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06:1106:11, 16 August 2022 diff hist +8,407 Of course, Arjuna was not an ordinary living entity, but because of his friendly dealings with Krsna he thought that Krsna was unable to give protection to the brahmana and that he would do better to remember Lord Siva No edit summary current
06:1006:10, 16 August 2022 diff hist +8,947 Saranagati, surrender. Surrender means that "I am surrendering to Krsna with full faith that He is quite competent and able to give me protection." This is called surrender No edit summary current
06:1006:10, 16 August 2022 diff hist +5,552 The conclusion is that unless the king is perfectly able to give protection to the citizens from rogues and thieves, he has no right to levy taxes from the citizens for his own sense gratification No edit summary current
06:0906:09, 16 August 2022 diff hist +5,351 The king or the government that taxes can levy taxes from the citizens only if the king or government is able to give protection to the citizens from thieves and rogues No edit summary current
06:0806:08, 16 August 2022 diff hist +17,997 The ksatriyas should always be very strong to be able to give protection to the weak. They should not pose themselves as nonviolent. If violence is required, they must exhibit it. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
06:0806:08, 16 August 2022 diff hist +18,720 The ksatriyas should be very strong to be able to give protection to the weak. They should not pose themselves as nonviolent. If violence is required, they must exhibit it. But a person who is able to curb down his enemy may show forgiveness No edit summary current
06:0806:08, 16 August 2022 diff hist +4,926 The six divisions of surrender are the acceptance of those things favorable to devotional service, the rejection of unfavorable things, the conviction that Krsna will give protection, the acceptance of the Lord as one's guardian or master No edit summary current
06:0706:07, 16 August 2022 diff hist +3,499 The six divisions of surrender are: accepting those things favorable to devotional service, rejecting unfavorable things, the conviction that Krsna will give protection, accepting the Lord as one's guardian or master, full self-surrender, and humility No edit summary current
06:0706:07, 16 August 2022 diff hist +3,228 This attachment strongly affects all conditioned living entities. Lord Krsna is personally canvassing, "Give up everything in this material world. Come to Me, and I shall give you all protection," but we are not agreeable No edit summary current
06:0706:07, 16 August 2022 diff hist +4,568 To accept everything which is favorable for devotional service, to reject everything which is unfavorable for devotional service, to believe that Krsna will always give protection No edit summary current
06:0706:07, 16 August 2022 diff hist +3,902 Unless he (the king) is able to give protection, he cannot levy taxes No edit summary current
06:0606:06, 16 August 2022 diff hist +8,266 Vasudeva expressed his sorrow due to not being able to give protection to his own sons born of Devaki. He was thinking that religious principles, economic development and the satisfaction of his senses were therefore all lost No edit summary current

13:0513:05, 15 August 2022 diff hist −13 This fact (when Krsna comes as one of us, He is not in actuality "one of us") we must learn by submissive inquiry from authoritative sources, such as Bhagavad-gita or a spiritual master who is fully realized in Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
13:0413:04, 15 August 2022 diff hist +3,512 The inquisitive student must approach a qualified spiritual master to receive transcendental knowledge by surrender, submissive inquiries and service. Knowledge received by submissive inquiries and service is more effective than in exchange for money No edit summary current
13:0413:04, 15 August 2022 diff hist +1,439 One day Pradyumna Misra came to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, offering his respects and inquiring from Him with great submission No edit summary current
13:0113:01, 15 August 2022 diff hist +3,512 How to learn from the spiritual master? "Inquire from him submissively." You don't approach a spiritual master whom you can challenge. Then your selection of spiritual master is wrong No edit summary current
