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31 January 2022
- 08:4908:49, 31 January 2022 diff hist +2,794 Whoever follows Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s instructions will certainly be purified, and one who sincerely chants the holy name offenselessly is already more than a brahmana No edit summary current
- 08:0908:09, 31 January 2022 diff hist +36 Unless one is completely pure and has been raised to the standard of a brahmana, ksatriya or vaisya - in other words, unless one is dvija, twice-born - the chanting of mantras will not be fruitful No edit summary current
- 07:5407:54, 31 January 2022 diff hist +5,816 This brahmana, instead of chanting some mantra, imagined that he was physically securing water from all these rivers in golden and silver water pots No edit summary current
- 07:3907:39, 31 January 2022 diff hist +6,635 The inhabitants, being joyous, decorated their respective houses and shops with flags and festoons. The brahmanas chanted Vedic mantras at numerous places. The people constructed road crossings and gates at entrances to lanes and streets No edit summary current
- 07:3407:34, 31 January 2022 diff hist +3,321 The great elephants from all the directions carried big water jugs full of Ganges water and bathed the goddess of fortune, to the accompaniment of Vedic mantras chanted by learned brahmanas No edit summary current
- 06:2706:27, 31 January 2022 diff hist +2,340 Sastras prohibit the excessive expenditures involved in inviting many brahmanas and relatives, especially during the sraddha ceremony No edit summary current
- 06:1606:16, 31 January 2022 diff hist +9,098 Nanda Maharaja soberly took Krsna on his lap and invited such truthful brahmanas to perform a ritualistic ceremony according to the holy hymns of the Sama Veda, Rg Veda and Yajur Veda - SB 10.7.13-15 No edit summary current
- 06:0406:04, 31 January 2022 diff hist +1,969 Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then went to the house of the brahmana who had invited Him and took His lunch there. When the evening of that day arrived, both Ramananda Raya and the Lord were eager to meet each other again No edit summary current
- 05:5605:56, 31 January 2022 diff hist +6,109 Krsna said, "Prepare rice, dhal, then halava, pakora, puri & all kinds of milk preparations, such as sweet rice, rabri, sweetballs, sandesa, rasagulla & laddu, and invite the learned brahmanas who can chant the Vedic hymns & offer oblations to the fire" No edit summary current
- 03:5003:50, 31 January 2022 diff hist −2 It is not the duty of rigid brahmanas and Vaisnavas to accept invitations everywhere. There is, of course, no objection to taking part in feasts in which prasada is distributed No edit summary current
- 03:3103:31, 31 January 2022 diff hist −17 In the Bhagavatam (SB 10.7.13-15), Nanda Maharaja invites qualified brahmanas No edit summary current
- 03:1903:19, 31 January 2022 diff hist +2,696 During the period for offering oblations to the demigods, one should invite only two brahmanas, and while offering oblations to the forefathers, one may invite three brahmanas No edit summary current
30 January 2022
- 15:0615:06, 30 January 2022 diff hist +7,739 Yasoda took her bath and dressed herself nicely, and taking child Krsna, duly dressed and bathed, on her lap, she sat down to hear the Vedic hymns chanted by the brahmanas No edit summary
- 14:5314:53, 30 January 2022 diff hist +3,113 Actually a sannyasi or a brahmana will not accept an invitation extended by a person born in a lower family. However, there are many devotees who are raised to the platform of brahmana by their initiation. These people are called sudra-mahajana No edit summary current
- 14:5114:51, 30 January 2022 diff hist −1 Category:Inviting Brahmanas No edit summary current
- 14:5114:51, 30 January 2022 diff hist +104 N Category:Inviting Brahmanas Created page with "Category:Invite Category:Intellectual Class - Brahmanas Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes"
- 14:3714:37, 30 January 2022 diff hist +2,902 We know that the paraphernalia to perform the sacrifice is well collected by you with great faith & care and is not polluted. Our chanting of the Vedic hymns is also not deficient in any way, for all the brahmanas & priests present here are expert No edit summary current
