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14:5714:57, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,525 N Even a neophyte devotee is superior to the karmis and jnanis because he has full faith in chanting the holy name of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"even a neophyte devotee is superior to the karmīs and jñānīs because he has full faith in chanting the holy name of the Lo..." current
14:5614:56, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,586 N It is on the basis of faith and attachment to Krsna that one can judge who is a madhyama-adhikari or an uttama-adhikari Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is on the basis of faith and attachment to Kṛṣṇa that one can judge who is a madhyama-adhikārī or an uttama-adhikā..." current
14:5214:52, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,916 N One who has preliminary faith is called a kanistha-adhikari, or a neophyte. The neophyte, however, can become an advanced devotee if he strictly follows the regulative principles set down by the spiritual master Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One who has preliminary faith is called a kaniṣṭha-adhikārī, or a neophyte. The neophyte, however, can become an advance..." current
14:4614:46, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,591 N According to the faith, there are first-class, second-class and neophyte devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the faith, there are first-class, second-class and neophyte devotees"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{com..."
14:4114:41, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,090 A person who has attained firm faith is a real candidate for advancing in Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
14:3214:32, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,138 N Even by associating with such a neophyte devotee (who is materialistic), one can become a devotee also Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"even by associating with such a neophyte devotee, one can become a devotee also"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{compl..." current
14:2814:28, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,381 N One is known as a materialistic devotee if he simply worships the Deity of Hari with faith but does not show proper respect to the devotees and to others Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One is known as a materialistic devotee if he simply worships the Deity of Hari with faith but does not show proper respect to..."
14:2414:24, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,996 N Any devotee who believes that the holy name of the Lord is identical with the Lord is a pure devotee, even though he may be in the neophyte stage. By his association, others may also become Vaisnavas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"any devotee who believes that the holy name of the Lord is identical with the Lord is a pure devotee, even though he may be in..."
14:0814:08, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,770 N When the novice engages in devotional service - especially in Deity worship - & follows the order of a bona fide spiritual master, he is a pure devotee. Anyone can take advantage of hearing about Krsna consciousness from such a devotee & become purified Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when the novice engages in devotional service"|"especially in Deity worship"|"and follows the order of a bona fide spiritual m..."
13:5613:56, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,691 N One should understand that the name "Krsna" and Krsna Himself are identical. Having such faith, one must continue to chant the holy name Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one should understand that the name “Kṛṣṇa” and Kṛṣṇa Himself are identical. Having such faith, one must conti..."
13:5113:51, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,848 N As the Padma Purana states, The holy name of Krsna is identical with Krsna and is like a cintamani gem, a touchstone. That name is Krsna personified in sound and is therefore perfectly transcendental and eternally liberated from material contamination Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As the Padma Purāṇa states"|"The holy name of Kṛṣṇa is identical with Kṛṣṇa and is like a cintāmaṇi gem, a t..." current
13:4813:48, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,494 N One should accept the holy name of Krsna to be identical with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Transcendence Himself Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should accept the holy name of Kṛṣṇa to be identical with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Transcendence Himself"..." current
13:4013:40, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,690 N With such faith (that a person who simply chants the holy name of Krsna once becomes perfect) in the holy name one may begin a life of Krsna consciousness. But an ordinary person cannot chant the holy name of Krsna with such faith Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"With such faith in the holy name one may begin a life of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But an ordinary person cannot chant the ho..."
13:3213:32, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,751 N A person who simply chants the holy name of Krsna once becomes perfect and should be regarded as a Vaisnava. This is confirmed by Srila Rupa Gosvami in his Upadesamrta Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"a person who simply chants the holy name of Kṛṣṇa once becomes perfect and should be regarded as a Vaiṣṇava. This is..."
13:2513:25, 3 May 2021 diff hist +1,782 N With folded hands I (Caitanya) offer my prayers unto Krsna, Nanda Maharaja’s son, who is my life and soul Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"With folded hands I offer my prayers unto Kṛṣṇa, Nanda Mahārāja’s son, who is my life and soul"}} {{notes|}} {{compi..." current
13:0613:06, 3 May 2021 diff hist +4,933 N Sri Gunaraja Khan never cared for the artificial aristocracy introduced by Ballal Sena Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Guṇarāja Khān never cared for the artificial aristocracy introduced by Ballāl Sena"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmis..." current
13:0213:02, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,575 Gunaraja Khan was a very well known and wealthy man. His palace, fort and temples are still existing, and from these we can deduce that the opulence of Gunaraja Khan was certainly very great No edit summary current
13:0013:00, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,352 N Sri Gunaraja Khan had fourteen sons, of whom the second son, Laksminatha Vasu, received the title Satyaraja Khan. His son was Sri Ramananda Vasu; therefore Ramananda Vasu belonged to the fifteenth generation Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Guṇarāja Khān had fourteen sons, of whom the second son, Lakṣmīnātha Vasu, received the title Satyarāja Khān...." current
12:5612:56, 3 May 2021 diff hist 0 Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura gives the following genealogical table of Gunaraja Khan: (7) Anantarama; (8) Guninayaka and Vinanayaka. The twelfth generation included Bhagiratha, and the thirteenth Maladhara Vasu, or Gunaraja Khan No edit summary current
12:5412:54, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,297 N Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura gives the following genealogical table of Gunaraja Khan: (7) Anantarama; (8) Guninayaka and Vinanayaka. The twelfth generation included Bhagiratha, and the thirteenth Maladhara Vasu, or Gunaraja Khan Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura gives the following genealogical table of Guṇarāja Khān: (7) Anantarāma; (8) Guṇ..."
