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12:3312:33, 18 July 2021 diff hist +53,016 N One may ask that if Caitanya is Krsna Himself, then why did He need a spiritual master? Of course, He did not need a spiritual master, but because He was playing the role of acarya (one who teaches by example), He accepted a spiritual master - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"One may ask that if Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself, then why did He need a spiritual master? Of course He did not..."
12:2812:28, 18 July 2021 diff hist +52,863 N Even Krsna Himself accepted a spiritual master, for that is the system. In this way the Lord sets the example for men. We should not think, however, that the Lord takes a spiritual master because He is in want of knowledge - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even Kṛṣṇa Himself accepted a spiritual master, for that is the system. In this way the Lord sets the example for men. W..." current
12:2512:25, 18 July 2021 diff hist +52,722 N Although we may not be in touch with the original personality who first imparted the knowledge, we may receive the same knowledge through this (disciplic succession) process of transmission - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although we may not be in touch with the original personality who first imparted the knowledge, we may receive the same knowle..."
12:2212:22, 18 July 2021 diff hist +52,338 N According to the Vedic method, sabda, or transcendental sound, is regarded as evidence - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the Vedic method, śabda, or transcendental sound, is regarded as evidence"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}}..." current
10:1210:12, 18 July 2021 diff hist +52,507 N We are not aware that spiritual energy is so powerful that it can do anything and everything. Material energy is dependent on certain laws, but spiritual energy is fully independent - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We are not aware that spiritual energy is so powerful that it can do anything and everything. Material energy is dependent on..." current
10:1010:10, 18 July 2021 diff hist +52,427 N The word advaita means "nondual," and His name is such because He is nondifferent from the Supreme Lord - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The word advaita means"|"and His name is such because He is nondifferent from the Supreme Lord"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankr..." current
10:0510:05, 18 July 2021 diff hist +52,905 N Narottama dasa Thakura sings: My dear Lord Caitanya, please have mercy upon me. There is no one who is as merciful as You. My plea is most urgent because Your mission is to deliver fallen souls, and no one is more fallen than I. I beg priority - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear Lord Caitanya, please have mercy upon me. There is no one who is as merciful as You. My plea is most urgent because Yo..."
10:0210:02, 18 July 2021 diff hist +52,723 N In the spiritual world of Vrndavana the buildings are made of touchstone, the cows are known as surabhi cows, givers of abundant milk, and the trees are known as wish-fulfilling trees, for they yield whatever one desires - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the spiritual world of Vṛndāvana the buildings are made of touchstone, the cows are known as surabhi cows, givers of abu..."
10:0010:00, 18 July 2021 diff hist +52,399 N The more Krsna conscious we become and the more we advance, the more everything is revealed as spiritual - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The more Kṛṣṇa conscious we become and the more we advance, the more everything is revealed as spiritual"}} {{notes|}} {..."
09:3709:37, 18 July 2021 diff hist +52,746 N The author of the Caitanya-caritamrta prays that just as Krsna attracted the gopis by the sweet sound of His flute, He will also attract the reader's mind by that transcendental vibration - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta prays that just as Kṛṣṇa attracted the gopīs by the sweet sound of His flute,..." current
09:3409:34, 18 July 2021 diff hist +52,569 N Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami petitions the blessings of Lord Gopinatha: "May that Gopinatha, the master of the gopis, Krsna, bless you. May you become blessed by Gopinatha" - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī petitions the blessings of Lord Gopīnātha"|"May that Gopīnātha, the master of the gop..." current
08:4508:45, 18 July 2021 diff hist +52,575 N Krsna is called Gopinatha because He is the beloved master of the gopis - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇa is therefore called Gopīnātha because He is the beloved master of the gopīs"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha..." current
08:4408:44, 18 July 2021 diff hist +52,875 N Krsna called these girls (gopis) from their homes and invited them to dance with Him. That dance is called the rasa-lila dance, and it is the most elevated of all the Vrndavana pastimes - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He called these girls from their homes and invited them to dance with Him. That dance is called the rāsa-līlā dance, and it..." current
08:3408:34, 18 July 2021 diff hist +52,983 N The gopis were childhood friends of Krsna, and many were married, for in India the girls are generally married by the age of twelve. The boys are not married before eighteen, so Krsna, who was fifteen or sixteen at the time, was not married - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These gopīs were childhood friends of Kṛṣṇa, and many were married, for in India the girls are generally married by the..." current
08:2708:27, 18 July 2021 diff hist +52,659 N Finally Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami offers his blessings to his readers in the name of the Gopinatha Deity, who is Krsna as master and proprietor of the gopis - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Finally Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī offers his blessings to his readers in the name of the Gopīnātha Deity, who is..."
08:2308:23, 18 July 2021 diff hist +52,712 N Even today in India people decorate swinging thrones and re-create this scene during the month of July-August. Generally at that time people go to Vrndavana to offer their respects to the Deities there - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Even today in India people decorate swinging thrones and re-create this scene during the month of July-August. Generally at th..."
