User contributions for Soham

21 January 2022

• 12:5312:53, 21 January 2022 diff hist +73 There are no brahmanas in this age because those who claim to be brahmanas simply on the basis of birthright do not have the brahminical qualifications No edit summary current
• 12:4712:47, 21 January 2022 diff hist +3,051 The word sukra means "semen." The sons of Sukracarya were brahmanas by birthright, but an actual brahmana is one who possesses the brahminical qualities No edit summary current
• 12:0612:06, 21 January 2022 diff hist +4,365 One cannot be a brahmana by birthright but must possess the qualities of a brahmana No edit summary current
• 12:0412:04, 21 January 2022 diff hist +5,482 No one knows (in modern times) who is a brahmana, who is a ksatriya, who is a vaisya or who is a sudra, and people claim to belong to a particular social order by birthright only No edit summary current
• 11:0811:08, 21 January 2022 diff hist +7,999 During my Guru Maharaja's time, even a person was coming from a brahmana family, he was initiated according to the pancaratrika system taking him to be a sudra. So the birthright brahmanism is not applicable at the present moment No edit summary current
• 10:5210:52, 21 January 2022 diff hist +3,243 When the Rbhu demigods attacked the ghosts and Guhyakas with half-burned fuel from the yajna fire, all these attendants of Sati fled in different directions and disappeared. This was possible simply because of brahma-tejas, brahminical power No edit summary current
• 10:4610:46, 21 January 2022 diff hist +2,702 Sri Visvarupa said: O demigods, although the acceptance of priesthood is decried as causing the loss of previously acquired brahminical power, how can someone like me refuse to accept your personal request? No edit summary current
• 10:4510:45, 21 January 2022 diff hist +3,722 Parasara's action was appreciated by Pulastya because Parasara had forgiven the demons out of his brahminical power of forgiveness. Parasara was able to demolish all the demons in the sacrifice No edit summary current
• 10:4410:44, 21 January 2022 diff hist +3,671 Ruci, who was very powerful in his brahminical qualifications and was appointed one of the progenitors of the living entities, begot one son and one daughter by his wife, Akuti No edit summary current
• 08:0408:04, 21 January 2022 diff hist +3,748 In this narration it is clearly indicated that the brahmanas used to control the royal power. When an evil king like Vena ruled, the brahmanas would kill him through their brahminical powers and would select a proper ruler by testing his qualifications No edit summary current
• 07:3307:33, 21 January 2022 diff hist +3,180 Downfall of the brahminical powers No edit summary current
• 07:2207:22, 21 January 2022 diff hist +3,470 An ordinary brahmana may fall from the brahma-tejas, or the power of brahminical excellence, due to his association with many fallen, conditioned souls No edit summary current
• 06:2806:28, 21 January 2022 diff hist +5,943 My Guru Maharaja's contribution is that he defeated these caste gosvamins. He defeated this brahmanism No edit summary current

20 January 2022

• 15:4715:47, 20 January 2022 diff hist +3,927 You should make sure that there is nice fresh, clean dress every morning, nice bathing ceremony every morning, nice offerings of prasadam. You should see that the Deity is tended for and cooked for only by the duly second initiated brahmanas No edit summary current
• 15:3615:36, 20 January 2022 diff hist +3,634 When he (an initiated brahmana) follows brahminical behavior, observing the principle of abstaining from intoxication, illicit sex, meat-eating and gambling, he may be offered sannyasa No edit summary current
• 15:3215:32, 20 January 2022 diff hist +31 Unless one is initiated as a brahmana, one cannot worship the holy name properly No edit summary current
• 15:1815:18, 20 January 2022 diff hist +4,402 The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is trying to turn mlecchas and yavanas into real brahmanas by properly initiating them and stopping them from engaging in meat-eating, intoxication, illicit sex and gambling No edit summary current
• 14:2414:24, 20 January 2022 diff hist +3,155 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself accepted invitations from sudra-mahajanas, and this confirms the fact that anyone initiated by a Vaisnava mantra can be accepted as a brahmana. One can accept an invitation from such a person No edit summary current
• 14:0114:01, 20 January 2022 diff hist +4,288 Srila Sanatana Gosvami mentions this (that when bell metal is treated with mercury, it can produce gold) in regard to the initiation of low-class men to turn them into brahmanas No edit summary current
• 13:4513:45, 20 January 2022 diff hist +8,262 Our KC movement adopts this pancaratrika-vidhi, as advised by Sanatana Gosvami: "As bell metal, when mixed with mercury, is transformed to gold, a person, even though not golden pure, can be transformed into a brahmana, simply by the initiation process." No edit summary current
• 13:4313:43, 20 January 2022 diff hist +4,577 On the whole, when a person is initiated according to the pancaratrika-vidhi, he has already attained the position of a brahmana No edit summary current
• 13:2013:20, 20 January 2022 diff hist +2,981 I am especially concerned that the second initiation not be taken cheaply and devotees who do not even rise early be recommended for brahmana No edit summary current
• 11:0611:06, 20 January 2022 diff hist +4,000 If our brahmanas do not take their second initiation seriously, then we will be deserving of criticism. So on this basis, if you think the men you have recommended are still eligible, you can resubmit their names to me and I will accept them No edit summary current
• 10:4410:44, 20 January 2022 diff hist +6,929 By the process of initiation by the spiritual master, a person is accepted as a brahmana in his purified state of chanting the holy name of the Lord No edit summary current
• 10:2410:24, 20 January 2022 diff hist +4,137 A living entity is conditioned by a particular type of body. The body is certainly an impediment, but one who associates with a pure devotee & follows his instructions can avoid this impediment & become a regular brahmana by initiation under his guidance No edit summary
• 10:1310:13, 20 January 2022 diff hist +4,081 As bell metal can be turned into gold when treated with mercury, a disciple initiated by a bona fide guru immediately attains the position of a brahmana No edit summary current
• 10:1110:11, 20 January 2022 diff hist +15 Any person from any part of the world may be made a brahmana by the regular process of initiation No edit summary current
• 10:0910:09, 20 January 2022 diff hist +2,918 Although Srila Haridasa Thakura was born in a Muslim family, he was accepted as a properly initiated brahmana No edit summary current
• 08:2508:25, 20 January 2022 diff hist +2,748 You are the supreme director of the brahminical culture. Your considering the brahmanas to be in the highest position is Your example for teaching others. Actually You are the supreme worshipable Deity, not only for the gods but for the brahmanas also No edit summary current

