User contributions for Amala Sundari

2 September 2022

• 14:3214:32, 2 September 2022 diff hist +30 Although the remnants of food left by Jagannatha were brought into the Bhattacarya’s house, they were kept separate from the preparations he had made at his home No edit summary current
• 14:3114:31, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,180 Although He is the maintainer of the entire universe, once the Lord sat upon some rejected pots in the pit where the remnants of food were thrown, after the pots had been used for cooking No edit summary current
• 14:3114:31, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,622 Alas, how powerful are the hopes of a living being to continue his life. Verily, you (Dhrtarastra) are living just like a household dog and are eating remnants of food given by Bhima No edit summary current
• 14:3014:30, 2 September 2022 diff hist +1,602 After receiving the remnants of food left by Lord Nityananda Prabhu, Raghunatha dasa, who was greatly happy, ate some and distributed the rest among his own associates No edit summary current
• 14:3014:30, 2 September 2022 diff hist +1,668 After bathing in the sea, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned to His residence with all the devotees. Then they all lunched on the remnants of food offered to Lord Jagannatha No edit summary current
• 14:2714:27, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,581 According to the varnasrama system, the brahmanas are always honored first. Thus at the festival, the brahmanas and their wives were first offered the remnants of food, and then the others - ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras No edit summary current
• 14:2214:22, 2 September 2022 diff hist +6,456 This is very easy (to accept the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord), but we must follow in the footsteps of great personalities, and then success will be possible No edit summary current
• 14:2214:22, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,112 Simply abolishing monarchy and replacing it with democracy is not sufficient unless the government men are religious and follow in the footsteps of great religious personalities No edit summary current
• 14:2214:22, 2 September 2022 diff hist +6,404 One who follows in the footsteps of such great personalities surely walks very easily on the path of liberation and ultimately goes back home, back to Godhead. That is the way of perfecting this human form of life No edit summary current
• 14:2014:20, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,262 Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah: (CC Madhya 17.186) one should follow in the footsteps of great personalities No edit summary current
• 14:1914:19, 2 September 2022 diff hist +6 Follow in the footsteps of great religious personalities No edit summary current
• 13:3713:37, 2 September 2022 diff hist −19 We must first activate our dormant love of Godhead by following the prescribed rules and by following in the footsteps of the authorities who are actually fixed in love of Godhead No edit summary current
• 13:3613:36, 2 September 2022 diff hist +5,092 The Srimad-Bhagavatam recommends, therefore, that one follow in the footsteps of the authorities No edit summary current
• 13:3613:36, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,794 The path of bhakti is not at all difficult if we follow in the footsteps of previous acaryas and authorities, but those who are too materially contaminated by the modes of material nature cannot follow them No edit summary current
• 13:3513:35, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,340 The Vedic process is to follow in the footsteps of great authorities, and that is the only process for knowing that which is beyond our imagination No edit summary current
• 13:0413:04, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,473 It is not a valid principle that an unqualified man who is born in a brahmana family is a brahmana whereas a brahminically qualified person born in a non-brahmana family cannot be accepted No edit summary current
• 13:0313:03, 2 September 2022 diff hist +7,310 According to the Caitanya-bhagavata, this statement (Acyutananda was a class friend of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu) is not at all valid No edit summary current
• 13:0313:03, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4 They may take it as "new smrti," but smrti is smrti - it is not new. In any spiritual statement, you have to give references to sruti and smrti. Otherwise, it is not valid No edit summary current
• 13:0213:02, 2 September 2022 diff hist +12,486 There must be veda-pramana, sabda-pramana: evidence from the Vedas and from the explanatory Vedic literature. Otherwise, there is no evidence. Your statement is not valid: you cannot change the original sruti-smrti No edit summary current
• 13:0213:02, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,701 Some propagandists say that regardless of what one does he will ultimately reach the supreme abode of the Personality of Godhead, but this is not valid No edit summary current
• 13:0213:02, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,964 Since Brahma and the other creators are nothing but small portions of a portion of You, their partial power to create does not make them God (isvara). Their consciousness of themselves as separate Lords is therefore merely false prestige. It is not valid No edit summary current
• 13:0213:02, 2 September 2022 diff hist +7,920 Mistaking the rope for a snake does not mean that the rope or the snake is false, and therefore this example, used by the Mayavadis to illustrate the falsity of the material world, is not valid No edit summary current
• 12:3712:37, 2 September 2022 diff hist +6,808 By your so-called scientific advancement, you cannot increase or, I mean to say, stop nonproduction. That you cannot No edit summary current
• 12:1812:18, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,852 We are not concerned with other religions or yogas in terms of competition or sectarian spirit. Actual spiritual knowledge is to take the authoritative statements from the scriptures and from the great acaryas, spiritual masters in disciplic succession No edit summary current
• 12:1712:17, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,293 Sri Madhavendra Puri is one of the acaryas in the disciplic succession from Madhvacarya. Madhavendra Puri had two principal disciples, Isvara Puri and Sri Advaita Prabhu No edit summary current
• 12:1612:16, 2 September 2022 diff hist +52,051 Sri Madhavendra Puri, also known as Sri Madhava Puri is one of the acaryas in the disciplic succession from Madhvacarya No edit summary current
• 12:1612:16, 2 September 2022 diff hist +49 One of the acaryas, known as Narahari Tirtha, who was in the disciplic succession of Madhvacarya, received these Deities (of Sita-Rama which were in the palace of last king of the Pandavas, Ksemakanta) from the King of Orissa No edit summary current
• 12:1512:15, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,133 I have not done anything personally, very wonderful. I am simply serving my spiritual master and all the acaryas in the disciplic succession. If I have done anything of credit it is that I have not changed their teachings No edit summary current
• 12:1512:15, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,699 It is very difficult to understand the secret of Krsna consciousness, but one who advances by the instruction of the previous acaryas and follows in the footsteps of his predecessors in the line of disciplic succession will have success. Others will not No edit summary current
• 12:1512:15, 2 September 2022 diff hist +8,584 It is said acaryavan puruso veda: one who follows the disciplic succession of acaryas knows things as they are - Chandogya Upanisad 6.14.2 No edit summary current
• 12:1512:15, 2 September 2022 diff hist +5,406 It is our movement only which strictly follows the principles of the Bhagavad-gita, under the guidance of the authorities or acaryas in disciplic succession from Lord Caitanya No edit summary current
• 12:1412:14, 2 September 2022 diff hist +41,487 In the disciplic succession of Gaudiya sampradaya, there are 2 great acaryas (Thakura Narottama & Syamananda Gosvami) who were not born in brahmana families but were accepted as spiritual masters by many brahmanas including Ganganarayana, Ramakrsna, etc No edit summary current
• 12:1412:14, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,170 Doubtful persons have no status whatsoever in spiritual emancipation. One should therefore follow in the footsteps of great acaryas who are in the disciplic succession and thereby attain success. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 12:1412:14, 2 September 2022 diff hist +5,691 All the acaryas, they are not different from one another. Because they are coming in the disciplic succession from the original spiritual master and they have no different views, therefore, although they are many, they are one No edit summary current