13:0113:01, 15 August 2022 diff hist +12,585 Because He is the omniscient Personality of Godhead, Krsna knew that the cowherd men were preparing for the Indra sacrifice, but as a matter of etiquette He began to inquire with great honor and submission from elder personalities like Maharaja Nanda No edit summary current
04:2204:22, 15 August 2022 diff hist +5 Ultimately, it is not the sweet will of the devotee but the will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who, if He so desires, can completely annihilate the material creation. There is no loss on His part No edit summary current
04:2104:21, 15 August 2022 diff hist +4,473 The Lord is so powerful that He can do anything and everything merely by His sweet will alone. As mentioned above, everything is done by His energies in a natural way, with full knowledge and complete perfection No edit summary current
04:2104:21, 15 August 2022 diff hist +6,618 The Isopanisad directs that one should live by the direction of the Lord and not at one's sweet will No edit summary current
04:1104:11, 15 August 2022 diff hist +5 Since everyone can be liberated in this way (simply by the desire of a devotee), one may conclude that it is according to the sweet will of the devotee whether the material world exists or does not exist No edit summary current
04:1104:11, 15 August 2022 diff hist +3,452 O Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, by Your sweet will You appear in various incarnations, millennium after millennium, and act wonderfully, performing uncommon activities that would be impossible for us No edit summary current
04:1104:11, 15 August 2022 diff hist +1,603 Once upon a time, when the powerful sage named Angira was traveling all over the universe without engagement, by his sweet will he came to the palace of King Citraketu No edit summary current
04:1004:10, 15 August 2022 diff hist +3,802 It is not imagination but a fact that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by His sweet will, appears in different incarnations, such as Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Nrsimha, Vamana, Parasurama, Ramacandra, Balarama, Buddha and many other forms No edit summary current
04:0804:08, 15 August 2022 diff hist +5 Either in opulence or in distress we are not independent; everything is dependent on the sweet will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
04:0604:06, 15 August 2022 diff hist +2,604 By the will of the Lord, the whole earth can at once be changed. He can do and undo a thing by His sweet will. Therefore no one should consider himself to be self-sufficient or independent of the Lord No edit summary current
04:0504:05, 15 August 2022 diff hist +10,128 By His (God's) sweet will He reveals Himself by His internal potency, being satisfied by the transcendental loving service of the devotee No edit summary current
04:0504:05, 15 August 2022 diff hist +4,192 As a player sets up and disperses his playthings according to his own sweet will, so the supreme will of the Lord brings men together and separates them No edit summary current
04:0504:05, 15 August 2022 diff hist +3,641 All the incarnations described in the sastras act wonderfully. It is only by the personal sweet will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead that He appears and disappears, and only fortunate devotees can expect to see Him face to face No edit summary current

09:1809:18, 14 August 2022 diff hist +4,313 You belong to our Sankara-sampradaya and live in our village, Varanasi. Why then do You not associate with us? Why is it that You avoid even seeing us? No edit summary current
09:1809:18, 14 August 2022 diff hist +26,250 When Caitanya was finally seated amongst them, Prakasananda said, I think Your name is Sri Krsna Caitanya, & I understand that You belong to our Mayavadi sect because You have taken sannyasa from Kesava Bharati, who belongs to the Sankaracarya sampradaya No edit summary current
09:1709:17, 14 August 2022 diff hist +4,009 Those who are followers of the Sankara cult are generally known as Vedantists. This does not, however, mean that Vedanta is a monopoly study of the Sankara-sampradaya No edit summary
09:1709:17, 14 August 2022 diff hist +3,941 The Sankara-sampradaya awards the sannyasa order only to caste brahmanas, or born brahmanas, but in the Vaisnava system even one not born in a brahmana family may be made a brahmana according to the direction of the Hari-bhakti-vilasa No edit summary current