08:2108:21, 18 July 2021 diff hist +52,767 N In the sixteenth verse of the Caitanya-caritamrta he describes Radharani and Krsna as seated beneath a wish-fulfilling tree in Vrndavana, on a throne decorated with valuable jewels - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in the sixteenth verse of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta he describes Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa as seated beneath a wish-ful..." current
08:1908:19, 18 July 2021 diff hist +52,535 N Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami considered the Vrndavana in India to be as good as the Vrndavana in the spiritual sky - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī considered the Vṛndāvana in India to be as good as the Vṛndāvana in the spiritual s..." current

18:3318:33, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,523 N One great devotee asked, "When will my mind become cleansed of all hankering for material enjoyment so I will be able to see Vrndavana?" - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When will my mind become cleansed of all hankering for material enjoyment so I will be able to see Vṛndāvana"|"one great de..."
18:2518:25, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,448 N Vrndavana is actually experienced as it is by persons who have stopped trying to derive pleasure from material enjoyment - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Vṛndāvana is actually experienced as it is by persons who have stopped trying to derive pleasure from material enjoyment"}}..." current
18:2418:24, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,864 N The Gosvamis would live under a tree for one night only, and the trees would satisfy all their desires. For the common man this may all seem very wonderful, but as one makes progress in devotional service, all this can be realized - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Gosvāmīs would live under a tree for one night only, and the trees would satisfy all their desires. For the common man t..." current
18:2218:22, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,903 N Although one may complain that no kalpa-vrksa, wish-fulfilling trees, exist there, when the Gosvamis were there, kalpa-vrksa were present. It is not that one can simply go to such a tree and make demands; one must first become a devotee - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although one may complain that no kalpa-vṛkṣa, wish-fulfilling trees, exist there, when the Gosvāmīs were there, kalpa-v..."
18:1918:19, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,505 N Devotees (of Krsna) take shelter of the Vrndavana in India, for it is considered to be a replica of the original Vrndavana - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"devotees take shelter of the Vṛndāvana in India, for it is considered to be a replica of the original Vṛndāvana"}} {{not..." current
18:1718:17, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,863 N When Krsna descends to the material world, this same Vrndavana descends with Him, just as an entourage accompanies an important personage. Because when Krsna comes His land also comes, Vrndavana is considered to exist beyond the material world - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Kṛṣṇa descends to the material world, this same Vṛndāvana descends with Him, just as an entourage accompanies an..." current
18:1518:15, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,596 N In Vrndavana Krsna herds the surabhi cows, and He is worshiped by hundreds and thousands of gopis, cowherd girls, who are all goddesses of fortune - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Vṛndāvana Kṛṣṇa herds the surabhi cows, and He is worshiped by hundreds and thousands of gopīs, cowherd girls, wh..." current
18:1418:14, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,667 N The Madana-mohana Deity simply establishes that "I am Your eternal servant." With Govinda, however, there is actual acceptance of service. Govinda resides eternally in Vrndavana - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Madana-mohana Deity simply establishes that"|"I am Your eternal servant"|"With Govinda, however, there is actual acceptanc..." current
18:0018:00, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,610 N To know Krsna is to know one's self, & to know one's self is to know one's relationship with Krsna. Since this relationship can be learned by worshiping the Madana-mohana vigraha, Krsnadasa Kaviraja first establishes his relationship with Him - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To know Kṛṣṇa is to know one’s self, and to know one’s self is to know one’s relationship with Kṛṣṇa. Since..."
17:5817:58, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,325 N In the execution of Krsna consciousness, our first business is to know Krsna and our relationship with Him - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the execution of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, our first business is to know Kṛṣṇa and our relationship with Him"}} {{no..." current
17:5617:56, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,521 N In the fifteenth verse of the Caitanya-caritamrta, Krsnadasa offers his obeisances to the Madana-mohana vigraha, the Deity who can help us progress in Krsna consciousness - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the fifteenth verse of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Kṛṣṇadāsa offers his obeisances to the Madana-mohana vigraha, the..." current
17:5517:55, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,725 N As a resident of Vrndavana, Krsnadasa Kaviraja offers his respects to the Deities in these temples and requests God's favor: "My progress in spiritual life is very slow, so I'm asking Your help" - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As a resident of Vṛndāvana, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja offers his respects to the Deities in these temples and requests God..."
17:5117:51, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,696 N When Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami was living in Vrndavana, there were not very many temples. At that time the three principal temples were those of Madana-mohana, Govindaji and Gopinatha - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī was living in Vṛndāvana, there were not very many temples. At that time the three..." current
17:5017:50, 17 July 2021 diff hist +53,029 N Krsnadasa Kaviraja was requested to write the CC by the devotees of Vrndavana. Although he began this work at a very old age, by the grace of Caitanya he finished it. Today it remains the most authoritative book on Caitanya's philosophy & life - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He was requested to write the Caitanya-caritāmṛta by the devotees of Vṛndāvana. Although he began this work at a very ol..."