12:5212:52, 3 May 2021 diff hist +5,193 N Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura gives the following genealogical table of Gunaraja Khan: (1) Dasaratha Vasu; (2) Kusala; (3) Subhasankara; (4) Hamsa; (5) Saktirama (Baganda), Muktirama (Mainagara) and Alankara (Bangaja); (6) Damodara Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura gives the following genealogical table of Guṇarāja Khān: (1) Daśaratha Vasu; (2) K..." current
12:3612:36, 3 May 2021 diff hist +4,870 N His real name was Maladhara Vasu, but the title Khan was given to him by the Emperor of Bengal. Thus he became known as Gunaraja Khan Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"His real name was Mālādhara Vasu, but the title Khān was given to him by the Emperor of Bengal. Thus he became known as Gu..." current

17:2817:28, 2 May 2021 diff hist +5,413 N Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that the kayasthas who came from Kanyakubja were high-class men. Of them, Dasaratha Vasu was a great personality, and the thirteenth generation of his family included Gunaraja Khan Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura says that the kāyasthas who came from Kānyakubja were high-class men. Of them..."
15:4715:47, 2 May 2021 diff hist +5,472 N In the northern Indian high country, the kayasthas are accepted as sudras, but in Bengal the kayasthas are considered among the higher castes. It is a fact that the kayasthas came to Bengal from northern India, specifically from Kanyakubja, or Kanauj Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the northern Indian high country, the kāyasthas are accepted as śūdras, but in Bengal the kāyasthas are considered amon..." current
15:4215:42, 2 May 2021 diff hist +5,208 N Since the king (Adisura) is supposed to be accompanied by his associates, the brahmanas accompanied the King to help him in higher spiritual matters. The kayasthas were to render other services Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since the king is supposed to be accompanied by his associates, the brāhmaṇas accompanied the King to help him in higher sp..." current
15:3915:39, 2 May 2021 diff hist +5,100 N When a Bengali emperor named Adisura first came from Kanyakubja, or Kanauj, he brought with him five brahmanas and five kayasthas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When a Bengali emperor named Adiśūra first came from Kānyakubja, or Kānauj, he brought with him five brāhmaṇas and five..." current
15:3415:34, 2 May 2021 diff hist +5,066 N Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura gives a genealogical table and family history of Gunaraja Khan Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura gives a genealogical table and family history of Guṇarāja Khān"}} {{notes|}..." current
15:2315:23, 2 May 2021 diff hist +5,043 N The book Sri Krsna-vijaya was highly praised by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and it is very valuable for all Vaisnavas Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The book Śrī Kṛṣṇa-vijaya was highly praised by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and it is very valuable for all Vaiṣṇa..." current
15:2115:21, 2 May 2021 diff hist +5,170 N Sri Gunaraja Khan was one of the topmost Vaisnavas, and he translated the Tenth and Eleventh Cantos of Srimad-Bhagavatam for the understanding of the common man Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrī Guṇarāja Khān was one of the topmost Vaiṣṇavas, and he translated the Tenth and Eleventh Cantos of Śrīmad-Bhā..."
15:0115:01, 2 May 2021 diff hist +5,522 N Many words used in those days could be understood only by local inhabitants, yet this book (Sri Krsna-vijaya) is still so popular that no bookstore is complete without it. It is valuable for those who are interested in advancing in Krsna consciousness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Many words used in those days could be understood only by local inhabitants, yet this book is still so popular that no booksto..."
14:5714:57, 2 May 2021 diff hist +5,274 N Although according to the sonnet style each line should contain fourteen syllables, there are sometimes sixteen, twelve or thirteen syllables in his (Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura's) verse Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although according to the sonnet style each line should contain fourteen syllables, there are sometimes sixteen, twelve or thi..." current
14:4414:44, 2 May 2021 diff hist +5,535 N Even ordinary men with little knowledge of the alphabet could read this book (Sri Krsna-vijaya) and understand it. Its language is not very ornamental, and sometimes the poetry is not very sweet to hear Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even ordinary men with little knowledge of the alphabet could read this book and understand it. Its language is not very ornam..."
