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15:1615:16, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,893 N Those who worship Narayana first of all utter the name of Laksmi, as Laksmi-Narayana. Similarly, those who worship Rama first of all utter the name of Sita. In any case - Sita-Rama, Radha-Krsna, Laksmi-Narayana - the potency always comes first - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"those who worship Nārāyaṇa first of all utter the name of Lakṣmī, as Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa. Similarly, those who worsh..." current
14:3314:33, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,337 N Without Radha there is no meaning to Krsna, and without Krsna there is no meaning to Radha - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"without Rādhā there is no meaning to Kṛṣṇa, and without Kṛṣṇa there is no meaning to Rādhā"}} {{notes|}} {{com..." current
14:3114:31, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,691 N It is not that Radharani is separate from Krsna. Radharani is also Krsna, for there is no difference between the energy and the energetic. Without energy, there is no meaning to the energetic, and without the energetic, there is no energy - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not that Rādhārāṇī is separate from Kṛṣṇa. Rādhārāṇī is also Kṛṣṇa, for there is no difference b..." current
14:2914:29, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,429 N Of the many extensions, expansions and incarnations of the Lord, this pleasure potency is the foremost and chief - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Of the many extensions, expansions and incarnations of the Lord, this pleasure potency is the foremost and chief"}} {{notes|}}..." current
14:2814:28, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,832 N Krsna does not take pleasure in this external energy but exhibits His internal energy, His pleasure potency, as Radharani and then enjoys with Her. Thus Krsna manifests Himself as Radharani in order to enjoy His internal pleasure potency - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa does not take pleasure in this external energy but exhibits His internal energy, His pleasure potency, as Rādhār..." current
14:2414:24, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,793 N Krsna does not take any pleasure in this material world, but He has a pleasure potency. Because we are part and parcel of Krsna, the pleasure potency is within us also, but we are trying to exhibit that pleasure potency in matter - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa does not take any pleasure in this material world, but He has a pleasure potency. Because we are part and parcel o..." current
14:2214:22, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,598 N The pleasure potency of Krsna's internal energy is a most difficult subject matter, and unless one understands what Krsna is, one cannot understand it - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The pleasure potency of Kṛṣṇa’s internal energy is a most difficult subject matter, and unless one understands what K..."

17:2917:29, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,615 N We should understand what Radha-Krsna actually is. Radha and Krsna display Their pastimes through Krsna's internal energy - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we should understand what Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa actually is. Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa display Their pastimes through Kṛṣṇa..."
17:2717:27, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,507 N They (ordinary men) foolishly think that Krsna is like themselves and that He embraces the gopis just as an ordinary man embraces a young girl - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"They foolishly think that Kṛṣṇa is like themselves and that He embraces the gopīs just as an ordinary man embraces a yo..."
17:2517:25, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,679 N Krsna's embracing Radharani or His dancing with the cowherd girls in the rasa dance are generally not understood by ordinary men, because they consider these pastimes in the light of mundane lust - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa’s embracing Rādhārāṇī or His dancing with the cowherd girls in the rāsa dance are generally not understoo..."
17:2317:23, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,436 N Unfortunately, unintelligent people turn at once to the sports of Krsna in the Dasama-skandha, the Tenth Canto (of SB) - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Unfortunately, unintelligent people turn at once to the sports of Kṛṣṇa in the Daśama-skandha, the Tenth Canto"}} {{not..."
17:2117:21, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,809 N To learn how Krsna enjoys pleasure, we must study the first nine cantos of Srimad-Bhagavatam, and then we should study the Tenth Canto, in which Krsna's pleasure potency is displayed in His pastimes with Radharani and the damsels of Vraja - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To learn how Kṛṣṇa enjoys pleasure, we must study the first nine cantos of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and then we should stud..."
17:1717:17, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,954 N In the Bhagavad-gita Krsna describes the material universe as a nonpermanent place full of miseries. Why, then, would He seek pleasure in matter? He is the Supersoul, the supreme spirit, and His pleasure is beyond the material conception - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa describes the material universe as a nonpermanent place full of miseries. Why, then, would..."
16:4816:48, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,368 N All living entities have this pleasure-seeking potency, for all beings are trying to have pleasure. This is the very nature of the living entity - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"All living entities have this pleasure-seeking potency, for all beings are trying to have pleasure. This is the very nature of..." current
16:4616:46, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,564 N This brings up the question of who Srimati Radharani is and what Radha-Krsna is. Actually Radha-Krsna is the exchange of love - but not ordinary love - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This brings up the question of who Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is and what Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa is. Actually Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa..." current
16:4416:44, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,641 N In order to study Radharani, Krsna lived in Her role and tried to understand Himself. This is the secret of Lord Caitanya's incarnation - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In order to study Rādhārāṇī, Kṛṣṇa lived in Her role and tried to understand Himself. This is the secret of Lord C..." current
16:4216:42, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,779 N Although they (other scriptures) officially promote love of Godhead, they have no idea how to execute it. But Caitanya Mahaprabhu gives a practical demonstration of how to love God in a conjugal relationship - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although they officially promote love of Godhead, they have no idea how to execute it. But Caitanya Mahāprabhu gives a practi..."