17:4717:47, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,775 N Although he (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) was very old, he started out that very night and went to live in Vrndavana. While he was there, he met some of the Gosvamis, principal disciples of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although he was very old, he started out that very night and went to live in Vṛndāvana. While he was there, he met some of..."
17:2217:22, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,879 N He (Krsnadasa Kaviraja) worshiped Radha-Krsna with his family, and once when there was some misunderstanding among his family members about devotional service, he was advised by Nityananda Prabhu in a dream to leave home and go to Vrndavana - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He worshiped Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa with his family, and once when there was some misunderstanding among his family members about..."
17:1917:19, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,605 N Krsnadasa Kaviraja was an inhabitant of Vrndavana and a great devotee. He had been living with his family in Katwa, a small town in the district of Burdwan, in Bengal - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja was an inhabitant of Vṛndāvana and a great devotee. He had been living with his family in Katwa,..." current
17:1717:17, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,949 N Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the source of energy for all His devotees. Since this is the case, if we take shelter of Caitanya Mahaprabhu for the successful execution of Krsna consciousness, we are sure to make progress - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the source of energy for all His devotees. Since this is the case, if we take shelter of Caitanya Mah..."
17:1517:15, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,727 N Although Advaitacarya is the Lord, He appeared just to distribute the knowledge of Krsna consciousness. Thus He is also the Lord incarnated as a devotee - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although Advaitācārya is the Lord, He appeared just to distribute the knowledge of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Thus He is als..." current
17:1417:14, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,592 N Although Lord Caitanya is Sri Krsna Himself, He appeared as a devotee to teach people in general how to love Krsna - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although Lord Caitanya is Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself, He appeared as a devotee to teach people in general how to love Kṛṣ..."
17:1117:11, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,599 N He (Advaita) is also called acarya, teacher, because He disseminated Krsna consciousness. In this way He is just like Caitanya Mahaprabhu - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"He is also called ācārya, teacher, because He disseminated Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In this way He is just like Caitanya M..." current
16:5216:52, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,856 N It is not possible for us to imagine the breathing power of Maha-Visnu, who is but a partial manifestation of Lord Nityananda. This the author of the Caitanya-caritamrta explains in the ninth verse - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it is not possible for us to imagine the breathing power of Mahā-Viṣṇu, who is but a partial manifestation of Lord Nityā..."
16:5016:50, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,492 N The whole life of Brahma is contained within one breath of Maha-Visnu - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the whole life of Brahmā is contained within one breath of Mahā-Viṣṇu"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{complete|A..."
16:4816:48, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,752 N Lord Brahma lives only for the duration of one breath, and according to our time scale 4,320,000,000 years constitute only twelve hours for Brahma, & he lives one hundred of his years - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Brahmā lives only for the duration of one breath, and according to our time scale 4,320,000,000 years constitute only tw..."
16:4316:43, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,592 N In the material world we have no experience of such a thing but we do experience a perverted reflection in the phenomenon of perspiration - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the material world we have no experience of such a thing, but we do experience a perverted reflection in the phenomenon of..." current
16:4216:42, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,666 N We cannot imagine the duration of one breath of Maha-Visnu, for within one breath all the universes are created and annihilated. This is stated in the Brahma-samhita - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We cannot imagine, however, the duration of one breath of Mahā-Viṣṇu, for within one breath all the universes are created..." current
16:0216:02, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,448 N Countless universes reside like seeds within the skin pores of Maha-Visnu and when He exhales they are all manifested - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Countless universes reside like seeds within the skin pores of Mahā-Viṣṇu, and when He exhales, they are all manifested"}..." current
16:0016:00, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,615 N In this material world sex is required to produce children, but in the spiritual world a man can produce as many children as he likes without having to take help from his wife. So there is no sex there - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this material world sex is required to produce children, but in the spiritual world a man can produce as many children as h..."
14:1414:14, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,726 N Visnu does not require anything in order to create. He does not require the goddess Laksmi in order to give birth to Brahma, for he is born from a lotus flower that grows from the navel of Visnu - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Viṣṇu does not require anything in order to create. He does not require the goddess Lakṣmī in order to give birth to Br..."
10:2010:20, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,697 N Our eating process will be similar to His (God's) when we are completely on the spiritual platform. On that platform every part of the body can act on behalf of any other part - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Our eating process will be similar to His when we are completely on the spiritual platform. On that platform every part of the..." current
10:1710:17, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,548 N It is not that Krsna does not eat or that we imagine that He eats; He actually eats, but His eating is different from ours - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not that Kṛṣṇa does not eat or that we imagine that He eats; He actually eats, but His eating is different from ou..." current
10:1610:16, 17 July 2021 diff hist +52,820 N When food is offered to Krsna, we do not see Him eating, but He eats simply by glancing at the food. We cannot imagine how things work in the spiritual world, where everything is spiritual - CC Intro Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When food is offered to Kṛṣṇa, we do not see Him eating, but He eats simply by glancing at the food. We cannot imagine h..."

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