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16 January 2022
- 16:0416:04, 16 January 2022 diff hist +39 The brahmana father of Jada Bharata wanted to teach his son the process of brahmacarya, but he was unsuccessful due to his son's unwillingness to undergo the process of Vedic advancement No edit summary current
- 15:5715:57, 16 January 2022 diff hist +3,933 The brahmanas are the teachers and spiritual masters, the ksatriyas protect the citizens from the hands of thieves and miscreants, and the vaisyas are in charge of production and distribution No edit summary current
- 15:3715:37, 16 January 2022 diff hist +5,189 Pathana means that a brahmana must be conversant with the Vedic scriptures. He must also be able to teach others to study the Vedic literatures. This is pathana No edit summary current
- 15:2115:21, 16 January 2022 diff hist +10,457 My dear Parvati, in Kali-yuga I (Siva) assume the form of a brahmana and teach this imagined Mayavada philosophy. In order to cheat the atheists, I describe the Supreme Personality of Godhead to be without form and without qualities No edit summary current
- 14:5214:52, 16 January 2022 diff hist +4,206 Highly exalted brahmanas think that unless one is born in a brahmana family, one cannot become a spiritual master and teach the Absolute Truth No edit summary current
- 12:3012:30, 16 January 2022 diff hist +5,496 Among the members of the varnasrama institution’s social orders (brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra), the brahmana is considered the foremost, for he is the teacher and spiritual master of all the other varnas No edit summary current
- 08:2508:25, 16 January 2022 diff hist +5,658 On another side were many learned brahmanas who were all self-controlled. They were offering nice prayers, which were as soothing as the cool breeze in summer No edit summary current
- 07:2907:29, 16 January 2022 diff hist +1,590 O learned brahmana, sometimes I accept the renounced order of life to induce the fallen people of the Age of Kali to accept devotional service to the Lord No edit summary
- 07:1907:19, 16 January 2022 diff hist +32 Lilasuka is Bilvamangala Thakura Gosvami. He was a South Indian, a brahmana, and his former name was Silhana Misra. When he was a householder, he became attracted to a prostitute named Cintamani, but eventually he took her advice and became renounced No edit summary current
- 05:0805:08, 16 January 2022 diff hist +1,695 Eventually two brahmanas in the renounced order arrived from Bengal, and Madhavendra Puri, who liked them very much, kept them in Vrndavana and gave them all kinds of comforts No edit summary current
- 04:5304:53, 16 January 2022 diff hist +40 Although He (Lord Caitanya) was a brahmana and was not rich, He took sannyasa, the renounced order of life, and thus extricated Himself from family entanglement - CC Intro No edit summary current
- 04:5104:51, 16 January 2022 diff hist +4,560 A brahmana is supposed to know this fact (one can perfect his duties only serving God) due to his perfection in Vedic wisdom. The other sections are supposed to follow the direction of the brahmana Vaisnava No edit summary
- 02:5402:54, 16 January 2022 diff hist +2,775 A man is not qualified or disqualified simply by birth. Prahlada Maharaja was an asura by birth, yet he possessed all the qualities of a perfect brahmana No edit summary
15 January 2022
- 13:0713:07, 15 January 2022 diff hist +1,766 At this time a brahmana Vaisnava following the Vedic principles came and offered obeisances. He fell flat before Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and invited Him for lunch No edit summary current
- 12:1112:11, 15 January 2022 diff hist +9,276 A guru or brahmana is meant for giving protection to the people from spiritual side. The king, ksatriya, is meant for giving protection to the people from material side. The vaisya is to produce from the material side No edit summary
- 09:1809:18, 15 January 2022 diff hist +8,464 A genuine brahmana or Vaisnava therefore depends eternally on the conclusion of the Vedas or Vedic versions presented by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself No edit summary current
- 09:0909:09, 15 January 2022 diff hist +2,863 Aspiring to possess more and more for personal sense gratification is simply ignorance, and this ignorance is conspicuous by its absence from the heart of a brahmana or Vaisnava No edit summary current
- 06:4606:46, 15 January 2022 diff hist +3,121 For a woman of the brahmana, ksatriya or vaisya class to accept another husband in the presence of the husband she has married, or to file for divorce or accept a boyfriend or paramour, is unacceptable in the Vedic culture No edit summary current
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- 05:3605:36, 15 January 2022 diff hist +105 N Category:Peacefulness of a Brahmana Created page with "Category:Peaceful Category:Intellectual Class - Brahmana Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes"
- 05:2805:28, 15 January 2022 diff hist +42 Category:Brahmanas and Self-control No edit summary current
- 05:2705:27, 15 January 2022 diff hist +109 N Category:Brahmanas and Self-control Created page with "Category:Intellectual Class - Brahmana Category:Self-control Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes"
- 04:5504:55, 15 January 2022 diff hist +105 N Category:Scarcity of Brahmanas Created page with "Category:Scarcity Category:Intellectual Class - Brahmana Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes" current
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14 January 2022
- 09:1709:17, 14 January 2022 diff hist +5,762 When Lord Krsna appears He does so in a family of ksatriyas (kings), as did Lord Ramacandra, and sometimes in a family of brahmanas. But Krsna accepted the role of son to Maharaj Nanda, despite the fact that Nanda belonged to the vaisya community No edit summary current
