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10:1310:13, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,721 N We can touch only with our hands or skin, but Krsna can touch just by glancing. We can see only with our eyes; we cannot touch or smell with them. Krsna, however, can smell and also eat with His eyes - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We can touch only with our hands or skin, but Kṛṣṇa can touch just by glancing. We can see only with our eyes; we cannot..." current
08:1808:18, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,534 N The Brahma-samhita confirms that the spiritual body of the Supreme Lord is so powerful that any part of His body can perform the functions of any other part - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Brahma-saṁhitā confirms that the spiritual body of the Supreme Lord is so powerful that any part of His body can perfor..." current
08:1608:16, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,361 N Simply by glancing the Lord can conceive countless living entities in the womb of material nature - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Simply by glancing the Lord can conceive countless living entities in the womb of material nature"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Ala..." current
08:1508:15, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,561 N Materially we are limited to impregnating by only one particular part of our body, but the Supreme Lord, Krsna or Maha-Visnu, can impregnate by any part - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Materially we are limited to impregnating by only one particular part of our body, but the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa or Mahā-..." current
08:1308:13, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,435 N Visnu impregnates maya, the material nature, simply by glancing at her. This is the spiritual method - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Viṣṇu impregnates māyā, the material nature, simply by glancing at her. This is the spiritual method"}} {{notes|}} {{com..."
08:1208:12, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,497 N The material universes are manifested by the Lord in the form of Maha-Visnu. Just as a husband and wife combine to beget offspring, Maha-Visnu combines with His wife maya, or material nature - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the material universes are manifested by the Lord in the form of Mahā-Viṣṇu. Just as a husband and wife combine to beget..."
08:1008:10, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,750 N In that (spiritual) sky innumerable planets float, and these are called Vaikunthalokas. In every Vaikunthaloka, Narayana presides with His four expansions: Sankarsana, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Vasudeva - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In that sky innumerable planets float, and these are called Vaikuṇṭhalokas. In every Vaikuṇṭhaloka, Nārāyaṇa presi..."
08:0708:07, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,703 N The material manifestation includes not only this universe but innumerable others as well, but all the material universes combined constitute only one fourth of the total creation. The remaining three fourths is situated in the spiritual sky - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The material manifestation includes not only this universe but innumerable others as well, but all the material universes comb..."
08:0508:05, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,638 N The Vedas inform us that beyond this cosmic manifestation there are extensive planets in the spiritual sky. This material manifestation is regarded as only a small portion of the total creation - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedas inform us that beyond this cosmic manifestation there are extensive planets in the spiritual sky. This material mani..."
08:0308:03, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,521 N Although we cannot see the informant, we accept his information as valid on the basis of sound. Sound vibration, then, is very important in the transmission of Vedic knowledge - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although we cannot see the informant, we accept his information as valid on the basis of sound. Sound vibration, then, is very..."
08:0208:02, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,590 N Even in the material world we accept a great deal of information sent thousands of miles by telephone or radio. In this way we also accept sound as evidence in our daily lives - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even in the material world we accept a great deal of information sent thousands of miles by telephone or radio. In this way we..." current
03:5003:50, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,341 N Sound is very important in Vedic understanding, for, if it is pure, it is accepted as authoritative - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sound is very important in Vedic understanding, for, if it is pure, it is accepted as authoritative"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|A..." current
03:4903:49, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,442 N Any attempt to arrive at this (inconceivable) information through experimental knowledge will fail. The knowledge simply has to be accepted - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Any attempt to arrive at this information through experimental knowledge will fail. The knowledge simply has to be accepted"}}..."
03:4703:47, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,712 N In Srimad-Bhagavatam there is a great deal of information given about the Vaikuntha planetary systems, which are beyond the material universe. Similarly, a great deal of inconceivable information is given in the Caitanya-caritamrta - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam there is a great deal of information given about the Vaikuṇṭha planetary systems, which are beyond..."
03:4503:45, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,730 N Krsna transmits information both from within and from without. We simply have to receive it. If knowledge is received in this way, it doesn’t matter whether it is inconceivable or not - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa transmits information both from within and from without. We simply have to receive it. If knowledge is received in..." current
03:4203:42, 17 July 2021 diff hist +53,071 N There are two processes by which one may receive knowledge: One depends directly upon the SPG, who is situated as the Supersoul within the heart of all living entities, and the other depends upon the guru, who is an expansion of Krsna - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"there are two processes by which one may receive knowledge: One depends directly upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who..."
03:4003:40, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,881 N In Srimad-Bhagavatam it is stated that Krsna, the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, transmitted transcendental knowledge into the heart of Brahma. This, then, is one way knowledge is received - through the heart - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is stated that Kṛṣṇa, the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, transmitted transcenden..."