19 January 2022

• 14:3814:38, 19 January 2022 diff hist +106 N Category:Brahmanas and Austerity Created page with "Category:Intellectual Class - Brahmana Category:Austerity Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes"
• 14:3514:35, 19 January 2022 diff hist +141 N Category:Brahmanas and Money Created page with "Category:Intellectual Class - Brahmana Category:Money Category:Money - Umbrella Category Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes" current
• 14:2514:25, 19 January 2022 diff hist +104 N Category:Brahmanas and Worship Created page with "Category:Intellectual Class - Brahmana Category:Worship Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes" current
• 12:5312:53, 19 January 2022 diff hist +12,064 When all the ksatriya kings assembled saw that a poor brahmana had been garlanded by Draupadi for her lord, Sri Krsna disclosed his identity to Balarama No edit summary current
• 12:2912:29, 19 January 2022 diff hist +3,925 The charity was substantial in the shape of gold, land, villages, horses, elephants and food grains, with other materials for cooking complete foodstuff. The brahmanas were not, therefore, poor in the actual sense of the term No edit summary current
• 10:4110:41, 19 January 2022 diff hist +160 N Category:Acceptance of a Brahmana Created page with "Category:Accept Category:Accepting and Rejecting - Umbrella Category Category:Intellectual Class - Brahmana Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes"
• 10:3310:33, 19 January 2022 diff hist +105 N Category:Interests of a Brahmana Created page with "Category:Interest Category:Intellectual Class - Brahmana Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes" current
• 10:0310:03, 19 January 2022 diff hist +13,422 Krsna, Bhima and Arjuna together went to Jarasandha in the dress of poor brahmanas and begged charity from him No edit summary current
• 09:2609:26, 19 January 2022 diff hist +9,131 Lord Krsna is the reservoir of all transcendental pleasure, yet He Himself felt great pleasure upon embracing the poor brahmana because He was meeting His very dear friend No edit summary current
• 09:0109:01, 19 January 2022 diff hist +4,304 He (the poor brahmana) now could get as much gold as he desired simply by touching the touchstone to iron. But after he left Sanatana, he thought, "If a touchstone is the best benediction, why has Sanatana Gosvami kept it with the garbage No edit summary current
• 08:5408:54, 19 January 2022 diff hist +3,074 Another feature of this incident is that Svayambhuva Manu was the emperor, but he went to offer his qualified daughter to a poor brahmana. Kardama Muni had no worldly possessions - he was a hermit living in the forest - but he was advanced in culture No edit summary current
• 08:5408:54, 19 January 2022 diff hist +1,443 All of you assembled here are gentlemen. Please judge whether it is befitting to offer this poor brahmana my father's daughter No edit summary current
• 08:5308:53, 19 January 2022 diff hist +101 N Category:A Poor Brahmana Created page with "Category:Poor Category:Intellectual Class - Brahmana Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes"
• 08:1808:18, 19 January 2022 diff hist +4,380 The brahmana is the spiritual master of all the orders of society, and thus brahminical culture, culminating in the transcendental service of the Lord, is the basic principle for purifying the soul No edit summary current
• 07:5207:52, 19 January 2022 diff hist +7,929 They (the ksatriyas) should also arrange for charity to be given to the brahmanas, sannyasis and temples. This is the godly arrangement of brahminical culture No edit summary current
• 07:2907:29, 19 January 2022 diff hist +8,330 She (the wife of the brahmana) said, "I know that Lord Krsna is the ideal personality of Vedic culture. He is always in favor of brahminical culture and is very kind to the qualified brahmanas" No edit summary current
• 07:1007:10, 19 January 2022 diff hist +3,728 One may be a brahmana in terms of his culture and family and may be expert in Vedic knowledge (mantra-tantra-visaradah), but if he is not a Vaisnava, he cannot be a guru No edit summary current
• 06:5806:58, 19 January 2022 diff hist +3,294 Maharaja Khatvanga thought: Not even my life is dearer to me than the brahminical culture and the brahmanas, who are worshiped by my family. What then is to be said of my kingdom, land, wife, children and opulence? No edit summary current
• 06:2606:26, 19 January 2022 diff hist +3,038 In the present age of degradation there are no such brahmanas. According to the pancaratrika system, in this age the entire population is supposed to consist of sudras because the brahminical culture has been lost No edit summary current
• 04:5904:59, 19 January 2022 diff hist +3,468 Brahmana means advanced in culture No edit summary current
• 04:5804:58, 19 January 2022 diff hist +6,750 Brahmana family means devata family. But because nowadays they are descendants, they have deviated, deviated from the brahminical culture, they are not to be considered as devatas. That is also mentioned in the sastras. They are called brahma-bandhus No edit summary current