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19 July 2022

• 11:5311:53, 19 July 2022 diff hist +2,617 There is a descriptive statement by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura in his commentary on Sri Caitanya-bhagavata giving the biographical details of the life of Vrndavana dasa Thakura No edit summary current
• 11:5311:53, 19 July 2022 diff hist +19 Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that all the Buddhist disciples were actually initiated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu into the chanting of the holy name of Krsna No edit summary current
• 11:5311:53, 19 July 2022 diff hist +6,879 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his Anuvrtti commentary that too much endeavor to acquire knowledge on the part of mental speculators or dry philosophers falls within the category of atyahara No edit summary current
• 11:5211:52, 19 July 2022 diff hist +6,584 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura gives the following commentary on the words bhagavata vicara (from CC Madhya 19.17). As confirmed in the Mundaka Upanisad (1.1.4 - 5), there are two kinds of educational systems - para vidya and apara vidya No edit summary current
• 11:5211:52, 19 July 2022 diff hist +6,534 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that the comparative position of Vasudeva Datta is millions of times better than that of Lord Jesus Christ No edit summary current
• 11:5111:51, 19 July 2022 diff hist +2,887 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that saralata, or simplicity, is the first qualification of a Vaisnava, whereas duplicity or cunning behavior is a great offense against the principles of devotional service No edit summary current
• 11:5111:51, 19 July 2022 diff hist +22 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that one should always remember that he is eternally a servant of Krsna No edit summary current
• 11:5111:51, 19 July 2022 diff hist +19 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu acted as a very merciful well-wisher toward Vallabha Bhatta by externally neglecting him in many ways to purify him of his false pride in being a learned scholar No edit summary current
• 11:4911:49, 19 July 2022 diff hist +19 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that in the Goloka planet there are three divisions: Gokula, Mathura and Dvaraka No edit summary current
• 11:4911:49, 19 July 2022 diff hist +19 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that although the atheists who have deviated from the order of Sri Advaita Acarya introduce themselves as followers of Advaita Acarya, they do not accept Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as the SP of Godhead, Krsna No edit summary current
• 11:4811:48, 19 July 2022 diff hist +19 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments on this verse - CC Madhya 22.165 No edit summary current
• 11:4811:48, 19 July 2022 diff hist +22 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments on this incident as follows: Vaisnavas are all liberated persons, unattached to anything material. Therefore a Vaisnava need not accept the dress of a sannyasi to prove his exalted position No edit summary current
• 11:4811:48, 19 July 2022 diff hist +22 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments in his Anubhasya that among the five tattvas, two are energies (sakti-tattva) and the three others are energetic (saktiman tattva) No edit summary current
• 11:4711:47, 19 July 2022 diff hist +5,855 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, in commenting on this word (markata-vairagya), points out that monkeys make an external show of renunciation by not accepting clothing and by living naked in the forest No edit summary current
• 11:4711:47, 19 July 2022 diff hist −7 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada comments - Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the SP of Godhead Himself, Sri Krsna, and all His servants address Him as Prabhupada. This means that there are many prabhus taking shelter under His lotus feet No edit summary current
• 11:4511:45, 19 July 2022 diff hist +19 In this regard (CC Madhya 18.109), Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that jangama-narayana means that the impersonal Brahman takes a shape and moves here and there in the form of a Mayavadi sannyasi. The Mayavada philosophy confirms this No edit summary current
• 11:4511:45, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,484 In this (CC Madhya 5.24) regard, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that the younger brahmana rendered service to the older one with the purpose of pleasing Krsna. It was not a matter of ordinary worldly dealings No edit summary current
• 11:4511:45, 19 July 2022 diff hist +19 In this (CC Madhya 4.111) connection, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that Advaita Acarya took initiation from Madhavendra Puri, who was a sannyasi in the disciplic succession of the Madhva-sampradaya No edit summary current
• 11:4411:44, 19 July 2022 diff hist +19 In his commentary on this occasion (of last bathing ceremony of Deity), Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura quotes from the Hari-bhakti-vilasa No edit summary current
• 11:4411:44, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,243 In his Anubhasya, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments - The gopis are purely engaged in the service of the Lord without motive. They are not captivated by the opulence of Krsna, nor by the understanding that He is the SP of Godhead No edit summary current
• 11:4411:44, 19 July 2022 diff hist +19 As it is quoted by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami in his Anubhasya comments on Caitanya-caritamrta, Fifth Chapter, Adi-lila, verses 41-48, "deha-dehi-vibhedo 'yam nesvare vidyate kvacit," BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 11:4111:41, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3,225 Your desire to serve me is very praiseworthy. But because I am the humble servant of Krishna I cannot accept any service on my account. So what I say you follow so you may advance in Krishna Con. That is your service and I accept it on behalf of Krishna No edit summary current
• 11:4011:40, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,958 Why I shall be proud? What I have got? I am humble servant of Krsna. Let me discharge my duties. But if one is proud after becoming a pure servant of Krsna, that is very good. That dambhah, that pride, is very glorious No edit summary current
• 11:3911:39, 19 July 2022 diff hist +2,943 The glories of Vrindaban and Mathura are magnified by these two Sampradayas (Vallabha & Gaudiya) and the undersigned as an humble servant of all Vaisnavas, has tried his best to render it into elaborate English version for its publicity all over the world No edit summary current
• 11:3811:38, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,108 Pure devotees are better known as vicelords according to revealed scriptures. The sincere disciples of a pure devotee consider him equal with the Lord, but the pure devotee always considers himself to be a humble servant of the servant of the Lord No edit summary current