03:3703:37, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,673 N He (Krsna) is simply stressing the importance of accepting the disciplic succession. The knowledge of that disciplic succession actually comes from the Lord Himself, and if the knowledge descends unbroken, it is perfect - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is simply stressing the importance of accepting the disciplic succession. The knowledge of that disciplic succession actual..."
03:2203:22, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,569 N Vyasadeva imparted it (the knowledge) to Madhvacarya, and from Madhvacarya the knowledge came down to Madhavendra Puri and then to Isvara Puri, and from him to Caitanya Mahaprabhu - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vyāsadeva imparted it to Madhvācārya, and from Madhvācārya the knowledge came down to Mādhavendra Purī and then to Īś..."
03:2003:20, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,829 N Srimad-Bhagavatam explains that Krsna imparted knowledge into the heart of Brahma, the first created being within the universe. Brahma imparted those lessons to his disciple Narada, and Narada imparted that knowledge to his disciple Vyasadeva - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam explains that Kṛṣṇa imparted knowledge into the heart of Brahmā, the first created being within th..."
03:1703:17, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,559 N Knowledge of the superior nature must simply be accepted without argument. How is it possible to argue about something to which we have no access? - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Knowledge of the superior nature must simply be accepted without argument. How is it possible to argue about something to whic..."
03:1503:15, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,748 N That which is beyond our power of conception is called acintya, inconceivable. It is useless to argue or speculate about the inconceivable. If something is truly inconceivable, it is not subject to speculation or experimentation - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"That which is beyond our power of conception is called acintya, inconceivable. It is useless to argue or speculate about the i..."
03:1303:13, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,726 N In the material world there are inanimate objects that are not conscious, but in the spiritual world nothing is inanimate. There a table is conscious, the land is conscious, the trees are conscious - everything is conscious - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world there are inanimate objects that are not conscious, but in the spiritual world nothing is inanimate. The..."
03:1103:11, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,465 N In the spiritual world, where everything is composed of the superior nature, everything is conscious - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the spiritual world, where everything is composed of the superior nature, everything is conscious"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|..."
03:1003:10, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,629 N The body itself is composed of inferior nature, matter, but it is the superior nature that is moving the body. The symptom of that superior nature is consciousness - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The body itself is composed of inferior nature, matter, but it is the superior nature that is moving the body. The symptom of..."
02:5602:56, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,637 N There is another unmanifested nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested matter. It is supreme and is never annihilated. When all in this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"there is another unmanifested nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested matter. It is..." current
02:5102:51, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,556 N In the maha-mantra - Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare - the word "Rama" refers to Balarama. Since Lord Nityananda is Balarama, "Rama" also refers to Lord Nityananda - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the mahā-mantra—Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma R..." current
02:5002:50, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,395 N Hare Krsna, Hare Rama addresses not only Krsna and Balarama but Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda as well - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Rāma addresses not only Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma but Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda as well"}} {{..." current
02:4902:49, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,373 N The subject matter of the Caitanya-caritamrta primarily deals with what is beyond this material creation - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The subject matter of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta primarily deals with what is beyond this material creation"}} {{notes|}} {{co..." current
02:4802:48, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,879 N The cosmic material expansion is called maya, illusion, because it has no eternal existence. Because it is sometimes manifested and sometimes not, it is regarded as illusory. But beyond this temporary manifestation is a higher nature - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The cosmic material expansion is called māyā, illusion, because it has no eternal existence. Because it is sometimes manifes..."
02:4602:46, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,444 N The material world has a manifested state (vyakta) and a potential, unmanifested state (avyakta). The supreme nature is beyond both the manifested and the unmanifested material nature - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The material world has a manifested state (vyakta) and a potential, unmanifested state (avyakta). The supreme nature is beyond..."
02:4402:44, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,590 N Maha-Visnu is actually an expansion of Balarama, who is Krsna's first expansion and, in the Vrndavana pastimes, His brother - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Mahā-Viṣṇu is actually an expansion of Balarāma, who is Kṛṣṇa’s first expansion and, in the Vṛndāvana pastime..."

17:1817:18, 13 July 2021 diff hist +52,531 N Ganges is accepted as the most sacred water of Visnu (because is it Causal Ocean) and is worshiped by all Hindus, from the Himalayas down to the Bay of Bengal - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Ganges is accepted as the most sacred water of Viṣṇu and is worshiped by all Hindus, from the Himalayas down to the Ba..."
