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16 October 2021
- 11:3111:31, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,977 N In this age there is no possibility of acquiring spiritual knowledge by renunciation, by mixed devotional service, by fruitive activity in mixed devotional service, or by the culture of knowledge Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In this age there is no possibility of acquiring spiritual knowledge by renunciation, by mixed devotional service, by fruitive..."
- 11:2911:29, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,899 N When Ramananda Raya presented this proposal (from Srimad-Bhagavatam - SB 10.14.3), Lord Caitanya at once said, "Yes, this is right" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When Ramananda Raya presented this proposal, Lord Caitanya at once said"|"Yes, this is right"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrut..."
- 11:2511:25, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,342 N Ramananda raya cited verse from SB 10.14.3: If one cultivates his spiritual life by following these principles and keeping himself on the honest path in life, then although Your Lordship is never conquered, You become conquered by such a process Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one cultivates his spiritual life by following these principles and keeping himself on the honest path in life, then althou..."
- 11:2011:20, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,339 N Ramananda cited from SB: My dear Lord, one should give up monistic speculation & the cultivation of knowledge altogether. He should begin his spiritual life in devotional service by receiving information of the Lord's activities from a realized devotee Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear Lord, one should give up monistic speculation and the cultivation of knowledge altogether. He should begin his spiritu..."
- 11:1211:12, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,036 N After his fourth proposal was rejected, Ramananda Raya said that devotional service rendered without any attempt at cultivation of knowledge or mental speculation is the highest stage of perfection Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After his fourth proposal was rejected, Rāmānanda Rāya said that devotional service rendered without any attempt at cultiva..." current
- 11:0811:08, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,880 N The liberation which is obtained by such impersonal meditation is not complete; therefore Lord Caitanya rejected it Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The liberation which is obtained by such impersonal meditation is not complete; therefore Lord Caitanya rejected it"}} {{notes..." current
- 11:0611:06, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,228 N As stated in Bhagavad-gita: For those whose minds are attracted to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To make progress in that discipline is always difficult for those who are embodied - BG 12.5 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As stated in Bhagavad-gītā"|"For those whose minds are attracted to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, adv..." current
- 11:0211:02, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,084 N The impersonalists are frustrated in their attempts to make the mind void by artificial meditation. It is very difficult to void the mind of all material conceptions Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"impersonalists are frustrated in their attempts to make the mind void by artificial meditation. It is very difficult to void t..." current
- 11:0011:00, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,041 N When spiritual knowledge is not complete, one will be hindered in his attempt to cleanse the mind of all material variegatedness Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When spiritual knowledge is not complete, one will be hindered in his attempt to cleanse the mind of all material variegatedne..."
- 10:5610:56, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,035 N As long as one is absorbed in impersonal thoughts or in thoughts of the void, his entrance into an eternal blissful life of knowledge is not completed Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As long as one is absorbed in impersonal thoughts or in thoughts of the void, his entrance into an eternal blissful life of kn..."
- 10:5310:53, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,873 N The pure living entity is not liberated unless he is completely engaged in spiritual activity Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The pure living entity is not liberated unless he is completely engaged in spiritual activity"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankru..."
- 10:5010:50, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,329 N Although there is no material contamination when one attains the stage of Brahman realization, that stage is not perfect because there is no positive engagement in spiritual activity. Because it is still on the mental plane, it is external Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although there is no material contamination when one attains the stage of Brahman realization, that stage is not perfect becau..."
- 10:4510:45, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,236 N Lord Caitanya, however, rejected the proposal (of Ramananda Raya) because simply by renouncing material results in Brahman realization one does not realize the spiritual world and spiritual activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya, however, rejected this proposal also because simply by renouncing material results in Brahman realization one d..."
- 10:4110:41, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,194 N Ramananda Raya first suggested devotional service rendered with renunciation of fruitive activities, but here he suggests that devotional service with full knowledge and spiritual realization added is superior Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Rāmānanda Rāya first suggested devotional service rendered with renunciation of fruitive activities, but here he suggests t..." current
- 10:3910:39, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,503 N Ramananda Raya cited more evidence from BG: "One who is transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments, nor desires, he is equally disposed. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me (Krsna)" - BG 18.54 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Rāmānanda Rāya then cited more evidence from Bhagavad-gītā"|"One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes t..."
- 10:3110:31, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,327 N Such philosophers cannot imagine that they can reach beyond nirvana and the Brahman effulgence to the Vaikuntha planets of the spiritual sky. Because in simple renunciation there is no conception of spiritual planets and spiritual activities Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such philosophers cannot imagine that they can reach beyond nirvāṇa and the Brahman effulgence to the Vaikuṇṭha planets..."