27 August 2022

• 15:1915:19, 27 August 2022 diff hist +7,048 When King Mucukunda saw Krsna's magnificent features, he wondered about His identity, and with great humility he asked the Lord, "My dear Lord, may I inquire how it is that You happened to be in the cave of this mountain? Who are You" No edit summary current
• 15:1815:18, 27 August 2022 diff hist +1,743 When he met Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Bhattacarya fell down flat to offer Him respects. After offering various prayers to Him, he spoke of his previous bad disposition with great humility No edit summary current
• 15:1815:18, 27 August 2022 diff hist +3,038 Upon hearing her husband, who excelled in knowledge of all kinds of transcendental science, innocent Devahuti was very satisfied. Her smiling face shining with a slightly bashful glance, she spoke in a choked voice because of great humility and love No edit summary current
• 15:1815:18, 27 August 2022 diff hist +1,827 Thinking in this way, Vallabha Bhatta approached Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu the next morning, and in great humility, offering many prayers, he sought shelter and surrendered at the lotus feet of the Lord No edit summary
• 15:1815:18, 27 August 2022 diff hist +9,719 The wife of the brahmana again & again requested, in great humility and submission, that he go to Lord Krsna. The brahmana thought that there was no need to ask any material benefit from Sri Krsna, but he was induced by the repeated requests of his wife No edit summary current
• 15:1715:17, 27 August 2022 diff hist +5,332 The ocean deity immediately appeared before the Lord and offered Him all respectful obeisances with great humility No edit summary current
• 15:1615:16, 27 August 2022 diff hist +1,772 The brahmana submitted his invitation with great humility, and he touched the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
• 15:1615:16, 27 August 2022 diff hist +1,825 The brahmanas from different places, such as Kanyakubja and South India, who were all strict followers of the Vedic religion, offered invitations to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with great humility No edit summary current
• 15:1415:14, 27 August 2022 diff hist +3,621 The author of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta says - I beg their pardon (who imitate some smarta-brahmana) with great humility, but I am submitting that I personally have no desire to add or subtract anything No edit summary current
• 15:1415:14, 27 August 2022 diff hist +1,428 Thereafter, with great submission and humility, Vallabha Bhatta invited Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to dine at his home No edit summary current
• 15:1415:14, 27 August 2022 diff hist +7,043 Thereafter, with great humility, the King (Nrga) offered each of them (the two brahmanas) 100,000 cows in exchange for the one cow that was causing the fight between them No edit summary current
• 15:1315:13, 27 August 2022 diff hist +1,689 Sri Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King Pariksit, when Citraketu was cursed by Parvati, he descended from his airplane, bowed before her with great humility and pleased her completely No edit summary current
• 15:1315:13, 27 August 2022 diff hist +1,520 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "Ramananda Raya is a mine of great humility. Therefore he has attributed his own words to another's intelligence" No edit summary current
• 15:1315:13, 27 August 2022 diff hist +7,268 Sometimes there are many other symptoms, such as great anxiety, lamentation, frustration, being stunned, humility, restlessness, madness and illusion No edit summary current
• 15:1215:12, 27 August 2022 diff hist +1,408 Ramananda Raya said, "My dear Lord, with Your permission I have already written a letter to the King with great humility" No edit summary current
• 15:1115:11, 27 August 2022 diff hist +1,488 Raghunatha dasa’s father wrote a letter to Sivananda Sena, asking him with great humility, "Please return my son" No edit summary current