17:1617:16, 13 July 2021 diff hist +52,468 N Water from the Causal Ocean flowed through the hole that His (Lord Vamanadeva's) foot made, and it is said that water became the river Ganges - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Water from the Causal Ocean flowed through the hole that His foot made, and it is said that that water became the river Ganges..." current
17:1317:13, 13 July 2021 diff hist +52,512 N There is the story of Vamana, who, when He took three steps, stuck His foot through the covering of this universe - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is the story of Vāmana, who, when He took three steps, stuck His foot through the covering of this universe"}} {{notes|..." current
17:1017:10, 13 July 2021 diff hist +52,488 N Visnu is a large light, and we are small lights, but all are expansions of Krsna - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Viṣṇu is a large light, and we are small lights, but all are expansions of Kṛṣṇa"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha..." current
17:0817:08, 13 July 2021 diff hist +52,878 N Although any number of candles can be lit, the original candle still retains its identity as the origin. In this way Krsna expands Himself into so many forms, and all these expansions are called visnu-tattva - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although any number of candles can be lit, the original candle still retains its identity as the origin. In this way Kṛṣ..." current
17:0617:06, 13 July 2021 diff hist +52,759 N Although there are many expansions, Lord Sri Krsna is the origin, as confirmed in the Brahma-samhita. He is like the original candle, from which many thousands and millions of candles are lit - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although there are many expansions, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the origin, as confirmed in the Brahma-saṁhitā. He is like th..." current
17:0417:04, 13 July 2021 diff hist +52,507 N Krsna's first expansion is Balarama, a portion of whom is manifested as Sankarsana, who then expands as Pradyumna. In this way so many expansions take place - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa’s first expansion is Balarāma, a portion of whom is manifested as Saṅkarṣaṇa, who then expands as Pradyum..."

16:0116:01, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,799 N After offering respects to Lord Caitanya, Krsnadasa Kaviraja begins offering them to Lord Nityananda in the seventh verse of the Caitanya-caritamrta. The author explains that Lord Nityananda is Balarama, who is the origin of Maha-Visnu - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After offering respects to Lord Caitanya, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja begins offering them to Lord Nityānanda in the seventh v..." current
16:0016:00, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,691 N Although this is figurative language, it conveys the meaning behind the appearance of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The full significance of His appearance will be explained in later chapters (of CC) - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although this is figurative language, it conveys the meaning behind the appearance of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The full significa..." current
15:5815:58, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,674 N Just as the moon was produced by the churning of the sea, by the churning of spiritual loving affairs the moon of Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared. Indeed, Lord Caitanya's complexion was golden, just like the luster of the moon - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Just as the moon was produced by the churning of the sea, by the churning of spiritual loving affairs the moon of Caitanya Mah..." current
15:5615:56, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,393 N To taste the essence of that loving exchange, Krsna made His appearance in the same way that the moon appears on the horizon of the sea - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To taste the essence of that loving exchange, Kṛṣṇa made His appearance in the same way that the moon appears on the hor..." current
15:5115:51, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,588 N Krsna expressed surprise: "Why am I attracted by Radharani? And when Radharani feels My love, what is She actually feeling?" - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa expressed surprise"|"Why am I attracted by Rādhārāṇī? And when Rādhārāṇī feels My love, what is She ac..." current
15:4815:48, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,646 N The love of a woman, that potency and pleasure, is absent in man, and therefore a man wants a woman. But this is not the case with Krsna, who is full in Himself - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The love of a woman, that potency and pleasure, is absent in man, and therefore a man wants a woman. But this is not the case..."
15:3315:33, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,645 N It seems strange that Krsna, as the Supreme, should be attracted by anyone's love. A man searches after the love of a woman because he is imperfect - he lacks something - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It seems strange that Kṛṣṇa, as the Supreme, should be attracted by anyone’s love. A man searches after the love of a..." current
15:3115:31, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,773 N Krsna desired to know the glory of Radha's love. "Why is She so much in love with Me?" Krsna asked. "What is My special qualification that attracts Her so? And what is the actual way in which She loves Me?" - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa desired to know the glory of Rādhā’s love"|"Why is She so much in love with Me"|"Kṛṣṇa asked"|"What is M..." current
15:2715:27, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,942 N When Krsna desired to enjoy His pleasure potency, He manifested Himself in the separate form of Radharani, & when He wanted to understand Himself through the agency of Radha, He united with Radharani, & that unification is called Lord Caitanya - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Kṛṣṇa desired to enjoy His pleasure potency, He manifested Himself in the separate form of Rādhārāṇī, and whe..." current
15:2015:20, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,579 N In order to understand that Radha and Krsna are one and that They also become divided, the question "When?" automatically comes to mind - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In order to understand that Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are one and that They also become divided, the question"|"automatically co..." current
15:1815:18, 12 July 2021 diff hist +52,846 N Although we speak of "when" Krsna desires, just when He did desire we cannot say. We only speak in this way because in conditioned life we take it that everything has a beginning; however, in spiritual life everything is absolute - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa desires, just when He did desire we cannot say. We only speak in this way because in conditioned life we take it t..." current

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