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• 10:01, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page At present there are about five thousand temples in Vrndavana, & still our society, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, is constructing a huge, magnificent temple for the worship of Krsna-Balarama, along with Radha-Krsna & Guru-Gauranga (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At present there are about five thousand temples in Vṛndāvana, and still our society, the International Society for Krishna...")
• 09:55, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page At the Ratha-yatra festival, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, absorbed in the ecstasy of Srimati Radharani, dragged Lord Krsna back to Vrndavana-dhama. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu spoke of this in the verses beginning ahus ca te - CC Madhya 13.136 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At the Ratha-yātrā festival, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, absorbed in the ecstasy of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, dragged Lord...")
• 09:53, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s vision (mora-mana - vrndavana) is different from the vision of an ordinary materialistic person (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s vision (mora-mana—vṛndāvana) is different from the vision of an ordinary materialistic per...")
• 09:51, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Such a person (with a materialistic vision) is not convinced that Krsna and Vrndavana are identical. Since they are identical, Vrndavana is as worshipable as Lord Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such a person is not convinced that Kṛṣṇa and Vṛndāvana are identical. Since they are identical, Vṛndāvana is as w...")
• 09:49, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Sometimes materialistic people who have no spiritual understanding go to Vrndavana as tourists. One who goes to Vrndavana with such materialistic vision cannot derive any spiritual benefit (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes materialistic people who have no spiritual understanding go to Vṛndāvana as tourists. One who goes to Vṛndāvan...")
• 09:47, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Vrndavana-dhama is as worshipable as Lord Krsna. Aradhyo bhagavan vrajesa-tanayas tad-dhama vrndavanam: according to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's philosophy, Lord Sri Krsna and His abode, Vrndavana, are equally worshipable (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vṛndāvana-dhāma is as worshipable as Lord Kṛṣṇa. Ārādhyo bhagavān vrajeśa-tanayas tad-dhāma vṛndāvanam: acco...")
• 09:43, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Materialists consider Vrndavana-dhama an unclean city because there are many monkeys and dogs there, and along the bank of the Yamuna there is refuse (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Materialists consider Vṛndāvana-dhāma an unclean city because there are many monkeys and dogs there, and along the bank of...")
• 09:38, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page In this way (by visiting Vrndavana) the Lord (Caitanya) instructed everyone to visit Vrndavana-dhama, which is a very holy place (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this way the Lord instructed everyone to visit Vṛndāvana-dhāma, which is a very holy place"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nir...")
• 09:37, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Because His (Lord Caitanya's) mind was Vrndavana, all the pastimes of Radha and Krsna were taking place within Himself. Nonetheless, just to teach people, He visited bhauma-vrndavana, Vrndavana-dhama in this material world (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because His mind was Vṛndāvana, all the pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa were taking place within Himself. Nonetheless,...")
• 09:14, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page This (wherever He stayed was immediately converted to all places of pilgrimage) was also expressed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself when He danced in the Ratha-yatra. At that time He said that His very mind was Vrndavana - mora-mana-vrndavana (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This was also expressed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself when He danced in the Ratha-yātrā. At that time He said that H...")
• 09:11, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page It was not essential for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to go to Vrndavana, for wherever He stayed was immediately converted to Vrndavana. Indeed, at that place were also the river Ganges, the river Yamuna and all other places of pilgrimage (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It was not essential for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to go to Vṛndāvana, for wherever He stayed was immediately converted to...")
• 09:08, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs deleted page It was not essential for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to go to Vrndavana, for wherever He stayed was immediately converted to Vrndavana (content was: "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It was not essential for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to go to Vrndavana, for wherever He stayed was immediately converted to Vrndavana"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Visnu Murti}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|24Dec11}} {{last|24Dec11}} {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=1|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}} {{total|1}} {{toc right}} Category:Was Not Category:Essential Category:Caitanya's Going to Vrndavana Category:Wherever Category:Caita...")
• 08:47, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page At any moment all one's material opulence can be finished; therefore a devotee is never proud of such opulence. He is always humble and meek, considering himself lower than a piece of straw. Because of this, he is eligible to return home, back to Godhead (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At any moment all one's material opulence can be finished; therefore a devotee is never proud of such opulence. He is always h...")
• 08:43, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Although Maharaja Prataparudra was a king, he took up a broom to cleanse the road for Lord Jagannatha's ratha (chariot). Because of this humble service, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very pleased with the King, and for that reason the Lord embraced him (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although Mahārāja Pratāparudra was a king, he took up a broom to cleanse the road for Lord Jagannātha's ratha (chariot). B...")
• 08:40, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Such are the qualifications of a pure devotee. Materially one may be very opulent, experienced, influential and educated, but if one still thinks himself lower than straw in the street, one attracts the attention of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu or Lord Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such are the qualifications of a pure devotee. Materially one may be very opulent, experienced, influential and educated, but...")
• 08:23, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page The eleven people - five watchmen, four personal servants and two brahmanas - who were guarding him became less strict in their vigilance. When Raghunatha dasa actually took up his household affairs, his parents reduced the number of guards (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The eleven people—five watchmen, four personal servants and two brāhmaṇas—who were guarding him became less strict in t...")