- 14:2914:29, 30 January 2022 diff hist +6,634 The executive members who had performed the Rajasuya sacrifice - the priests, religious ministers and brahmanas - all loudly chanted the Vedic hymns No edit summary current
- 14:1014:10, 30 January 2022 diff hist +2,437 The brahmanas recited auspicious Vedic hymns, which purified the environment by their vibration. The experts in reciting old histories like the Puranas, the experts in reciting the histories of royal families, and general reciters all chanted - SB 10.5.5 No edit summary current
- 14:0714:07, 30 January 2022 diff hist −46 The brahmanas properly chanted Vedic hymns to observe the auspicious ceremony, and when they finished and mother Yasoda saw that the child (Krsna) felt sleepy, she lay down on the bed with the child until He was peacefully asleep - SB 10.7.5 No edit summary current
- 13:5913:59, 30 January 2022 diff hist +4,760 Then Lord Krsna warned His friends, "These brahmanas are not Vaisnavas. They cannot even chant Our names, 'Krsna' and 'Balarama.' They are very busy in chanting the Vedic hymns, although the purpose of Vedic knowledge is to find Me" No edit summary current
- 13:0413:04, 30 January 2022 diff hist +5,467 Drummers beat drums in jubilation, the brahmanas recited Vedic hymns, and all the devotees of the Lord chanted the words "Jaya! Jaya! All glories to the Supreme Personality of Godhead!" No edit summary current
- 12:4712:47, 30 January 2022 diff hist +5,302 Brahmanas in the assembly would chant Vedic hymns & explain them to the audience to the best of their knowledge & sometimes some of them would recite historical accounts of the activities of prominent kings. Krsna would be very much pleased to hear them No edit summary current
- 12:4212:42, 30 January 2022 diff hist +4,005 As the brahmanas joined by chanting Vedic hymns and professional musicians also took part, this great (utthana) ceremony (celebrated when a child is due to leave the house for the first time) was observed by mother Yasoda - SB 10.7.4 No edit summary current
- 09:3209:32, 30 January 2022 diff hist +7,140 According to the instruction of Lord Krsna, Nanda Maharaja and the cowherd men called in learned brahmanas and began to worship Govardhana Hill by chanting Vedic hymns and offering prasadam No edit summary current
- 09:2809:28, 30 January 2022 diff hist +2 Category:Brahmanas Chanting Vedic Hymns No edit summary current
- 09:2709:27, 30 January 2022 diff hist +239 N Category:Brahmanas Chanting Vedic Hymns Created page with "Category:Intellectual Class - Brahmana Category:Chanting Category:Holy Name and Chanting - Umbrella Category Category:Vedic Category:Hymn Category:The Ve..."
- 08:4508:45, 30 January 2022 diff hist +9,169 He (Yudhisthira) ordered the musical vibration of different instruments and songs, and the learned brahmanas of the city began to chant the hymns of the Vedas very loudly No edit summary current
- 08:1608:16, 30 January 2022 diff hist +3,801 Controlled by the acarya No edit summary current
- 07:4607:46, 30 January 2022 diff hist +103 N Category:Recitations of a Brahmana Created page with "Category:Recite Category:Intellectual Class - Brahmana Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes" current
- 07:3007:30, 30 January 2022 diff hist +10,467 Unless one becomes under the control of acarya, he has no perfect knowledge No edit summary current
- 06:2606:26, 30 January 2022 diff hist +7,791 One has to give up all this (grhastha-asrama) and put himself into the asrama of the paramahamsa, that is, put himself under the control of the spiritual master No edit summary current
- 06:0406:04, 30 January 2022 diff hist +4,694 In spiritual life, whether one is a grhastha, vanaprastha, sannyasi or brahmacari, everyone is under the control of the spiritual master No edit summary current
- 05:1505:15, 30 January 2022 diff hist +55 Another bona fide process is to abide strictly by the orders of the spiritual master and engage in the Lord's service. Then the mind will be automatically controlled No edit summary current
- 04:1504:15, 30 January 2022 diff hist +2,586 Expert brahmana priests are very rare in this age of corruption and quarrel, and therefore in the present age only the yajna of chanting the holy name of the Lord is recommended No edit summary current