16:3916:39, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,863 N The Vedic scriptures are different in that they can direct the individual in the proper way to love God. Other scriptures do not give information on how one can love God, nor do they actually define or describe what or who Godhead actually is - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedic scriptures, however, are different in that they can direct the individual in the proper way to love God. Other scrip..."
16:3616:36, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,574 N Caitanya Mahaprabhu informs us that in every country and in every scripture there is some hint of love of Godhead. But no one knows what love of Godhead actually is - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Caitanya Mahāprabhu informs us that in every country and in every scripture there is some hint of love of Godhead. But no one..."
16:2316:23, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,491 N Whatever we find within our experience within this conditioned life is situated in the Supreme Lord, who is the ultimate source of everything - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Whatever we find within our experience within this conditioned life is situated in the Supreme Lord, who is the ultimate sourc..."
16:2016:20, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,455 N Even in this material world we can have a little sense of love. How is this possible? It is due to the presence of our original love of God - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even in this material world we can have a little sense of love. How is this possible? It is due to the presence of our origina..." current
16:1916:19, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,435 N It is the unique and highest development of love of God that is given by Caitanya Mahaprabhu - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is the unique and highest development of love of God that is given by Caitanya Mahāprabhu"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankru..." current
16:1616:16, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,578 N We have often heard the phrase "love of Godhead." How far this love of Godhead can actually be developed can be learned from the Vaisnava philosophy - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We have often heard the phrase"|"love of Godhead"|"How far this love of Godhead can actually be developed can be learned from..."
16:1316:13, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,857 N Krsna was so obliged to the gopis, the cowherd girls of Vrndavana, that He felt unable to return their love. "I cannot repay your love," He told them. "I have no more assets to give" - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa was so obliged to the gopīs, the cowherd girls of Vṛndāvana, that He felt unable to return their love"|"I cann..." current
16:1016:10, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,606 N In this relationship (Krsna can be treated as one's lover) the Lord becomes so much attached to His devotee that He expresses His inability to reciprocate - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this relationship the Lord becomes so much attached to His devotee that He expresses His inability to reciprocate"}} {{note..."
15:0115:01, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,849 N It was in this relationship that Krsna's mother, Yasoda, told the Lord, "Here, eat this or You'll die. Eat nicely." In this way Krsna, although the proprietor of everything, depends on the mercy of His devotee - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It was in this relationship that Kṛṣṇa’s mother, Yaśodā, told the Lord"|"Here, eat this or You’ll die. Eat nicely"..." current
14:5914:59, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,593 N The son demands, and the father and mother supply, and in supplying Krsna the devotee becomes like a father or mother. Instead of taking from God, we give to God - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The son demands, and the father and mother supply, and in supplying Kṛṣṇa the devotee becomes like a father or mother. I..." current
14:5614:56, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,275 N The great devotees sometimes treat God (Krsna) as a son in their execution of devotional service - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The great devotees, however, sometimes treat God as a son in their execution of devotional service"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Al..." current
14:5514:55, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,586 N There are no other scriptures in the world in which God (Krsna) is treated as the son of a devotee. Usually God is seen as the almighty father who supplies the demands of His sons - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are no other scriptures in the world in which God is treated as the son of a devotee. Usually God is seen as the almight..."
14:4914:49, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,733 N There are different stages of devotional service and God realization. Strictly speaking, anyone who accepts the existence of God is situated in devotional service. To acknowledge that God is great is something, but not much - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are different stages of devotional service and God realization. Strictly speaking, anyone who accepts the existence of G..."
14:4614:46, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,847 N Rupa Gosvami praises Lord Caitanya as the most munificent incarnation of all, for He gives the greatest gift by teaching the highest form of devotional service. In other words, He answers the most important inquiries that anyone can make - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Rūpa Gosvāmī thus praises Lord Caitanya as the most munificent incarnation of all, for He gives the greatest gift by teachi..."