• 08:19, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page A devotee may act as an ordinary human being or as a strict follower of Vedic injunctions. In either case, everything he does is favorable for the advancement of devotional service because he is in Krsna consciousness (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A devotee may act as an ordinary human being or as a strict follower of Vedic injunctions. In either case, everything he does...")
• 08:17, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page One must have no desire within his heart other than to serve Krsna. On the basis of such a conviction, one can cultivate Krsna consciousness. This is confirmed in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu - 1.2.200 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one must have no desire within his heart other than to serve Kṛṣṇa. On the basis of such a conviction, one can cultivate...")
• 08:12, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page A Krsna conscious person should not be absorbed in material things, for his only business is the devotional service of the Lord. If one is engaged in this way, Krsna will certainly bestow His mercy (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A Kṛṣṇa conscious person should not be absorbed in material things, for his only business is the devotional service of t...")
• 08:09, 15 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page One can live in society like an ordinary human being, but at the same time one's own business should be to satisfy Krsna and spread His glories (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One can live in society like an ordinary human being, but at the same time one's own business should be to satisfy Kṛṣṇa...")
• 14:43, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Although Srila Raghunatha dasa was very anxious to join Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord advised him to wait for the mercy of Lord Krsna (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa was very anxious to join Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Lord advised him to wait for the m...")
• 14:35, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Unknown to others, markata-vairagis maintain women but externally present themselves as renunciants. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very much opposed to these markata-vairagis, or pseudo Vaisnavas (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unknown to others, these markaṭa-vairāgīs maintain women but externally present themselves as renunciants. Śrī Caitanya...")
• 14:30, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Such people (who dress themselves in loincloths trying to imitate Srila Rupa Gosvami) carry a bead bag and chant, but at heart they are always thinking about getting women and money (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such people carry a bead bag and chant, but at heart they are always thinking about getting women and money"}} {{notes|}} {{co...")
• 14:27, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page The word markata-vairagya is used by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to indicate so-called Vaisnavas who dress themselves in loincloths trying to imitate Srila Rupa Gosvami (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word markaṭa-vairāgya is used by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to indicate so-called Vaiṣṇavas who dress themselves in...")
• 14:25, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page If one accepts something without attachment and accepts it because it is related to Krsna, one's renunciation is called yukta-vairagya. Since Krsna is the Absolute Truth, whatever is accepted for His service is also the Absolute Truth (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one accepts something without attachment and accepts it because it is related to Kṛṣṇa, one’s renunciation is calle...")
• 14:18, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Yukta-vairagya, or befitting renunciation, is thus explained: Things should be accepted for the Lord’s service and not for one’s personal sense gratification (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Yukta-vairāgya, or befitting renunciation, is thus explained:"|"Things should be accepted for the Lord’s service and not fo...")
• 14:15, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Whatever is favorable for the rendering of service to the Lord should be accepted and should not be rejected as a material thing (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Whatever is favorable for the rendering of service to the Lord should be accepted and should not be rejected as a material thi...")
• 14:13, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page In the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.256), markata-vairagya, or phalgu-vairagya, is explained as follows: When persons eager to achieve liberation renounce things related to the SP of G, thinking them to be material, their renunciation is called incomplete (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.256), markaṭa-vairāgya, or phalgu-vairāgya, is explained as follows"|"When persons e...")
• 14:08, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page In his Durgama-sangamani, Sri Jiva Gosvami comments that the word sva-nirvahah actually means sva-sva-bhakti-nirvahah. The experienced devotee will accept only those material things that will help him render service to the Lord (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In his Durgama-saṅgamanī, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī comments that the word sva-nirvāhaḥ actually means sva-sva-bhakti-nirvā...")
• 14:04, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page In the BRS (1.2.108), it is said: The bare necessities of life must be accepted, but one shouldn't superfluously increase his necessities. Nor should they be unnecessarily decreased. One should simply accept what is necessary to help advance spiritually (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.108), it is said"|"The bare necessities of life must be accepted, but one should not sup...")
• 13:59, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page In order to render service to the Lord, one may accept necessary things. If one lives in this way, he may actually become renounced (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In order to render service to the Lord, one may accept necessary things. If one lives in this way, he may actually become reno...")
• 13:57, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page As soon as he (a man) returns from the cremation grounds, he again engages in material activity for sense enjoyment. This is called smasana-vairagya, or markata-vairagya (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"However, as soon as he returns from the cremation grounds, he again engages in material activity for sense enjoyment. This is...")
• 13:53, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page When a man takes a dead body to the crematorium, he sometimes thinks - This is the final end of the body. Why am I working so hard day and night? - Such sentiments naturally arise in the mind of any man who goes to a crematorial ghata (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When a man takes a dead body to the crematorium, he sometimes thinks, “This is the final end of the body. Why am I working s...")
• 13:39, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Renunciation should not be phalgu, temporary, but should exist throughout one’s life. Temporary renunciation, or monkey renunciation, is like the renunciation one feels at a cremation ground (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Renunciation should not be phalgu, temporary, but should exist throughout one’s life. Temporary renunciation, or monkey renu...")