- 03:1803:18, 30 January 2022 diff hist +1,729 Being thus ordered by the Lord, both Balabhadra Bhattacarya and the brahmana began to chant the holy name of Krsna. Then the Lord, dancing and dancing, proceeded along the path No edit summary current
- 03:1003:10, 30 January 2022 diff hist +7,098 A brahmana can chant the Hare Krsna mantra on the platform of namabhasa, but not on the platform of pure vibration No edit summary current
- 02:5902:59, 30 January 2022 diff hist +3,657 Amongst the regulated poetry, the Gayatri mantra, which is chanted by the duly qualified brahmanas, is the most prominent. The Gayatri mantra is mentioned in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. BG 1972 purports No edit summary
- 02:5702:57, 30 January 2022 diff hist +2,920 Although Vallabha Bhattacarya was a great authority on brahmanism and a learned scholar, he admitted that those who chant the Lord’s holy name are bona fide brahmanas and Vaisnavas and are therefore exalted No edit summary current
- 02:5302:53, 30 January 2022 diff hist +1,629 After visiting the temple of Trivikrama, the Lord returned to Siddhavata, where He again visited the house of the brahmana, who was now constantly chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra No edit summary current
- 02:4902:49, 30 January 2022 diff hist +4,252 Although Sukracarya was a strict brahmana addicted to ritualistic activities, he also admitted, nischidram anusankirtanam tava: "My Lord, constant chanting of the holy name of Your Lordship makes everything perfect" No edit summary current
- 02:4402:44, 30 January 2022 diff hist +2,921 After this, Krsnadasa, the servant of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, was delivered from the clutches of a Bhattathari. Caitanya Mahaprabhu then preached that Lord Krsna's name should also be chanted by brahmanas who were accustomed to chanting Lord Rama's name No edit summary current
- 02:4202:42, 30 January 2022 diff hist +4,138 After getting up from bed in the morning, those who desire their own welfare - the brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and in particular the brahmana Vaisnavas - should chant this narration as it is, without deviation, to counteract the troubles of bad dreams No edit summary current
29 January 2022
- 05:3605:36, 29 January 2022 diff hist +4,529 According to the instruction of Lord Krsna, Nanda Maharaja and the cowherd men called in learned brahmanas and began to worship Govardhana Hill by chanting Vedic hymns and offering prasadam - SB 10.24.31-33 No edit summary current
28 January 2022
- 14:4714:47, 28 January 2022 diff hist +7,637 When the King (Yudhisthira) and the Queen finished their bath in the Ganges, all the other citizens, consisting of all the varnas, or castes - the brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras - took their baths in the Ganges No edit summary
- 14:0414:04, 28 January 2022 diff hist +3,147 The inhabitants of Kulina-grama, such as Satyaraja Khan and Ramananda Vasu, were not brahmanas by caste, nor were the inhabitants of Khanda, such as Mukunda dasa, Narahari dasa and Raghunandana No edit summary current
- 13:5613:56, 28 January 2022 diff hist −11 The higher castes - the brahmanas, the ksatriyas and even the vaisyas - were known as brahmana-saj-jana No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 28 January 2022 diff hist +3,476 The higher castes, namely the brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas, observed only twenty-one days as a quarantine (for the mother, after the birth of the child), whereas the sudras had to observe thirty days No edit summary current
- 13:3713:37, 28 January 2022 diff hist −11 The first samskara, the garbhadhana-samskara, or child-begetting samskara, is compulsory, especially for the higher castes, the brahmanas and the ksatriyas No edit summary current
- 13:1213:12, 28 January 2022 diff hist +2,963 They would extend invitations to the Lord. Vasudeva Datta, Gadadhara dasa, Murari Gupta, the inhabitants of Kulina-grama and Khanda and many other devotees who were not brahmanas by caste would purchase food offered to Lord Jagannatha No edit summary current