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15:5115:51, 27 April 2021 diff hist +3,756 N In Vrndavana, the gopis, cowherd boys and even the calves, cows, trees and water are fully conscious of Krsna. They are never satisfied with anything but Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Vṛndāvana, the gopīs, cowherd boys and even the calves, cows, trees and water are fully conscious of Kṛṣṇa. They..."
15:4615:46, 27 April 2021 diff hist +4,158 N Devotees do not care for temporary things. They engage in transcendental devotional activities because they desire elevation to the spiritual world, where they can live eternally and peacefully and with full knowledge of Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devotees do not care for such temporary things. They engage in transcendental devotional activities because they desire elevat..."
15:3815:38, 27 April 2021 diff hist +3,509 N If one's mind is always engaged in the service of the Lord, there is no possibility that one will think, feel or act materially Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one's mind is always engaged in the service of the Lord, there is no possibility that one will think, feel or act materiall..." current
15:2915:29, 27 April 2021 diff hist +3,731 The mystic yoga practice, by which the mind is controlled and the senses are subjugated, also appears ludicrous to a pure devotee No edit summary current
15:2815:28, 27 April 2021 diff hist +3,727 N For a pure devotee who has realized Krsna consciousness through Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the monistic philosophy by which one becomes one with the Supreme appears hellish Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For a pure devotee who has realized Kṛṣṇa consciousness through Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the monistic philosophy by w..."
06:5506:55, 27 April 2021 diff hist +2,801 N He (a pure devotee) is transcendental to all fruitive activity, speculative philosophy and mystic yoga meditation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he is transcendental to all fruitive activity, speculative philosophy and mystic yoga meditation"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Shar..."
06:5206:52, 27 April 2021 diff hist +2,936 N It is indeed impossible for a pure devotee to engage his mind in unwanted activities. Even if a pure devotee wanted to, his mind would not allow him to do so. That is a characteristic of a pure devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is indeed impossible for a pure devotee to engage his mind in such unwanted activities. Even if a pure devotee wanted to, h..."
06:5006:50, 27 April 2021 diff hist +2,878 N For a pure devotee, there is no scope for indulgence in mystic yoga practice or the cultivation of speculative philosophy. It is indeed impossible for a pure devotee to engage his mind in such unwanted activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For a pure devotee, there is no scope for indulgence in mystic yoga practice or the cultivation of speculative philosophy. It..."
06:3706:37, 27 April 2021 diff hist +3,173 N He (a devotee) loses all interest in so-called meditation, yoga practice and mental speculation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he loses all interest in so-called meditation, yoga practice and mental speculation"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{c..." current
06:3506:35, 27 April 2021 diff hist +3,622 N A devotee constantly engaged in Deity worship according to the rules and regulations laid down in the sastras and given by the spiritual master realizes gradually that he is in direct contact with the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A devotee constantly engaged in Deity worship according to the rules and regulations laid down in the śāstras and given by t..."
06:2806:28, 27 April 2021 diff hist +3,953 For Krsna, there is no distinction between matter and spirit. His manifestation in material form, therefore, is as good as His original form, sac-cid-ananda-vigraha No edit summary current
06:2706:27, 27 April 2021 diff hist +3,289 N Ultimately there is no difference between Krsna manifest in matter or Krsna manifest in spirit because both are His energies Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ultimately there is no difference between Kṛṣṇa manifest in matter or Kṛṣṇa manifest in spirit because both are Hi..." current
06:2106:21, 27 April 2021 diff hist +3,689 The Deity is known as the arca-vigraha or arca-avatara, an incarnation of the Supreme Lord in the form of a material manifestation (brass, stone or wood) No edit summary current
06:2006:20, 27 April 2021 diff hist +3,275 N Temple Deity worship is realized by the devotees to be the same as direct service to the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Temple Deity worship is realized by the devotees to be the same as direct service to the Lord"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmis..." current
06:1006:10, 27 April 2021 diff hist +3,793 N A devotee is not at all interested in speculative activities. Instead of cultivating speculative knowledge or practicing mystic yoga, a devotee should worship the Deity in the temple and continuously engage in the Lord’s service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A devotee is not at all interested in speculative activities. Instead of cultivating speculative knowledge or practicing mysti..."
