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13:5313:53, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,133 N He (Ramananda Raya) was able to turn sand into gold by spiritual potency, or, in other words, to elevate a person from a material to a spiritual position Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he was able to turn sand into gold by spiritual potency, or, in other words, to elevate a person from a material to a spiritua..." current
13:0413:04, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,662 Ramananda Raya was not among the Mayavadi impersonalists or materialistic logicians who are opposed to the principles of Lord Krsna's transcendental pastimes. He was already spiritually situated in the order of renounced life No edit summary current
13:0313:03, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,423 N Although Ramananda Raya acted as a grhastha and was accepted as an ordinary pounds-and-shillings man, he was always absorbed in the transcendental pastimes of Lord Krsna. Therefore his mind was spiritually situated, and he was interested only in Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya acted as a gṛhastha and was accepted as an ordinary pounds-and-shillings man, he was alwa..."
12:5712:57, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,794 A transcendentally situated Vaisnava is not subjected to the influence of the senses by the Lord's material rule of the six kinds of bodily changes (kama, krodha, lobha, moha, mada and matsarya), even when he plays the part of a grhastha No edit summary current
12:5612:56, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,284 N Grhasthas (householders) who are under the influence of the external energy accept householder life for the purpose of sense enjoyment Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Gṛhasthas (householders) who are under the influence of the external energy accept householder life for the purpose of sense..."
12:5012:50, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,404 N Ramananda Raya externally appeared to be a grhastha who was under the influence of the external, material energy, not a self-controlled brahmacari, vanaprastha or sannyasi Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Rāmānanda Rāya externally appeared to be a gṛhastha who was under the influence of the external, material energy, not a s..."
12:4312:43, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,533 N When a pure devotee or spiritual master speaks, what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"when a pure devotee or spiritual master speaks, what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the Supreme..." current
12:3912:39, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,585 N A spiritually advanced person who is authorized to act as the spiritual master speaks as the Supreme Personality of Godhead dictates from within. Thus it is not he that is personally speaking Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A spiritually advanced person who is authorized to act as the spiritual master speaks as the Supreme Personality of Godhead di..."
12:3512:35, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,242 N When Ramananda Raya spoke to Pradyumna Misra, Pradyumna Misra could understand that Ramananda Raya was not an ordinary human being Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Rāmānanda Rāya spoke to Pradyumna Miśra, Pradyumna Miśra could understand that Rāmānanda Rāya was not an ordinary..."
12:3412:34, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,141 N One is forbidden to accept the guru, or spiritual master, as an ordinary human being Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One is forbidden to accept the guru, or spiritual master, as an ordinary human being"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{..."
12:2812:28, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,506 N The activities of the gopis and Lord Krsna, if seriously understood, will certainly free one from material attachment. Then there is no possibility that lusty material desires will awaken Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the activities of the gopis and Lord Krsna, if seriously understood, will certainly free one from material attachment. Then th..."
12:2512:25, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,162 N All the activities of Lord Krsna are transcendental, and the gopis are also transcendentally situated Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All the activities of Lord Krsna are transcendental, and the gopis are also transcendentally situated"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler..." current
12:2112:21, 24 May 2021 diff hist +4,137 N If out of ignorance one does so (imitating the activities of the rasa-lila), he will be destroyed, just as if he were to imitate Lord Siva, who drank poison produced from the ocean Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If out of ignorance one does so, he will be destroyed, just as if he were to imitate Lord Siva, who drank poison produced from..."
12:1912:19, 24 May 2021 diff hist +4,038 N Certainly one who is not the Supreme Personality of Godhead should never, even within his mind, imitate the activities of the transcendental rasa-lila of Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Certainly one who is not the Supreme Personality of Godhead should never, even within his mind, imitate the activities of the..." current
12:1312:13, 24 May 2021 diff hist +4,425 N To forbid such habits of the prakrta-sahajiyas, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has excluded their material intelligence by using the word visvasa - faith Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To forbid such habits of the prākṛta-sahajiyās, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has excluded their material intelligence by usi..."
12:1112:11, 24 May 2021 diff hist +4,777 N Because they (prakrta-sahajiyas) do not follow the regulative principles but instead violate even ordinary morals, their contemplation of rasa-lila is a futile attempt, which sometimes results in their imitating the dealings of the gopis and Lord Krsna Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"because they do not follow the regulative principles but instead violate even ordinary morals, their contemplation of rāsa-l..."
12:0412:04, 24 May 2021 diff hist +4,522 N Prakrta-sahajiyas, who consider the transcendental pastimes of Krsna something like the behavior between a man and a woman, artificially think that hearing the rasa-lila will help them by diminishing the lusty desires of their diseased hearts Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The class of men known as prākṛta-sahajiyās, who consider the transcendental pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa something like t..."