09:1609:16, 14 August 2022 diff hist +3,506 Prabodhananda Sarasvati belonged to the Ramanuja-sampradaya, whereas Prakasananda Sarasvati belonged to the Sankaracarya-sampradaya No edit summary current
09:1609:16, 14 August 2022 diff hist +8 Mayavadi sannyasis are always very puffed up because of their knowledge of Sanskrit and because they belong to the Sankara-sampradaya No edit summary current
09:1609:16, 14 August 2022 diff hist +32 In the Sankara-sampradaya there are ten different names awarded to sannyasis: (1) Tirtha, (2) Asrama, (3) Vana, (4) Aranya, (5) Giri, (6) Parvata, (7) Sagara, (8) Sarasvati, (9) Bharati and (10) Puri No edit summary current
09:1609:16, 14 August 2022 diff hist +7,706 In Sankara-sampradaya, strictly, unless one is born in brahmana family, he's not offered sannyasa. He's not given sannyasa. So far we are concerned, we also offer sannyasa to the brahmana, not to the sudras No edit summary current
09:1609:16, 14 August 2022 diff hist +6,862 In order to understand the real meaning of the Vedanta-sutra, I (Lord Caitanya) never followed the explanation of the Sankara-sampradaya or Mayavadi sannyasis. I'm very much afraid of the illogical arguments of the Mayavadi philosophers No edit summary current
09:1509:15, 14 August 2022 diff hist +8 How then could the same person (Prabodhananda) meet Him (Caitanya) as a member of the Sankara-sampradaya in 1435 Sakabda, two years later No edit summary current
09:1509:15, 14 August 2022 diff hist +7,306 Caitanya Mahaprabhu presented himself in this way: I am a great fool & do not have knowledge of right & wrong. In order to understand the real meaning of the Vedanta-sutra, I never followed the explanation of the Sankara-sampradaya or Mayavadi sannyasis No edit summary current
09:1509:15, 14 August 2022 diff hist +8 Brahmananda Bharati belonged to the Sankara-sampradaya - The title Bharati indicates a member of one of that sampradaya’s ten classes of sannyasis No edit summary current
09:1509:15, 14 August 2022 diff hist +2,978 At the end of the month of January in the year 1432 sakabda (A.D. 1510), Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the sannyasa order from Kesava Bharati, who belonged to the Sankara-sampradaya No edit summary current
09:1409:14, 14 August 2022 diff hist +8 As a brahmacari His name was Nityananda Svarupa, and therefore the sannyasi under whom He was living must have been from the tirthas or asramas of the Sankara-sampradaya, because one of the names for the assistant brahmacari of such a sannyasi is Svarupa No edit summary current
09:1309:13, 14 August 2022 diff hist +8 Among the sannyasis of the Sankara-sampradaya there are different names for brahmacaris No edit summary current
09:1309:13, 14 August 2022 diff hist +32 Although Kesava Bharati belonged to the Sankara-sampradaya, he had formerly been initiated by a Vaisnava. He is said to have been a Vaisnava on account of having been initiated by Madhavendra Puri, for some say that he took sannyasa from Madhavendra Puri No edit summary current
09:1309:13, 14 August 2022 diff hist +2,725 All the sannyasis of the Sankara-sampradaya enjoy seriously studying the Vedanta-sutra with the Sariraka-bhasya commentary. It is said, vedanta-vakyesu sada ramantah: "One should always enjoy the studies of the Vedanta-sutra" No edit summary current

16:2016:20, 13 August 2022 diff hist +3,698 Smrti-sastra composed of twenty religious scriptures No edit summary current
16:1816:18, 13 August 2022 diff hist +4,251 There are Vedas, Puranas, the Bible, the Koran, and there are so many religious scriptures also. And if you go on reading them, although the aim is one, still, you will find some discrepancy from one to another No edit summary current
16:1716:17, 13 August 2022 diff hist +5,406 Yajnavalkya and Jaimini and other compilers of the religious scriptures cannot know the secret, confidential religious system of the twelve mahajanas because they are bewildered by the illusory energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
16:1616:16, 13 August 2022 diff hist +6,374 Without understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead in this way (by following the Vedic instructions of the sruti and smrti and other religious scriptures, including the pancaratriki-vidhi), one only creates a disturbance No edit summary current

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