- 10:2310:23, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,939 Generally there are two kinds of philosophers in the renounced order of life. The goal of one is nirvana, and the goal of the other is the impersonal Brahman effulgence No edit summary current
- 10:2110:21, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,261 N Lord Caitanya rejected the third proposal (of Ramananda Raya), for He wanted to demonstrate that renunciation in itself is not sufficient. There must be positive engagement. Without positive engagement, the highest perfectional stage cannot be attained Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya also rejected this third proposal, for He wanted to demonstrate that renunciation in itself is not sufficient. T..."
- 10:1610:16, 16 October 2021 diff hist 0 m Ramananda quoted Lord Krsna's injunction in Bhagavad-gita: "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear" - BG 18.66 Alankrutha moved page Ramananda quoted Lord Krsna's injunction in Bhagavad-gita: "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear" - BG 18.66) to Ramananda quoted Lord Krsna's injunction in Bhagavad-gita: "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear" - BG 18.66 current
- 10:1610:16, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,015 N Ramananda quoted Lord Krsna's injunction in Bhagavad-gita: "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear" - BG 18.66 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Rāmānanda also quoted Lord Kṛṣṇa's injunction in Bhagavad-gītā"|"Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrende..."
- 09:5709:57, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,135 N Ramananda Raya cited the verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 11.11.32) wherein the Lord says: In the scriptures I have described the ritualistic principles and the way one can become situated in devotional service. That is the highest perfection of religion Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the scriptures I have described the ritualistic principles and the way one can become situated in devotional service. That..."
- 09:5109:51, 16 October 2021 diff hist +27,345 N After having his suggestions rejected twice, Ramananda proposed that one should forsake his occupational activities altogether and by detachment rise to the transcendental plane. In other words, he recommended complete renunciation of worldly life Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After having his suggestions rejected twice, Ramananda proposed that one should forsake his occupational activities altogether..." current
- 09:3809:38, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,217 N A worker is simply instructed here to offer the results of his work to the Supreme Lord, but there is no information given to enable one to get out of the material entanglement. Therefore Lord Caitanya rejected his proposal Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A worker is simply instructed here to offer the results of his work to the Supreme Lord, but there is no information given to..." current
- 09:3509:35, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,039 N A worker's identification with material existence cannot be changed without proper guidance. Such fruitive activity will continue one's material existence Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A worker's identification with material existence cannot be changed without proper guidance. Such fruitive activity will conti..."
- 09:3209:32, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,347 N Offering everything to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as enjoined by Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam, is better than impersonally making the Supreme Lord subject to our work, but it is still short of surrendering activities to the Supreme Lord Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Offering everything to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as enjoined by Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, is better..."
- 09:2609:26, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,831 N Lord Caitanya rejected this second statement (that it is better to give up the results of fruitive activities), saying, "If you (Ramananda Raya) know of something higher, state it" Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya, however, also rejected this second statement, saying"|"If you know of something higher, state it"}} {{notes|}}..." current
- 07:3407:34, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,440 N Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 11.2.36) states that one should submit everything - his fruitive activities, body, speech, mind, senses, intelligence, soul and modes of nature - to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"states that one should submit everything - his fruitive activities, body, speech, mind, senses, intelligence, soul and modes o..."
- 07:2807:28, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,257 N Ramananda Raya quoted a verse from Bhagavad-gita: "O son of Kunti, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me" - BG 9.27 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O son of Kuntī, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may..."
- 07:2207:22, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,981 N Ramananda Raya understood the purpose of Lord Caitanya, and, stating that it is better to give up the results of fruitive activities, he quoted a verse from Bhagavad-gita Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Rāmānanda Rāya understood the purpose of Lord Caitanya, and, stating that it is better to give up the results of fruitive a..."
- 07:1507:15, 16 October 2021 diff hist 0 Visnu, the Supreme Lord, has no independence but is bound to award a certain kind of result to the worker. Such a dependent goal becomes subjected to the worshiper, who accepts the Supreme Lord to be both impersonal and personal, as he may wish No edit summary current
- 07:1307:13, 16 October 2021 diff hist 0 Karma-mimamsa followers accept God to be subject to one's work. Their conclusion is that if one works nicely, God is bound to give good results No edit summary current
- 07:1307:13, 16 October 2021 diff hist 0 Lord Caitanya rejected the statement cited by Ramananda Raya from Visnu Purana because the Lord wished to reject a class of philosophers known as karma-mimamsa No edit summary current
- 07:1207:12, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,137 N Actually this philosophy (of Karma-mimamsa) stresses the impersonal feature of the Supreme Absolute Truth. Because Lord Caitanya did not like such impersonalism, He rejected it Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Actually this philosophy stresses the impersonal feature of the Supreme Absolute Truth. Because Lord Caitanya did not like suc..."
- 07:0707:07, 16 October 2021 diff hist +14,443 N Visnu, the Supreme Lord, has no independence but is bound to award a certain kind of result to the worker. Such a dependent goal becomes subjected to the worshiper, who accepts the Supreme Lord to be both impersonal and personal, as he may wish Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Viṣṇu, the Supreme Lord, has no independence but is bound to award a certain kind of result to the worker. Such a dependen..."