06:0606:06, 27 April 2021 diff hist +3,436 N The process of mystic yoga, the speculative method for searching out the Supreme Absolute Truth, does not appeal to one who is always absorbed in thoughts of Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The process of mystic yoga, the speculative method for searching out the Supreme Absolute Truth, does not appeal to one who is..." current
05:5505:55, 27 April 2021 diff hist +2,616 Without Krsna, one cannot live, just as a person cannot live without some enjoyment for his mind No edit summary current
05:5005:50, 27 April 2021 diff hist +2,345 N Those who have given up all material activities and have ceased thinking of them should always retain the ambition to think of Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who have given up all material activities and have ceased thinking of them should always retain the ambition to think of..." current
05:4605:46, 27 April 2021 diff hist +2,655 Unless one's mind is filled with thoughts of Krsna, feelings for Krsna and a desire to serve Krsna, the mind will be filled with material activities No edit summary current
05:4305:43, 27 April 2021 diff hist +2,515 N The mind must have some occupation. If a person is to be free of material things, his mind cannot be vacant; there must be subject matters for thinking, feeling and willing Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The mind must have some occupation. If a person is to be free of material things, his mind cannot be vacant; there must be sub..." current
05:4005:40, 27 April 2021 diff hist +2,388 N Only when the mind is free from designations can one desire the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Only when the mind is free from designations can one desire the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"}} {{notes|}..." current
05:2905:29, 27 April 2021 diff hist +3,186 When one’s mind is completely free from all material desires and is engaged only in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then one always lives in Vrndavana, and nowhere else No edit summary current
05:2805:28, 27 April 2021 diff hist +3,110 N Wherever Krsna is, there also are Srimati Radharani, the gopis, the cowherd boys and all the other inhabitants of Vrndavana. Thus as soon as one fixes Krsna in his mind, his mind becomes identical with Vrndavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Wherever Kṛṣṇa is, there also are Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, the gopīs, the cowherd boys and all the other inhabitants..." current
05:2305:23, 27 April 2021 diff hist +2,841 N But when one’s mind does not accept and reject but simply becomes fixed on the lotus feet of Krsna, then one’s mind becomes as good as Vrndavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"But when one’s mind does not accept and reject but simply becomes fixed on the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, then one’s mind..." current
05:1905:19, 27 April 2021 diff hist +2,910 N The mind’s activities are thinking, feeling and willing, by which the mind accepts materially favorable things and rejects the unfavorable. This is the consciousness of people in general Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The mind’s activities are thinking, feeling and willing, by which the mind accepts materially favorable things and rejects t..."
05:1205:12, 27 April 2021 diff hist +2,934 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu began to explain His own mind, which was saturated in the ecstasy of the gopis Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to explain His own mind, which was saturated in the ecstasy of the gopīs"}} {{notes|}} {{com..."
05:1005:10, 27 April 2021 diff hist +3,088 N The gopis wanted to keep Krsna at home always, and in this way their minds were absorbed in Krsna consciousness. Such pure Krsna consciousness can arise only in Vrndavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The gopīs wanted to keep Kṛṣṇa at home always, and in this way their minds were absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness...."
05:0305:03, 27 April 2021 diff hist +3,654 N The gopis regretted that their breasts were so hard, fearing that Krsna might not be very pleased to keep His soft lotus feet there. When those lotus feet were pricked by the grains of sand in the pasturing ground, the gopis were pained and began to cry Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes they regretted that their breasts were so hard, fearing that Kṛṣṇa might not be very pleased to keep His soft..." current
04:4504:45, 27 April 2021 diff hist +3,027 N Unless they (the gopis) were forced, they never liked to meditate on the lotus feet of the Lord. Rather, they preferred to take the lotus feet of the Lord and place them on their breasts Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unless they were forced, they never liked to meditate on the lotus feet of the Lord. Rather, they preferred to take the lotus..." current
04:4104:41, 27 April 2021 diff hist +2,922 N The gopis were never interested in karma-yoga, jnana-yoga or dhyana-yoga. They were simply interested in bhakti-yoga Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The gopis were never interested in karma-yoga, jnana-yoga or dhyana-yoga. They were simply interested in bhakti-yoga"}} {{note..." current
04:3304:33, 27 April 2021 diff hist +1,335 N In this connection (of CC Madhya 13.123), see Madhya-lila, Chapter One, verses 53, 77-80 and 82-84 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this connection, see Madhya-līlā, Chapter One, verses 53, 77-80 and 82-84"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{comple..." current

16:5116:51, 26 April 2021 diff hist +1,540 N This verse (of CC Madhya 13.121) appears in the Padyavali - 386 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This verse appears in the Padyāvalī"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2021-04-26T16:51:27Z}} {..." current
15:1215:12, 26 April 2021 diff hist +4,677 N In that competition between Lord Caitanya’s ecstasy for Jagannatha and Jagannatha’s ecstasy for Srimati Radharani, Caitanya Mahaprabhu emerged successful Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In that competition between Lord Caitanya’s ecstasy for Jagannātha and Jagannātha’s ecstasy for Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇ..." current
15:1115:11, 26 April 2021 diff hist +5,173 N While Jagannatha was waiting, Caitanya, in His ecstasy of Radharani, immediately came forward to Krsna. At such times, Jagannatha would proceed ahead very slowly. These competitive exchanges were all part of the love affair between Krsna and Radharani Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"While Jagannātha was thus waiting, Gaurasundara, Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in His ecstasy of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, immediat..."