• 13:33, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page One cannot be really renounced until one actually becomes disgusted with material activity and sees it as a stumbling block to spiritual advancement (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One cannot be really renounced until one actually becomes disgusted with material activity and sees it as a stumbling block to...")
• 13:25, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page In this way monkeys consider themselves renunciants (by living naked in the forest), but actually they are very busy enjoying sense gratification with dozens of female monkeys. Such renunciation is called markata-vairagya - the renunciation of a monkey (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this way they consider themselves renunciants, but actually they are very busy enjoying sense gratification with dozens of...")
• 13:16, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, in commenting on this word (markata-vairagya), points out that monkeys make an external show of renunciation by not accepting clothing and by living naked in the forest (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, in commenting on this word, points out that monkeys make an external show of r...")
• 13:11, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page The word markata-vairagya, indicating false renunciation, is very important in this verse - CC Madhya 16.238 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word markaṭa-vairāgya, indicating false renunciation, is very important in this verse"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nirmal}}...")
• 12:54, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page He must swim over the ocean (of material existence) very patiently and intelligently under the instructions of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu or His representative. Then, one day, he will reach the shore and return home, back to Godhead (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He must swim over the ocean very patiently and intelligently under the instructions of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu or His repre...")
• 11:30, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Not knowing about devotional service, the living entity wanders about this ocean, just as a man tries to swim to reach the shore. Our struggle for existence is similar to this. Everyone is trying to get out of the ocean of material existence (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Not knowing about devotional service, the living entity wanders about this ocean, just as a man tries to swim to reach the sho...")
• 11:29, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs deleted page Everyone is trying to get out of the ocean of material existence. One cannot immediately reach the coast, but if one endeavors, he can cross the ocean by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mercy (content was: "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Everyone is trying to get out of the ocean of material existence. One cannot immediately reach the coast, but if one endeavors, he can cross the ocean by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mercy"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Mayapur}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|11May12}} {{last|11May12}} {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=1|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}} {{total|1}} {{toc right}} Category:Everyone Is Trying To... Category:Get Out Category:Ocea...")
• 11:27, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page This material world is just like a big ocean. It begins with Brahmaloka and extends to Patalaloka, and there are many planets, or islands, in this ocean (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This material world is just like a big ocean. It begins with Brahmaloka and extends to Pātālaloka, and there are many planet...")
• 11:18, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page Although Navadvipa was very opulent & populous during Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s time, practically all the brahmanas depended on the charity of Hiranya & Govardhana. Because the brothers highly respected the brahmanas, they very liberally gave them money (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although Navadvīpa was very opulent and populous during Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s time, practically all the brāhmaṇas...")
• 11:09, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page In this connection (of CC Madhya 16.217), one may refer to Adi-lila (Chapter Eleven, verse 41), which describes Uddharana Datta, who also belonged to the Saptagrami suvarna-vanik community (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this connection, one may refer to Adi-līlā (Chapter Eleven, verse 41), which describes Uddhāraṇa Datta, who also belon...")
• 11:06, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page They (Hiranya Majumadara and Govardhana Majumadara) also were very rich, so much so that it is mentioned in this verse (CC Madhya 16.217) that their annual income as landlords amounted to 1,200,000 rupees (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They also were very rich, so much so that it is mentioned in this verse that their annual income as landlords amounted to 1,20...")
• 11:00, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page The merchants, who were the principal residents, were called Saptagrama suvarna-vaniks. There were very many rich people there, and Hiranya Majumadara and Govardhana Majumadara belonged to the kayastha community (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The merchants, who were the principal residents, were called Saptagrāma suvarṇa-vaṇiks. There were very many rich people...")
• 10:57, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page It is said that in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Portuguese businessmen used to come aboard their ships. In those days, Saptagrama, situated on the southern side of Bengal, was very rich and popular (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is said that in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Portuguese businessmen used to come aboard their ships. In those...")
• 10:49, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page In 1592, the Pathanas invaded, and due to a flooding of the Sarasvati River in the year 1632, this great port was partially destroyed (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In 1592, the Pāṭhānas invaded, and due to a flooding of the Sarasvatī River in the year 1632, this great port was partial...")
• 10:46, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs created page The village of Saptagrama is located on the Eastern Railway from Calcutta to Burdwan, and presently the railway station is called Trisabigha. In those days there was a large river there known as the Sarasvati, and present-day Trisabigha is a great port (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The village of Saptagrāma is located on the Eastern Railway from Calcutta to Burdwan, and presently the railway station is ca...")
• 10:39, 14 April 2021 Nirmal talk contribs deleted page Sri Raghunatha dasa was the son of Govardhana Majumadara. Their family priest was Balarama Acarya, who was a favorite of Haridasa Thakura's (content was: "#REDIRECT Sri Raghunatha dasa was the son of Govardhana Majumadara. Their family priest was Balarama Acarya, who was a favorite of Haridasa Thakura's, and the family's spiritual master was Yadunandana Acarya, a favorite of Vasudeva Datta's", and the only contributor was "Nirmal" (talk))