- 07:0007:00, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,956 N Karma-mimamsa followers accept God to be subject to one's work. Their conclusion is that if one works nicely, God is bound to give good results Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Karma-mīmāṁsa followers accept God to be subject to one's work. Their conclusion is that if one works nicely, God is bound..."
- 06:5606:56, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,971 N Lord Caitanya rejected the statement cited by Ramananda Raya from Visnu Purana because the Lord wished to reject a class of philosophers known as karma-mimamsa Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya rejected the statement cited by Rāmānanda Rāya from Viṣṇu Purāṇa because the Lord wished to reject a c..."
- 06:2806:28, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,351 N Lord Caitanya was pointing out that if a man has a material conception of life, he cannot attain the highest perfection even if he follows all the ritualistic regulations Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya was pointing out that if a man has a material conception of life, he cannot attain the highest perfection even i..." current
- 06:2606:26, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,462 N Ramananda Raya wanted to present these facts before the Lord, but apparently discharge of ritualistic duties wasn't sufficient, for Lord Caitanya said that it was external Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Rāmānanda Rāya wanted to present these facts before the Lord, but apparently discharge of ritualistic duties wasn't suffici..."
- 06:2306:23, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,445 N The Vedic injunctions aim in this direction - of worship of the Lord, who is the source of all beings and who is all-pervading, man can, in the performance of his own duty, attain perfection Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedic injunctions also aim in this direction"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{complete|ALL}} {{first|2021-10-16T06:..."
- 06:1906:19, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,628 N This perfectional process (of worshiping the Lord, who is the source of all beings) is followed by great devotees like Bodhayana, Tanka, Dramida, Guhadeva, Kapardi & Bharuci. All these great personalities have followed this particular path of perfection Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This perfectional process is followed by great devotees like Bodhāyana, Ṭaṅka, Dramiḍa, Guhadeva, Kapardi and Bhāruci...." current
- 06:1306:13, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,392 N In Bhagavad-gita, Sri Krsna says: By worship of the Lord, who is the source of all beings and who is all-pervading, man can, in the performance of his own duty, attain perfection - BG 18.45 - BG 18.45-46 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By worship of the Lord, who is the source of all beings and who is all-pervading, man can, in the performance of his own duty,..." current
- 06:1006:10, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,255 N In Bhagavad-gita, Sri Krsna says: "By following one's qualities of work, every man can become perfect" - BG 18.45 - BG 18.45-46 Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By following his qualities of work, every man can become perfect"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Alankrutha}} {{complete|ALL}} {{firs..."
- 05:5905:59, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,713 N In Bhagavad-gita, Sri Krsna, who appeared to deliver all classes of people, states that a human being can attain the highest perfectional stage of life by worshiping the Supreme Lord, from whom everything has emanated, through his occupational duty Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In Bhagavad-gītā, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who appeared to deliver all classes of people, states that a human being can attain the..."
- 05:5405:54, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,301 N According to the verse cited by Ramananda Raya, one can rise to the point of devotional service by ritualistic performance Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the verse cited by Rāmānanda Rāya, one can rise to the point of devotional service by ritualistic performance"..." current
- 05:4805:48, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,166 N Formal execution of rituals and religion is useless unless it culminates in the perfection of devotional service Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Formal execution of rituals and religion is useless unless it culminates in the perfection of devotional service"}} {{notes|}}..."
- 05:4405:44, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,622 N After hearing Ramananda Raya expound upon the proper execution of a regulated life, Lord Caitanya said that such regulations are simply external. Indirectly He asked Ramananda to expound on something superior to such an external exhibition Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"After hearing Rāmānanda Rāya expound upon the proper execution of a regulated life, Lord Caitanya said that such regulation..." current
- 05:3505:35, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,285 N If one faithfully discharges his prescribed duties, he is sure to advance toward perfection. Thus regulated life is the source of perfection for everyone Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one faithfully discharges his prescribed duties, he is sure to advance toward perfection. Thus regulated life is the source..." current
- 05:3205:32, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,749 N The social classes can be further characterized as follows: (4) He who has no special knowledge but is satisfied by serving the other three classes (namely brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas) is called a sudra Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(4) He who has no special knowledge but is satisfied by serving the other three classes is called a śūdra"|"The social class..."
- 05:2605:26, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,510 N The social classes can be further characterized as follows: (3) He who is engaged in agriculture, herding cows and carrying out a trade or business is called a vaisya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"(3) He who is engaged in agriculture, herding cows and carrying out a trade or business is called a vaiśya"|"The social class..." current
- 05:2105:21, 16 October 2021 diff hist +13,391 N The social classes can be further characterized as follows: (2) He who has taken to displaying force and entering government administration is called a ksatriya Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The social classes can be further characterized as follows"|"(2) He who has taken to displaying force and entering government..." current