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• 15:49, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Such mellows (rasabhasa, an overlapping mellow) are called uparasa (submellows), anurasa (imitation transcendental mellows) and aparasa - opposing transcendental mellows (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such mellows are called uparasa (submellows), anurasa (imitation transcendental mellows) and aparasa (opposing transcendental...")
• 15:47, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page A mellow temporarily appearing transcendental but contradicting mellows previously stated and lacking some of a mellow’s necessities is called rasabhasa, an overlapping mellow, by advanced devotees who know how to taste transcendental mellows (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A mellow temporarily appearing transcendental but contradicting mellows previously stated and lacking some of a mellow’s nec...")
• 15:35, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The present Krsna consciousness movement is nondifferent from the pastimes performed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu when He was personally present, for the same principles are being followed and the same actions performed without fail (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The present Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is nondifferent from the pastimes performed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu when...")
• 15:28, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Any person who knows the science of Krsna and who is fully qualified in spiritual life can become jagad-guru. Thus Caitanya personally took lessons from Sri Ramananda Raya and also sent Pradyumna Misra, an exalted brahmana, to take lessons from him (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Any person who knows the science of Kṛṣṇa and who is fully qualified in spiritual life can become jagad-guru. Thus Śrī...")
• 15:24, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Even people who never see what a jagad-guru is and never talk with other people become puffed-up sannyasis and declare themselves jagad-gurus. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not like this (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even people who never see what a jagad-guru is and never talk with other people become puffed-up sannyāsīs and declare thems...")
• 15:16, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page This is the principle of the Vaisnava cult, as evinced in the teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is the principle of the Vaiṣṇava cult, as evinced in the teachings of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu"}} {{notes|}} {{comp...")
• 15:12, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Caitanya Mahaprabhu proved that a person like Ramananda Raya, although born in a sudra family and situated in the grhastha-asrama, can become the spiritual master of such exalted personalities as Himself and Pradyumna Misra (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Caitanya Mahāprabhu proved that a person like Rāmānanda Rāya, although born in a śūdra family and situated in the gṛha...")
• 15:10, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Highly exalted brahmanas think that unless one is born in a brahmana family, one cannot become a spiritual master and teach the Absolute Truth (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"highly exalted brahmanas think that unless one is born in a brahmana family, one cannot become a spiritual master and teach th...")
• 15:04, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Persons born in brahmana families think that because they execute the ritualistic ceremonies recommended in the Vedas and follow the principles of smrti, they alone can become spiritual masters of society (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"persons born in brāhmaṇa families think that because they execute the ritualistic ceremonies recommended in the Vedas and f...")
• 14:58, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Sannyasis in the line of Sankaracarya always think that they have performed all the duties of brahmanas and that, furthermore, having understood the essence of the Vedanta-sutra and become sannyasis, they are the natural spiritual masters of all society (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"sannyāsīs in the line of Śaṅkarācārya always think that they have performed all the duties of brāhmaṇas and that, fu...")
• 14:36, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Kiratas, Hunas, Andhras, Pulindas, Pulkasas, Abhiras, Sumbhas, Yavanas and members of the Khasa races, and even others addicted to sinful acts, can be purified by taking shelter of the devotees of the Lord, due to His being the supreme power (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kiratas, Hunas, Andhras, Pulindas, Pulkasas, Abhiras, Sumbhas, Yavanas and members of the Khasa races, and even others addicte...")
• 14:30, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The Krsna consciousness movement is creating pure, exalted Vaisnavas even from those born in families considered lower than those of sudras. This is proof that a Vaisnava may appear in any family, as confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is creating pure, exalted Vaiṣṇavas even from those born in families considered low...")
• 14:26, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Ordinary people cannot understand the essence of sastra, nor can they understand the pure character, behavior and abilities of strict followers of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s principles (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ordinary people cannot understand the essence of śāstra, nor can they understand the pure character, behavior and abilities...")
• 14:24, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page According to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s philosophy, anyone who knows the science of Krsna can become a spiritual master, without reference to whether or not he is a brahmana or sannyasi (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"anyone who knows the science of Kṛṣṇa can become a spiritual master, without reference to whether or not he is a brāhma...")
• 14:19, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself, although belonging to the renounced order, took instruction from Sri Ramananda Raya. In this way Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu exhibited His opulence through Sri Ramananda Raya. That is the special significance of this incident (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself, although belonging to the renounced order, took instruction from Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya. In thi...")
• 14:16, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Ramananda Raya was a grhastha belonging to the sudra class, yet Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu arranged for him to be the master who taught Pradyumna Misra, a highly qualified brahmana born in a brahmana family (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Rāmānanda Rāya was a gṛhastha belonging to the śūdra class, yet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arranged for him to be the m...")
• 14:10, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The brahmana is supposed to be the spiritual master of the other three varnas, namely ksatriya, vaisya and sudra, and the sannyasi is supposed to be the spiritual master even of the exalted brahmanas (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The brāhmaṇa is supposed to be the spiritual master of the other three varṇas, namely kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra, an...")
• 14:08, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page A person born in a brahmana family, duly reformed by the purificatory processes and properly initiated by a spiritual master, is an authority on Vedic literature. When such a person is offered the sannyasa order, he comes to occupy the topmost position (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to public opinion, a person born in a brāhmaṇa family, duly reformed by the purificatory processes and properly i...")
• 14:01, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Sannyasa, the renounced order of life, is the topmost position for a brahmana, a member of the highest of the four varnas - brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sannyāsa, the renounced order of life, is the topmost position for a brāhmaṇa, a member of the highest of the four varṇa...")
• 13:59, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page When a man is greatly learned in the Vedanta-sutras, he is known as a pandita, or learned scholar. Generally this qualification is attributed to brahmanas and sannyasis (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When a man is greatly learned in the Vedānta-sūtras, he is known as a paṇḍita, or learned scholar. Generally this qualif...")
• 13:53, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 13:03, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 12:56, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 12:50, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 12:43, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 12:39, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 12:35, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 12:34, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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}} {{...")
• 12:28, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 12:25, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 12:21, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 12:19, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 12:13, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 12:11, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 12:04, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 12:02, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 08:16, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 08:14, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 08:05, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 08:01, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 07:57, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 07:53, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 07:49, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 07:27, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 07:20, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 07:18, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 07:12, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 07:04, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 07:02, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")
• 06:47, 24 May 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page 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...")