15:0415:04, 26 April 2021 diff hist +4,817 N Lord Jagannatha agreed that without the ecstasy of Srimati Radharani He could not feel satisfied Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Jagannātha agreed that without the ecstasy of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī He could not feel satisfied"}} {{notes|}} {{com..." current
15:0215:02, 26 April 2021 diff hist +5,046 N Jagannatha sometimes fell behind the dancing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to indicate to Srimati Radharani that He had not forgotten. Thus Lord Jagannatha would stop the forward march of the ratha and wait at a standstill Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Jagannātha sometimes fell behind the dancing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to indicate to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī that He had..." current
14:5814:58, 26 April 2021 diff hist +5,211 N In the role of Srimati Radharani, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was examining whether the Lord still remembered the inhabitants of Vrndavana. When Caitanya Mahaprabhu fell behind the Ratha car, Jagannatha-deva, Krsna Himself, understood the mind of Radharani Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the role of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was examining whether the Lord still remembered the inha..." current
14:4014:40, 26 April 2021 diff hist +4,607 N Although Krsna neglected the inhabitants of Vrndavana, He could not forget them. Thus in His opulent Ratha-yatra, He was returning to Vrndavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although Kṛṣṇa neglected the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, He could not forget them. Thus in His opulent Ratha-yātrā, H..."
14:3714:37, 26 April 2021 diff hist +4,492 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s following at the rear of the ratha indicated that Lord Jagannatha, Krsna, was forgetting the inhabitants of Vrndavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s following at the rear of the ratha indicated that Lord Jagannātha, Kṛṣṇa, was forgetting..." current
14:3214:32, 26 April 2021 diff hist +4,352 N Sri Ksetra is a place of aisvarya-lila, just as Vrndavana is the place of madhurya-lila Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Kṣetra is a place of aiśvarya-līlā, just as Vṛndāvana is the place of mādhurya-līlā"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|..." current
14:2914:29, 26 April 2021 diff hist +5,009 N Sri Ksetra, Jagannatha Puri, was taken as the kingdom of Dvaraka, the place where Krsna enjoys supreme opulence. But He was being led by Caitanya to Vrndavana, the simple village where all the inhabitants are filled with ecstatic love for Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Kṣetra, Jagannātha Purī, was taken as the kingdom of Dvārakā, the place where Kṛṣṇa enjoys supreme opulence...." current
14:1714:17, 26 April 2021 diff hist +4,824 N Lord Jagannatha-deva is Krsna, and Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Srimati Radharani. Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s leading Lord Jagannatha toward the Gundica temple corresponded to Srimati Radharani’s leading Krsna toward Vrndavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Jagannātha-deva is Kṛṣṇa, and Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Caitanya Mahā..." current
14:1214:12, 26 April 2021 diff hist +4,764 N Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is radha-bhava-dyuti-suvalita, that is, Krsna Himself assuming the part of Srimati Radharani in order to understand Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is rādhā-bhāva-dyuti-suvalita, that is, Kṛṣṇa Himself assuming the part of Śrīmatī Rād..."
14:0914:09, 26 April 2021 diff hist +5,189 N After giving up the company of the gopis in Vrndavana, Sri Krsna, the son of Maharaja Nanda, engaged in His pastimes at Dvaraka. When Krsna went to Kuruksetra with His brother and sister and others from Dvaraka, He again met the inhabitants of Vrndavana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After giving up the company of the gopīs in Vṛndāvana, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda, engaged in His past..." current

15:2715:27, 25 April 2021 diff hist +2,541 N When Radharani met Krsna at Kuruksetra, She remembered His intimate association in Vrndavana, and She thought, Now I have gained the Lord of My life. In His absence I was being burned by the arrow of Cupid & thus I was withering away. Now I have My life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Rādhārāṇī met Kṛṣṇa at Kurukṣetra, She remembered His intimate association in Vṛndāvana, and She thought..."
14:2714:27, 25 April 2021 diff hist +2,480 N This song refers to Srimati Radharani’s meeting with Krsna at the holy place of Kuruksetra, where Lord Sri Krsna and His brother and sister came to visit when there was a solar eclipse. It is a song of separation from Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This song refers to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s meeting with Kṛṣṇa at the holy place of Kurukṣetra, where Lord Śr..."
14:1514:15, 25 April 2021 diff hist +2,209 N Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is a single personality, but when He danced and jumped high in a circle, He appeared like the alata-cakra Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is a single personality, but when He danced and jumped high in a circle, He appeared like the..."
14:1014:10, 25 April 2021 diff hist +2,389 N If a burning cinder of a firebrand is whirled about very swiftly, it gives the appearance of a circle of fire. This is called alata-akara or alata-cakra, a firebrand circle. This whole circle is not actually made of fire but is a single fire in motion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If a burning cinder of a firebrand is whirled about very swiftly, it gives the appearance of a circle of fire. This is called..." current
13:4613:46, 25 April 2021 diff hist +1,722 N This is verse (of CC Madhya 13.80) 74 from the Padyavali, an anthology of verses compiled by Srila Rupa Gosvami Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is verse 74 from the Padyāvalī, an anthology of verses compiled by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sha..."
13:4313:43, 25 April 2021 diff hist +1,706 N This is a quotation (of CC Madhya 13.79) from Srimad-Bhagavatam - SB 10.90.48 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2021-04-25T13:43..."

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