14:3414:34, 11 July 2021 diff hist +50,873 Sri Isopanisad, Mantra 15 - O my Lord, sustainer of all that lives, Your real face is covered by Your dazzling effulgence. Kindly remove that covering and exhibit Yourself to Your pure devotee No edit summary current
14:3214:32, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,489 N O my Lord, sustainer of all that lives, Your real face is covered by Your dazzling effulgence. Kindly remove that covering and exhibit Yourself to Your pure devotee - Sri Isopanisad 15 - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O my Lord, sustainer of all that lives, Your real face is covered by Your dazzling effulgence. Kindly remove that covering and..." current
14:3014:30, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,689 N The impersonalists do not have the power to go beyond the effulgence of God and arrive at the Personality of Godhead, from whom this effulgence is emanating. The Isopanisad is a hymn to that Personality of Godhead - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The impersonalists do not have the power to go beyond the effulgence of God and arrive at the Personality of Godhead, from who..." current
14:1214:12, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,314 N As the Vedanta-sutra says at the very beginning, athato brahma jijnasa: "Now let us begin to inquire about the Supreme Absolute Truth" - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As the Vedānta-sūtra says at the very beginning, athāto brahma jijñāsā"|"Now let us begin to inquire about the Supreme A..." current
14:1014:10, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,253 N The Mayavadis would have all talk cease there, but at that point the real discussion only begins - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Māyāvādīs would have all talk cease there, but at that point the real discussion only begins"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|..." current
14:0914:09, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,772 N In the Bhagavad-gita Krsna begins His teachings by distinguishing the soul from matter, and in the Eighteenth Chapter He concludes at the point where the soul surrenders to Him in devotion - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa begins His teachings by distinguishing the soul from matter, and in the Eighteenth Chapter..."
13:5413:54, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,836 N Lord Caitanya's teachings begin from the point of surrender to Krsna. He does not pursue the paths of karma-yoga or jnana-yoga or hatha-yoga but begins at the end of material existence, at the point where one gives up all material attachment - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya’s teachings begin from the point of surrender to Kṛṣṇa. He does not pursue the paths of karma-yoga or j..."
13:5213:52, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,686 N Rupa Gosvami said, "I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord Krsna Caitanya, who is more magnanimous than any other avatara, even Krsna Himself, because He is bestowing freely what no one else has ever given - pure love of Krsna" - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, who is more magnanimous than any other avat..."
13:4813:48, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,145 N Srila Rupa Gosvami, a confidential devotee taught for more than ten days continually by Lord Caitanya - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, a confidential devotee taught for more than ten days continually by Lord Caitanya"}} {{notes|}} {{com..." current
13:3513:35, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,868 N Although all these great scriptures (BG and SB) are on the same absolute level, for the sake of comparative study the Caitanya-caritamrta is considered to be on the highest platform. Every verse in it is perfectly composed - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although all these great scriptures are on the same absolute level, for the sake of comparative study the Caitanya-caritāmṛ..."
13:2413:24, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,259 N Ideally, one begins with the Bhagavad-gita and advances through Srimad-Bhagavatam to the Caitanya-caritamrta - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Ideally, one begins with the Bhagavad-gītā and advances through Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to the Caitanya-caritāmṛta"}} {{note..."
13:2313:23, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,673 N In the Visistadvaita philosophy, God's energies, expansions and incarnations are considered to be oneness in diversity. In other words, God is not separate from all of these: everything together is God - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Viśiṣṭādvaita philosophy, God’s energies, expansions and incarnations are considered to be oneness in diversity..." current
13:2113:21, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,591 N Krsna should not be thought of as being alone but should be considered as eternally existing with all His manifestations, as described by Ramanujacarya - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa should not be thought of as being alone but should be considered as eternally existing with all His manifestations..." current
13:1913:19, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,727 N As His (Caitanya's) associate Nityananda, He is the first expansion of God; as Advaita, He is an incarnation; as Gadadhara, He is the internal potency; and as Srivasa, He is the marginal living entity in the role of a devotee - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As His associate Nityānanda, He is the first expansion of God; as Advaita, He is an incarnation; as Gadādhara, He is the int..."
13:1713:17, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,677 N Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu (sometimes called Krsna Caitanya) is the embodiment of all of these: He is God, guru, devotee, incarnation, internal energy and expansion of God - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu (sometimes called Kṛṣṇa Caitanya) is the embodiment of all of these: He is God, guru, devotee,..." current
13:1413:14, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,759 N After offering obeisances to the disciplic succession, the author pays obeisances to all other devotees, to the Lord Himself, to His incarnations, to the expansions of Godhead and to the manifestation of Krsna's internal energy - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After offering obeisances to the disciplic succession, the author pays obeisances to all other devotees, to the Lord Himself,..." current
12:5612:56, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,698 N He (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) offers obeisances not to his spiritual master alone but to the whole parampara, the chain of disciplic succession beginning with Lord Krsna Himself - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He offers obeisances not to his spiritual master alone but to the whole paramparā, the chain of disciplic succession beginnin..."
12:5412:54, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,736 N In the beginning of the Caitanya-caritamrta, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami writes, "I offer my respects to my spiritual masters." He uses the plural here to indicate the disciplic succession - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the beginning of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī writes"|"I offer my respects to my spirit..." current
12:5212:52, 11 July 2021 diff hist +52,577 N The Caitanya-caritamrta shows that there are many wonderful things to discover by glorifying the Supreme - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Caitanya-caritāmṛta shows that there are many wonderful things to discover by glorifying the Supreme"}} {{notes|}} {{co..." current

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