12:0212:02, 24 May 2021 diff hist +4,380 N Freed from the contamination of the modes of nature, the speaker and hearer (of Srimad-Bhagavatam) are fixed in a transcendental mentality, knowing that their position on the transcendental platform is to serve the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Freed from the contamination of the modes of nature, the speaker and hearer are fixed in a transcendental mentality, knowing t..."
08:1608:16, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,509 N One must understand this subject (of Ramananda Raya's serving two young girls by massaging their bodies with oil) very seriously and never attempt to imitate such activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one must understand this subject very seriously and never attempt to imitate such activities"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmist..." current
08:1408:14, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,789 N The example of Ramananda Raya is certainly unique. The author of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta has given this description (of Ramananda Raya's serving two young girls by massaging their bodies with oil) because in perfect DS one can attain such a position Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The example of Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya is certainly unique. The author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta has given this descript..." current
08:0508:05, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,936 N Because there was no question of personal sense gratification when Sri Ramananda Raya was serving the girls, his mind was steady and his body untransformed. This is not to be imitated, nor is such a mentality possible for anyone but Sri Ramananda Raya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because there was no question of personal sense gratification when Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya was serving the girls, his mind was..."
08:0108:01, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,658 N Because Ramananda Raya always placed himself in the position of a maidservant of the gopis, his rehearsal with the girls was actually on the spiritual platform Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because Rāmānanda Rāya always placed himself in the position of a maidservant of the gopīs, his rehearsal with the girls w..." current
07:5707:57, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,779 N Because the gopis are worshipable personalities, Ramananda Raya, who considered the two girls gopis and himself their maidservant, engaged in their service by massaging their bodies with oil to cleanse them completely Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Because the gopīs are worshipable personalities, Rāmānanda Rāya, who considered the two girls gopīs and himself their mai..."
07:5307:53, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,580 N Ramananda Raya engaged two such girls (deva-dasis), and because they were meant to play the parts of gopis, he taught them how to awaken thoughts like those of the gopis Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Rāmānanda Rāya engaged two such girls, and because they were meant to play the parts of gopīs, he taught them how to awake..."
07:4907:49, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,978 N He (Ramananda Raya) engaged two young girls who were professional dancers and singers to demonstrate the ideology of the drama. Such girls, who are called deva-dasis, are still employed in the temple of Jagannatha, where they are called maharis Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"he engaged two young girls who were professional dancers and singers to demonstrate the ideology of the drama. Such girls, who..." current
07:2707:27, 24 May 2021 diff hist +3,687 N Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura writes in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya: Srila Ramananda Raya composed a drama named Jagannatha-vallabha-nataka Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura writes in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya"|"Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya composed a drama named Ja..." current
07:2007:20, 24 May 2021 diff hist +1,909 N Ramananda Raya was personally giving instructions on how to sing and dance for the drama Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Rāmānanda Rāya was personally giving instructions on how to sing and dance for the drama"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmisth..." current
07:1807:18, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,148 N The drama being rehearsed by Ramananda Raya and the two young girls was the well-known Jagannatha-vallabha-nataka. The songs and dances were meant for the pleasure of Lord Jagannatha Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The drama being rehearsed by Ramananda Raya and the two young girls was the well-known Jagannatha-vallabha-nataka. The songs a..." current
07:1207:12, 24 May 2021 diff hist +1,400 N This is a quotation (of CC Antya 5.10) from Srimad-Bhagavatam - SB 1.2.8 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2021-05-24T07:12..."
07:0407:04, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,601 N One should not mistakenly think that Srila Rupa Gosvami compiled 100,000 books. He actually wrote sixteen books, as mentioned in the First Wave of the Bhakti-ratnakara Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One should not mistakenly think that Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī compiled 100,000 books. He actually wrote sixteen books, as menti..."
07:0207:02, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,512 N Referring to the words laksa-grantha, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that the total number of verses written by Rupa Gosvami is 100,000 (eka-laksa or laksa-grantha). The copyists count both the verses and the prose sections of the Sanskrit works Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Referring to the words lakṣa-grantha"|"Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura says that the total number of verses w..."
06:4706:47, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,607 N Sanatana Gosvami compiled many, many books, all with the aim of describing how to serve the principal Deities of Vrndavana - Govinda and Madana-gopala. Later, other Deities were gradually established, and the importance of Vrndavana increased Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sanātana Gosvāmī compiled many, many books, all with the aim of describing how to serve the principal Deities of Vṛndāva..."