14:4114:41, 2 May 2021 diff hist +5,493 N After seven years, it (the book Sri Krsna-vijaya) was completed (in 1402 Sakabda). This book was written in plain language, and even half-educated Bengalis and women could read it very clearly Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After seven years, it was completed (in 1402 Śakābda). This book was written in plain language, and even half-educated Benga..." current
14:3314:33, 2 May 2021 diff hist +5,494 Sri Krsna-vijaya is a book of poems considered to be the first poetry book written in Bengal. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura states that this book was begun in the year 1395 Sakabda (A.D. 1473) No edit summary current
14:2914:29, 2 May 2021 diff hist +1,596 N Vasudeva Datta and Sivananda Sena were living in the same neighborhood, which is presently called Kumarahatta or Halisahara Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vāsudeva Datta and Śivānanda Sena were living in the same neighborhood, which is presently called Kumārahaṭṭa or Hāli..." current
14:2314:23, 2 May 2021 diff hist +3,022 N In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental speculations. Therefore, saying ‘This is good and that is bad’ is all a mistake - CC Antya 4.176 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental speculations. Therefore, saying ‘This is good and that is..." current
14:1914:19, 2 May 2021 diff hist +3,023 N On the material platform, distinction is made between good and bad, but on the spiritual platform everything is of the same quality Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"On the material platform, distinction is made between good and bad, but on the spiritual platform everything is of the same qu..." current
14:1614:16, 2 May 2021 diff hist +2,891 N On the transcendental platform there is no higher or lower, pure or impure Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"On the transcendental platform there is no higher or lower, pure or impure"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|A..."
14:1214:12, 2 May 2021 diff hist +3,348 N Sometimes neophytes, devotees on the lower platform, try to imitate Raghava Pandita on the platform of material purity and impurity. Such imitation will not help anyone Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sometimes neophytes, devotees on the lower platform, try to imitate Rāghava Paṇḍita on the platform of material purity an..."
14:0914:09, 2 May 2021 diff hist +3,338 N Raghava Pandita was an eternal servant of Krsna, and everything he saw was related to the service of the Lord. He was always absorbed in the transcendental thought of how he could always serve Krsna with everything Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Rāghava Paṇḍita was an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, and everything he saw was related to the service of the Lord. He w..." current
14:0214:02, 2 May 2021 diff hist +3,217 N In lower consciousness, accepting something to be spiritual when it is actually material is called bhauma ijya-dhih Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In lower consciousness, accepting something to be spiritual when it is actually material is called bhauma ijya-dhīḥ"}} {{no..." current
14:0014:00, 2 May 2021 diff hist +3,285 N Raghava Pandita was not simply a crazy fellow suffering from some cleansing phobia. He did not belong to the mundane world Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Rāghava Paṇḍita was not simply a crazy fellow suffering from some cleansing phobia. He did not belong to the mundane worl..."
12:3812:38, 2 May 2021 diff hist +4,817 N Actually there is no support for these statements (of Nityananda's being an ordinary human being and considering Nityananda instrumental for sense gratification) made by sahajiyas or other professional distributors of krsna-bhakti Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually there is no support for these statements made by sahajiyās or other professional distributors of kṛṣṇa-bhakti"..."
12:1512:15, 2 May 2021 diff hist +4,827 N Nityananda Prabhu should not be considered instrumental for sense gratification. Although professional so-called preachers support this idea, such statements are not found in any authorized revealed scriptures Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nityānanda Prabhu should not be considered instrumental for sense gratification. Although professional so-called preachers su..."
12:0612:06, 2 May 2021 diff hist +4,885 N Nityananda Prabhu, being the expansion of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, is the most munificent incarnation. No one should consider Him an ordinary human being or an entity like the prajapatis, who were ordered by Brahma to increase generations Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Nityānanda Prabhu, being the expansion of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, is the most munificent incarnation. No one should consi..."
07:4907:49, 2 May 2021 diff hist +4,657 N They (those who hanker after women and money) also engage in some moneymaking businesses to cheat innocent people, and they try to support their business programs by making offensive statements Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They also engage in some moneymaking businesses to cheat innocent people, and they try to support their business programs by m..."
07:4507:45, 2 May 2021 diff hist +4,779 N Those who hanker after women and money, who are self-interested and have the mentality of merchants, can certainly discover many things with their fertile brains and speak against the authorized revealed scriptures Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who hanker after women and money, who are self-interested and have the mentality of merchants, can certainly discover ma..."
07:3807:38, 2 May 2021 diff hist +4,689 N They (mental speculators) think that Nityananda Prabhu’s body was material and that it was meant for sense gratification. Whoever thinks in this way is a candidate for the darkest regions of hell Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They think that Nityānanda Prabhu’s body was similarly material and that it was meant for sense gratification. Whoever thin..."

18:3418:34, 1 May 2021 diff hist +4,828 N Thinking Nityananda Prabhu to be an ordinary human being is the business of mental speculators known as kunapatma-vadis. These people accept the material body, which is a bag of three material elements (kunape tri-dhatuke), as themselves Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Thinking Nityānanda Prabhu to be an ordinary human being is the business of mental speculators known as kuṇapātma-vādīs...."
18:3118:31, 1 May 2021 diff hist +4,570 N Offenders consider Nityananda Prabhu to be like one of them, an ordinary human being. They do not know of Nityananda Prabhu’s identity with the visnu-tattva Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Offenders consider Nityānanda Prabhu to be like one of them, an ordinary human being. They do not know of Nityānanda Prabhu..." current

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