is best, and better than the worship of Lord Viṣṇu is the worship of...")