06:4306:43, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,587 N The Bhakti-ratnakara refers to the following books by Sanatana Gosvami: (1) the Brhad-bhagavatamrta, (2) the Hari-bhakti-vilasa and his commentary Dig-darsini, (3) the Lila-stava and (4) the commentary on the Tenth Canto of SB known as Vaisnava-tosani Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Bhakti-ratnākara refers to the following books by Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī: (1) the Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta, (2) the..."
06:3406:34, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,851 N What is recorded in the Hari-bhakti-vilasa strictly follows the Vedic scriptures and is certainly pure, but the attitude of the karmis is always one of giving up the conclusion of pure Vaisnava understanding Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"What is recorded in the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa strictly follows the Vedic scriptures and is certainly pure, but the attitude of t..." current
06:3006:30, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,846 N In the Hari-bhakti-vilasa there are so many quotations from the satvata scriptures that sometimes it is inquired how the atheistic smartas can refuse to accept them and instead imagine some other opinions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa there are so many quotations from the sātvata scriptures that sometimes it is inquired how the ath..." current
06:2806:28, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,749 N The Hari-bhakti-vilasa was originally compiled by Srila Sanatana Gosvami. Later, Gopala Bhatta Gosvami produced a shortened version of it and added the Dig-darsini-tika Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Hari-bhakti-vilāsa was originally compiled by Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī. Later, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī produced a..."
06:2006:20, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,609 N Srila Sanatana Gosvami and Srila Rupa Gosvami became genuine gosvamis after dedicating their lives to the service of the Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī became genuine gosvāmīs after dedicating their lives to the service..."
06:1806:18, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,867 N The title gosvami is not an inherited designation; it is meant for a person who has controlled his sense gratification and dedicated his life to executing the order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The title gosvāmī is not an inherited designation; it is meant for a person who has controlled his sense gratification and d..."
06:1506:15, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,527 N A gosvami is one who executes the will of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A gosvāmī, therefore, is one who executes the will of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{co..." current
05:4105:41, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,940 N Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami were previously ministers directly in charge of the government of Nawab Hussain Shah, and they were also householders, but later they became gosvamis Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī were previously ministers directly in charge of the government of Nawab Hussai..."
05:3905:39, 24 May 2021 diff hist +2,869 N When will Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada, who has established within the material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When will Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, who has established within the material world the mission to fulfill the desire..."

17:1017:10, 23 May 2021 diff hist +2,106 N Even after renunciation, he (Rupa Gosvami) returned to Bengal, where he properly divided whatever money he had and gave it to his relatives so that they would not be inconvenienced Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even after renunciation, he returned to Bengal, where he properly divided whatever money he had and gave it to his relatives s..."
17:0817:08, 23 May 2021 diff hist +1,892 N Although Srila Rupa Gosvami renounced his family life, he nevertheless was not unjust to his family members Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī renounced his family life, he nevertheless was not unjust to his family members"}} {{notes|}}..." current
17:0017:00, 23 May 2021 diff hist +2,188 N Indeed, pure devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu even want to see the places He simply visited for only hours or minutes Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Indeed, pure devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu even want to see the places He simply visited for only hours or minutes"}}..."
16:5716:57, 23 May 2021 diff hist +2,273 N A devotee should make a point of visiting all the places where Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu performed His pastimes Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A devotee should make a point of visiting all the places where Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed His pastimes"}} {{notes|}}..." current
16:5616:56, 23 May 2021 diff hist +2,326 N Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura writes in a song (Saranagati 31.3): May I visit all the holy places associated with the lilas of Lord Caitanya and His devotees Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"May I visit all the holy places associated with the līlās of Lord Caitanya and His devotees"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmis..."
16:4816:48, 23 May 2021 diff hist +2,686 The aroma of catuhsama is very pleasing. It is also mentioned in the Hari-bhakti-vilasa No edit summary current
16:4616:46, 23 May 2021 diff hist +2,788 Two parts of musk, four parts of sandalwood, three parts of aguru or saffron and one part of camphor, when mixed together, form catuhsama No edit summary current
16:4616:46, 23 May 2021 diff hist +3,327 In the Garuda Purana this mixture, which is called catuhsama, is described as follows: "Two parts of musk, four parts of sandalwood, three parts of aguru or saffron and one part of camphor, when mixed together, form catuhsama" No edit summary current
16:3316:33, 23 May 2021 diff hist +3,386 N If one thinks that the body of a pure devotee is material, he is an offender, for that is a vaisnava-aparadha. In this connection one should consult Srila Sanatana Gosvami’s Brhad-bhagavatamrta - 1.3.45 and 2.3.139 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one thinks that the body of a pure devotee is material, he is an offender, for that is a vaiṣṇava-aparādha. In this co..."

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