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11:4511:45, 7 February 2022 diff hist +5,912 One who falls down from the process of bhakti-yoga is again offered the opulence of the demigods, and after enjoying such material opulence, he is given a chance to take birth in a noble family of a pure brahmana, or in a rich family No edit summary current
11:3411:34, 7 February 2022 diff hist +2,019 Thinking that because the brahmanas have no material desires they should possess the entire world, Lord Ramacandra delivered the land between the east, west, north and south to the acarya No edit summary current
11:3311:33, 7 February 2022 diff hist +6,742 The society was divided into brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras, and the members of this society would limit their endeavors to meeting their minimum demands. The brahmanas, in particular, would have no material desires No edit summary current
11:3311:33, 7 February 2022 diff hist +4,306 The krpanas, who always desire material benefits, are foolish, whereas brahmanas, who always desire spiritual benefits, are intelligent No edit summary current
11:3211:32, 7 February 2022 diff hist +4,097 Brahmanas who are pure Vaisnavas always engage in the Lord's service and are devoid of any desire for material gain No edit summary current

17:5217:52, 5 February 2022 diff hist +2,143 My dear King, some brahmanas are very much attached to fruitive activities, some are attached to austerities and penances, and still others study the Vedic literature, whereas some, although very few, cultivate knowledge and practice different yogas No edit summary current
11:1811:18, 5 February 2022 diff hist +3,212 We are among the qualified brahmanas, who are accepted as the face of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The brahmanas have created the entire universe by their austerity, and they always keep the Absolute Truth within the core of their hearts No edit summary current
11:1811:18, 5 February 2022 diff hist +5,720 We train them in austerities and penances and recognize them as brahmanas by awarding them sacred threads. Thus the caste brahmanas of India are very displeased by our activities in the Western world No edit summary current
11:1411:14, 5 February 2022 diff hist +3,426 Visvamitra, the son of Maharaja Gadhi, was as powerful as the flames of fire. From the position of a ksatriya, he achieved the position of a powerful brahmana by undergoing penances and austerities No edit summary current
11:1011:10, 5 February 2022 diff hist +2,877 The foundation of all the demigods is Lord Visnu, who lives and is worshiped wherever there are religious principles, traditional culture, the Vedas, cows, brahmanas, austerities, and sacrifices with proper remuneration - SB 10.4.39 No edit summary current
11:0811:08, 5 February 2022 diff hist +7,158 They executed the required austerities and penances in their lives and were liberal, meeting the standard of qualified brahmanas No edit summary current
11:0711:07, 5 February 2022 diff hist +4,269 These brahmanas take to education, austerity and vows only for the purpose of maintaining the body. They shall be devoid of discrimination between what to eat and what not to eat No edit summary current

17:3717:37, 4 February 2022 diff hist +2,526 For a brahmana, austerity and learning are certainly auspicious, but when acquired by a person who is not gentle, such austerity and learning are most dangerous No edit summary current
17:3417:34, 4 February 2022 diff hist +7,280 Durvasa Muni: A powerful mystic brahmana determined to observe the principles of religion with great vows and under strict austerities No edit summary current
17:3417:34, 4 February 2022 diff hist +3,610 By this means, householder brahmanas who actually abide by the principles of austerity and penance maintain themselves and their families and perform all necessary pious activities No edit summary current
17:3317:33, 4 February 2022 diff hist +4,080 A first-class brahmana does not accept any rewards from his disciples or yajamanas. Practicing austerities and penances, he instead goes to the agricultural field and collects food grains left by the agriculturalists to be collected by brahmanas No edit summary current
17:3217:32, 4 February 2022 diff hist +1,946 Bali Maharaja then said to Lord Vamanadeva: O brahmana, I offer You my hearty welcome and my respectful obeisances. Please let us know what we may do for You. We think of You as the personified austerity of the great brahmana-sages No edit summary current
17:3217:32, 4 February 2022 diff hist +8,754 It is understood that he (one who chant the holy name of God offenselessly) has already performed all sorts of rites. It is the so-called brahmanas who actually have to undergo different kinds of austerities before reaching that point of purification No edit summary current
17:2517:25, 4 February 2022 diff hist +4,743 A brahmana is supposed to be qualified with twelve qualities. As stated in the Mahabharata: A brahmana must be perfectly religious. He must be truthful, and he must be able to control his senses. He must execute severe austerities No edit summary
11:5211:52, 4 February 2022 diff hist +4,591 The brahmanas should live by spreading knowledge and should therefore take contributions from their disciples No edit summary current
11:4311:43, 4 February 2022 diff hist +3,897 The acarya is a perfect brahmana and has unlimited intelligence in guiding the activities of his disciple No edit summary current
09:2509:25, 4 February 2022 diff hist +2,681 Because a brahmana depends on his disciples, when Sarmistha was heavily rebuked by Devayani she charged Devayani with belonging to a family of crowlike beggars. It is the nature of women to fight verbally at even a slight provocation No edit summary current

13:3813:38, 3 February 2022 diff hist +3,053 The krpana, or the miserly man, has no estimation of his material body, but the brahmana has a true estimation of himself and the material body No edit summary current