• 11:3711:37, 19 July 2022 diff hist +6,234 Personally I am humble servant of Krishna as you are also, but I am deputed to accept your service just to transfer it to Krishna as via media. I shall try to do this service to you & Krishna throughout my life No edit summary current
• 11:3611:36, 19 July 2022 diff hist −12 Even after accepting sannyasa, Caitanya Mahaprabhu retained the name "Caitanya," meaning a humble servant of a sannyasi. Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya appreciated this very much No edit summary current
• 11:3111:31, 19 July 2022 diff hist +2,846 This is the greatest contribution of Srila Rupa Gosvami, how to become a devotee. It is not sentiment; it is science. This Krsna consciousness movement is a great science No edit summary
• 11:2811:28, 19 July 2022 diff hist +12,772 We should never think of ourselves as great preachers, but should always consider that we are simply instrumental to the previous acaryas No edit summary current
• 11:2711:27, 19 July 2022 diff hist +12,924 We have witnessed that some of our contemporaries who are supposed to be great preachers have gradually fallen into the material conception of life because they have failed to chant the holy name of the Lord No edit summary current
• 11:2711:27, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,347 Some great acaryas, like Ramanujacarya and Madhvacarya, also came from Dravida-desa and became great preachers. They were all situated on the platform of sakhyam atma-nivedanam No edit summary current
• 11:2411:24, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3,874 One must offer respects to the great religious preachers and spiritual leaders and also train the senses for controlled action, learning to be unattached to family and home, and enacting devotional service to the Lord, etc No edit summary current
• 11:2411:24, 19 July 2022 diff hist +8,876 Keeping full faith in Krishna and the Spiritual Master, and executing the routine works of chanting and following the regulations. That will make you all great preachers, and wherever you go you will come out victorious No edit summary current
• 11:2411:24, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,675 It may be argued that all householders are not very rich & that one cannot receive great saintly persons or preachers because they are always accompanied by their disciples. If a householder is to receive a saintly person, he has to receive his entourage No edit summary current
• 11:2311:23, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,974 In the Bhakti-ratnakara (Fourth Wave), there is a description of Srila Abhirama Thakura. By the order of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, Abhirama Thakura became a great acarya and preacher of the Caitanya cult of devotional service No edit summary current
• 11:2311:23, 19 July 2022 diff hist +2,529 Do your best to serve in the Commission by correspondence, but I prefer to see you a great preacher and if possible you may be relieved from the responsibility of remaining a member of the Governing Body Commission No edit summary current
• 11:1211:12, 19 July 2022 diff hist +2,844 Yavana-raja, the King of the Yavanas, could also refuse to accept Kalakanya, daughter of Time, but he considered the request due to the order of Narada Muni. Thus he accepted Kalakanya in a different way No edit summary current
• 11:1111:11, 19 July 2022 diff hist +2,480 When a person is attacked by the invalidity of old age and is still addicted to sense gratification, he gradually loses all his personal beauty, intelligence and good possessions. He thus cannot resist the forceful attack of the daughter of Time No edit summary
• 11:1111:11, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3,922 The King of the mlecchas and yavanas requested the daughter of Time, Kalakanya, to become his sister. There was no need to ask her to become his wife, for the yavanas and mlecchas do not make distinctions as far as sex life is concerned No edit summary current
• 11:1011:10, 19 July 2022 diff hist +6,797 The daughter of Kala (Time) cannot overcome a Vaisnava. Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami engaged in writing Caitanya-caritamrta when he was very old, yet he presented the most wonderful literature about the activities of Lord Caitanya No edit summary current
• 11:1011:10, 19 July 2022 diff hist +1,621 The daughter of formidable Time (Kalakanya) was seeking her husband throughout the three worlds. Although no one agreed to accept her, she came No edit summary current
• 11:0811:08, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3,807 Since Kalakanya, the daughter of Time, was deputed by Narada Muni to offer herself to Yavana-raja, the King of the Yavanas could not refuse her. All transactions must be performed in light of the sastric injunctions No edit summary current
• 11:0811:08, 19 July 2022 diff hist +2,905 Of course no one could give her (Kalakanya, the daughter of Time) shelter, but a Vaisnava gives shelter somewhere to such an unfortunate girl. When jara, or old age, attacks, everyone dwindles and deteriorates No edit summary current
• 11:0711:07, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3,617 Kalakanya, the daughter of Time, presented herself before the King of the Yavanas precisely in terms of sadhu, sastra and guru. Thus there was no reason for not accepting her No edit summary current
• 11:0711:07, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3,892 After hearing the statement of Kalakanya, daughter of Time, the King of the Yavanas began to smile and devise a means for executing his confidential duty on behalf of providence. He then addressed Kalakanya as follows No edit summary current
• 08:0208:02, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3,971 You haven't got to speculate just like so many theosophists and philosophers and theologists who are trying to speculate to understand what is God. Why you are speculating, wasting your time? Why not take full knowledge here? No edit summary current
• 08:0208:02, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3 The inquisitive man and the philosopher do not pray to God for amelioration of mundane problems. They pray for the ability to know Him as He is, and they try to reach Him through science and logic. Such pious men are generally known as theosophists No edit summary current
• 08:0108:01, 19 July 2022 diff hist +3 There are some theosophists who declare that because Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, such cultivation (of love for Krsna) is easy for Him but difficult for the living entity and that one can therefore approach Krsna in any way he likes No edit summary current
• 08:0108:01, 19 July 2022 diff hist +7,882 Our process is - we have repeatedly explained this - that we do not speculate about God. Just like there are so many others, theosophists and theologists, they're speculating what is God. They don't accept No edit summary current
• 07:5607:56, 19 July 2022 diff hist +4,159 The symptom of becoming stunned is caused by ecstatic tribulation, fearfulness, astonishment, lamentation and anger. This symptom is exhibited by a stoppage of talking, a stoppage of movement, a feeling of voidness and an extreme feeling of separation No edit summary current