- 09:0409:04, 14 January 2022 diff hist +4,151 We are in high brahmana families, we have ceremoniously received the sacred thread, and we are also properly initiated by a spiritual master. But, alas, in spite of all these advantages, we are condemned. Even our observance of brahmacarya is condemned No edit summary current
- 08:1408:14, 14 January 2022 diff hist +4,896 This semen is injected into the female body, and thus the living entity takes birth. Those who return to earth in this way take birth especially in higher families like those of brahmanas No edit summary current
- 08:0208:02, 14 January 2022 diff hist +1,442 This brahmana brought Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to his home, washed His lotus feet and, with his family members, drank that water No edit summary current
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- 06:3606:36, 14 January 2022 diff hist −3 Category:House of a Brahmana No edit summary current
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- 06:2806:28, 14 January 2022 diff hist +4,037 According to the Vedic system, charity is given to the brahmanas. It is stated in the Vedic sastras that only the brahmanas and the sannyasis can accept charity No edit summary current
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- 03:3003:30, 14 January 2022 diff hist +6,184 The gopis were not born in very high brahmana or ksatriya families; they were born in the families of vaisyas, and not in big mercantile communities but in the families of cowherd men No edit summary current
- 03:2303:23, 14 January 2022 diff hist +5,092 The foolish boy was, of course, excused by the Lord, but others, who may not have a father like Samika Rsi, will be put into great difficulty if they misuse the advantages obtained by birth in a brahmana family No edit summary current
13 January 2022
- 14:5114:51, 13 January 2022 diff hist +103 N Category:Offending Brahmanas Created page with "Category:Offend Category:Intellectual Class - Brahmana Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes" current
- 14:3614:36, 13 January 2022 diff hist +51,025 Although He (Lord Caitanya) was a brahmana and was not rich, He took sannyasa, the renounced order of life, and thus extricated Himself from family entanglement No edit summary current
- 14:3414:34, 13 January 2022 diff hist +8,021 The brahmana family is rich in knowledge, and the ksatriyas and the vaisyas, they are rich in opulence, wealth, material riches. And sudras, they are not rich either in material wealth or in knowledge No edit summary current
- 14:3114:31, 13 January 2022 diff hist +4,701 The all-merciful Lord gave them a chance to have their births in the families of pious brahmanas so that they could progress toward salvation No edit summary current
- 14:1414:14, 13 January 2022 diff hist +2,799 They (brahmanas and other high-order families of the present age) are called the dvija-bandhus, or the friends and family members of the twice-born. But these dvija-bandhus are classified amongst the sudras and the women No edit summary current
- 14:0114:01, 13 January 2022 diff hist +12 These servants (of Lord Jagannatha) do not come from very high-caste families (brahmanas, ksatriyas or vaisyas), but because they are engaged in the service of the Lord, they have been elevated to a respected position. Thus they are known as dayitas No edit summary current
- 13:4113:41, 13 January 2022 diff hist +7,213 There is a difference between the smarta process and the gosvami process. According to the smarta process, one cannot be accepted as a brahmana unless he is born in a brahmana family No edit summary current
- 13:3313:33, 13 January 2022 diff hist +7 There are many instances in which a born brahmana took initiation from a person who was not born in a brahmana family. The brahminical symptoms are explained in Srimad-Bhagavatam - 7.11.35 No edit summary current
- 13:1813:18, 13 January 2022 diff hist +3,031 Thakura Haridasa was not born of a brahmana family, nor was he himself brahmana, yet he could protect himself from such an attack (of sex desire) due to his being Krsna conscious No edit summary current
- 13:1313:13, 13 January 2022 diff hist +4,763 Sudama Vipra was born in a family of brahmanas, and he was a learned scholar and a class friend of Krsna’s, yet he considered himself unfit to be strictly called a brahmana No edit summary current
- 12:3012:30, 13 January 2022 diff hist +5,680 So I am repeating my spiritual master's order, "Don't wait for another life." That is a very risky, another life. Maybe I am given the chance of taking my birth in a good brahmana family or a rich family, but there is chance of again being spoiled No edit summary current
- 10:2610:26, 13 January 2022 diff hist +4,440 Since I am but a poor, sinful brahma-bandhu, not brahminically qualified although born in a brahmana family, & You, Lord Krsna, are the shelter of the goddess of fortune, it is simply wonderful, my dear Lord Krsna that You have embraced me with Your arms No edit summary current
- 09:3709:37, 13 January 2022 diff hist +18 Pradyumna Misra was born of a brahmana family and Ramananda Raya of a non-brahmana family, yet Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised Pradyumna Misra to take instruction from Ramananda Raya. This incident is described in the Antya-lila, Chapter Five - of CC No edit summary current
- 09:1609:16, 13 January 2022 diff hist +3,372 Paramananda Puri belonged to a brahmana family of the Trihut district in Uttara Pradesh. Madhavendra Puri was his spiritual master. In relationship with Madhavendra Puri, Paramananda Puri was very dear to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
- 08:4408:44, 13 January 2022 diff hist +5,000 One should not imitate another's duty. A man who is by nature attracted to the kind of work done by sudras should not artificially claim himself to be a brahmana, although he may be born into a brahmana family. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current