User contributions for Amala Sundari

3 September 2022

• 14:3814:38, 3 September 2022 diff hist +30 The sixty-four regulative principles (of devotional service) are as follows: 40) To chant the Lord's name loudly in congregation. (41) To smell incense and flowers offered to the Deity. (42) To eat the remnants of food offered to the Deity No edit summary current
• 14:3814:38, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,545 The remnants of food offered to the Lord at Balagandi then arrived in great quantity, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and all His devotees ate it No edit summary current
• 14:3814:38, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,674 The remnants of food offered to Lord Krsna are called maha-prasadam. After this same maha-prasadam has been taken by a devotee, the remnants are elevated to maha-maha-prasadam No edit summary current
• 14:3714:37, 3 September 2022 diff hist +3,796 The remnants of food left by the spiritual master and similar paramahamsas, or pure Vaisnavas, are purifying. When an ordinary person touches such prasadam, his mind is purified, and his mind is raised to the status of a pure brahmana No edit summary current
• 14:3614:36, 3 September 2022 diff hist +3,537 The remnants of food left by a pure Vaisnava are called maha-maha-prasadam. This is completely spiritual and is identified with Lord Visnu. Such remnants are not ordinary No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,566 The Lord collected whatever remnants of food were left by Lord Jagannatha. He also took remnants of the Lord's kadara ointment, sandalwood and ropes with Him No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,605 The Lord again arranged for the residential quarters of all the devotees and thereafter called them to partake of the remnants of food offered to Lord Jagannatha No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,599 The dust of the feet of a devotee, the water that has washed the feet of a devotee, and the remnants of food left by a devotee are three very powerful substances No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,827 They would mix these preparations with the remnants of food from Lord Jagannatha. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the invitations, He went sometimes alone and sometimes with His associates No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 3 September 2022 diff hist +2,004 Then the Lord told Kasi Misra and the temple superintendent, "As for the remnants of food left by Jagannatha, let them be delivered to Vaninatha Raya's charge, for he can take care of all the Vaisnavas and distribute maha-prasadam to them" No edit summary current
• 14:3314:33, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,657 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then took all the remnants of food offered to Jagannatha, such as cakes and sweet rice, and distributed them to all the other devotees, calling them individually No edit summary current
• 14:3314:33, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,930 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "These are remnants of food that Krsna has eaten and thus turned to nectar with His lips. It surpasses heavenly nectar, and even such demigods as Lord Brahma find it difficult to obtain" No edit summary current
• 14:3314:33, 3 September 2022 diff hist +6,428 So far we are concerned, we are eating remnants of foodstuff which was offered to Krishna, so we are not afraid of anything No edit summary current
• 14:3014:30, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,539 Raghava Pandita, being very merciful toward Raghunatha dasa, offered him the dishes with the remnants of food left by the two brothers No edit summary current
• 14:2614:26, 3 September 2022 diff hist +5,024 Remnants of food may be eaten only when they are part of a meal that was first offered to the Supreme Lord or first eaten by saintly persons, especially the spiritual master. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:0414:04, 3 September 2022 diff hist +2,734 Persons who are not very highly elevated in pious activities cannot believe in the remnants of food (prasadam) of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, nor in Govinda, the holy name of the Lord, nor in the Vaisnavas No edit summary current
• 14:0314:03, 3 September 2022 diff hist +30 One who refuses to accept prasadam, the remnants of food offered to Krsna, cannot become a devotee No edit summary current
• 14:0314:03, 3 September 2022 diff hist +30 One who is directly engaged in all these devotional activities (chanting Hare Krsna and eating the remnants of foodstuff offered to the Deity) is to be understood as having studied all Vedic literature. He has come to the conclusion perfectly. BG 1972 p No edit summary current
• 14:0314:03, 3 September 2022 diff hist +30 One should eat remnants of foodstuffs that are offered to Krsna. This is also the philosophy of Bhagavad-gita, wherein Krsna says: If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it. - BG 9.26 No edit summary current
• 14:0214:02, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,923 One should (17) circumambulate the temple, (18) recite various prayers, (19) chant softly, (20) chant congregationally, (21) smell the incense and flower garlands offered to the Deity, and (22) eat the remnants of food offered to the Deity No edit summary current
• 14:0014:00, 3 September 2022 diff hist +3,823 My friend, what do you eat to maintain your body? Because you are chewing betel, a pleasing scent is emanating from your mouth. This proves that you always eat the remnants of food offered to Visnu. Indeed, you must also be an expansion of Visnu's body No edit summary current
• 13:5913:59, 3 September 2022 diff hist +5,216 Knowing Duryodhana's plan, Krsna came to the Pandavas and asked their wife Draupadi if there were any remnants of food which she could offer to Him No edit summary current
• 13:5713:57, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,678 Kalidasa was an uncle of Raghunatha dasa Gosvami. Throughout his entire life, even in his old age, he tried to eat the remnants of food left by Vaisnavas No edit summary current
• 13:5713:57, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,296 Kalidasa ate the remnants of food of as many Vaisnavas as there were in Bengal No edit summary current
• 13:5713:57, 3 September 2022 diff hist +3,800 Kalidasa, one of the relative, uncle, of Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, he was also very great Vaisnava, maha-bhagavata. His business was to eat the remnants of foodstuff left by Vaisnava No edit summary current
• 13:4413:44, 3 September 2022 diff hist +4,482 I went to Jagannatha Puri in 1958 during some special function. I was taking Lord Jagannatha prasada very sumptuously. I am praying to Lord Jagannatha to take me there again at His will and honor His remnants of food No edit summary current
• 13:4313:43, 3 September 2022 diff hist +9,338 It is known to everyone that one man's food is another man's poison. Human beings are expected to accept the remnants of food offered to Lord Sri Krsna, and the Lord accepts foodstuff from the categories of leaves, flowers, fruits, etc No edit summary current
• 13:4313:43, 3 September 2022 diff hist +8 It is best that one eat only the remnants of foodstuff offered to Krsna. A person in Krsna consciousness does not eat anything which is not first offered to Krsna. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 13:3913:39, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,359 In this way Kalidasa ate the remnants of food left by all the Vaisnavas residing in Bengal No edit summary current
• 13:3813:38, 3 September 2022 diff hist +4,731 In the Hare Krsna movement, the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, the dancing in ecstasy and the eating of the remnants of food offered to the Lord are very, very important No edit summary current
• 13:3813:38, 3 September 2022 diff hist +6,292 In great sacrifices the injunction is that Narayana should be present as the supreme predominating Deity of the sacrifice and that after the sacrifice is performed the remnants of food should be distributed amongst the demigods No edit summary current
• 13:3813:38, 3 September 2022 diff hist +2,959 In ceremonies when brahmanas and Vaisnavas are sumptuously fed, the host partakes of the remnants of foodstuff after the guest has given permission No edit summary current
• 13:3713:37, 3 September 2022 diff hist +5,650 In Calcutta there are many butcher shops which keep a deity of the goddess Kali, and animal-eaters think it proper to purchase animal flesh from such shops in hope that they are eating the remnants of food offered to the goddess Kali No edit summary current
• 13:3713:37, 3 September 2022 diff hist +13,514 In Calcutta there are many butcher shops which keep a deity of the goddess Kali, and animal-eaters think it proper to purchase animal flesh from such shops in hope that they are eating the remnants of food offered to goddess Kali No edit summary current
• 13:3613:36, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,387 He would beg remnants of food from such Vaisnavas, and if he did not receive any, he would hide No edit summary current
• 13:3513:35, 3 September 2022 diff hist +1,746 He would also take gifts to the homes of Vaisnavas born in sudra families. Then he would hide and in this manner eat the remnants of food they threw away No edit summary current