11:3911:39, 2 February 2022 diff hist +1,584 Yadunandana Acarya was the priest and spiritual master of Raghunatha dasa. Although born in a brahmana family, he had accepted the mercy of Vasudeva Datta No edit summary current
08:0608:06, 2 February 2022 diff hist +4,684 The higher-caste men, namely the brahmanas and ksatriyas, could accept a woman of the vaisya or the sudra community, but a man from the lower castes could not contact a woman of the higher caste No edit summary current
07:5607:56, 2 February 2022 diff hist +4,107 The brahmanas did not refuse Lord Ramacandra's gift, after accepting it they returned it to the King. The brahmanas were so pleased with Lord Ramacandra's affection toward them that their hearts melted No edit summary current
07:5607:56, 2 February 2022 diff hist +3,688 The brahmanas are specifically restricted from accepting such service (which denies all the moral codes of the sastras). But in this age they will not only accept service, but they will do so even if it is of the meanest quality No edit summary current
07:2707:27, 2 February 2022 diff hist +9,875 There must be brahmanas who are independent. Canakya Pandita, whose name is still, still celebrated, he was prime minister of Maharaja Candragupta, but he was not accepting a single paisa as salary No edit summary current
07:2307:23, 2 February 2022 diff hist +14,510 Personalities like Sri Ganga-narayana, Ramakrsna and many others, who were actually born in brahmana families, accepted Narottama dasa Thakura and Syamananda Gosvami as their spiritual masters No edit summary current
04:5904:59, 2 February 2022 diff hist +4,595 Kings like Maharaja Pariksit had their council of advisers, and all the members of that council were either great sages or brahmanas of the first order. They did not accept any salary, nor had they any necessity for such salaries No edit summary current
02:2602:26, 2 February 2022 diff hist +18 Only the brahmanas and sannyasis are authorized to accept charity from the householders No edit summary current

16:3816:38, 22 January 2022 diff hist −25 Everything in the world belongs to the brahmanas, and out of their humility the brahmanas accept charity from the ksatriyas, or kings, and the vaisyas, or merchants No edit summary current
16:3616:36, 22 January 2022 diff hist +6,223 Drauni (Asvatthama), although he belonged to the brahmana family and he accepted the profession of a ksatriya, he degraded so much that he cut off the heads of five sons of Draupadi while they were sleeping No edit summary current
16:3316:33, 22 January 2022 diff hist +3,402 Formerly brahmanas would not accept charity from a person unless he were very pious. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave this instruction for all spiritual masters No edit summary current
14:4714:47, 22 January 2022 diff hist +14,925 According to his (Romaharsana's) position by birth he should not even have accepted the higher sitting position, because many learned brahmanas and sages were present (at Naimisaranya) No edit summary current
14:4314:43, 22 January 2022 diff hist +2,876 A learned brahmana should become a teacher, a priest and a recipient of charity. A bona fide brahmana is authorized to accept such professions No edit summary
14:3714:37, 22 January 2022 diff hist +4,332 A ksatriya's duty is to give charity, & a brahmana's duty is to accept charity, but not more than needed to maintain body & soul together. Therefore, when the brahmanas were given so much land by Lord Ramacandra, they returned it to Him & were not greedy No edit summary current
14:2014:20, 22 January 2022 diff hist +5,818 A brahmana should do this (adhyayana, adhyapana, yajana and yajana) without remuneration, but he is allowed to accept charity from a person whom he teaches how to be a human being No edit summary current
14:2014:20, 22 January 2022 diff hist +3,152 A brahmana may renounce his family and accept sannyasa. Others - ksatriyas and vaisyas - may also give up their families and take to Krsna consciousness. Such renunciation is called karma-tyaga. By such renunciation, the SP of Godhead is satisfied No edit summary current
14:1814:18, 22 January 2022 diff hist +2,982 As ksatriyas, the proper livelihood of the Pandavas was only to rule, and not to accept any other occupation. A brahmana, ksatriya or vaisya will not accept employment for his livelihood under any circumstances No edit summary current
14:1514:15, 22 January 2022 diff hist +18 Another point for Jagai and Madhai was that, as members of a brahmana family, they did not accept service under anyone. The sastras strictly forbid a brahmana to accept service under anyone No edit summary current
14:0514:05, 22 January 2022 diff hist +6,244 According to our Vedic principle a brahmana is supposed to accept the four asramas, namely brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha, and sannyasa No edit summary current
14:0514:05, 22 January 2022 diff hist +4,898 According to our vedic principle, a person, especially a Brahmana, should leave home after the 50th year and accept the order of Vanaprastha No edit summary current

15:4315:43, 19 January 2022 diff hist +33 Unfortunately caste brahmanas do not offer obeisances to a Vaisnava sannyasi. They are so proud that they do not offer obeisances even to Indian sannyasis, what to speak of European and American sannyasis No edit summary current
14:2914:29, 19 January 2022 diff hist +4,210 They should not be proud that "I am brahmana." No. As you are required, as much, the sudra is also required. It is not that only the brahmanas are required No edit summary current

16:2616:26, 17 January 2022 diff hist +7,667 When one perfectly understands the Absolute Truth he is called a brahmana. And when the brahmana reaches further perfection, he becomes a Vaisnava, or a devotee No edit summary current

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