2 September 2022

• 14:4014:40, 2 September 2022 diff hist +1,716 Gopinatha Acarya has already come, bringing sufficient remnants of food to distribute to all the sannyasis, and sannyasis like Paramananda Puri and Brahmananda Bharati are waiting for You No edit summary current
• 14:4014:40, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,619 Generally those who invited Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu for dinner used to offer Him the remnants of food that had first been offered to Lord Jagannatha No edit summary current
• 14:3914:39, 2 September 2022 diff hist +5,179 Even if one does not accept all the Vaisnava principles, but still takes the remnants of foodstuff offered to Krsna, or Krsna-prasadam, he will gradually become qualified to rise to the platform of a Vaisnava No edit summary
• 14:3914:39, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,550 Each and every house was ready to receive the Lord in a similar way, and thus each and every house on the roads and streets distributed such remnants of food to the citizens, and therefore the festival was successful No edit summary current
• 14:3714:37, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,637 Distribution of prasada, or remnants of foodstuffs offered to the Lord, even to the ignorant masses of people and to animals, gives such living entities the chance for elevation to Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
• 14:3614:36, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,346 Crows have no independent life; they fully depend on the remnants of foodstuffs thrown by householders into the garbage tank No edit summary current
• 14:3614:36, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,603 By touching the remnants of food thrown by Nityananda Prabhu, Advaita Acarya immediately felt Himself purified of all smarta contamination No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,459 By eating or touching such maha-prasadam (the remnants of food left by a pure Vaisnava), a brahmana is not degraded. There is no question of being polluted by touching the remnants of such food No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3,286 Brahmana-bhojana, feeding of the brahmanas, is also recommended, for when the brahmanas eat sumptuous remnants of food after yajna, this is another way that Lord Visnu Himself eats No edit summary current
• 14:3514:35, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,045 Bhagavan Acarya cooked varieties of vegetables and other preparations dear to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He also obtained remnants of food from Lord Jagannatha and digestive aids such as ground ginger and also lime with salt No edit summary current
• 14:3414:34, 2 September 2022 diff hist +30 A pure Vaisnava, or a person on the paramahamsa stage, accepts the remnants of food as spiritual. He does not consider it to be material or sense gratificatory. He accepts maha-prasadam not as ordinary dhal and rice but as spiritual substance No edit summary current
• 14:3314:33, 2 September 2022 diff hist +14,402 As he (Narada) went on eating (the remnants of food of the great sages), he gradually became as purehearted as the sages, and he gradually developed the same taste. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:3214:32, 2 September 2022 diff hist +4,757 Animal food is never recommended for human beings; instead, a human being is recommended to take prasada, remnants of food left by Krsna. Yajna-sistasinah santo mucyante sarva-kilbisaih (BG 3.13) No edit summary current
• 14:3214:32, 2 September 2022 diff hist +2,103 Among the ten kinds of purificatory processes, one is pum-savanam, in which the wife is offered some prasada, or remnants of foodstuff offered to Lord Visnu, so that after sexual intercourse with her husband she may conceive a child No edit summary current