User contributions for Madana Mohana

17 February 2023

• 13:4313:43, 17 February 2023 diff hist +2,967 Gajendra assumed a spiritual body when his body was touched by the Lord. Similarly, Dhruva Maharaja assumed his spiritual body in this way No edit summary current
• 13:3713:37, 17 February 2023 diff hist +3,640 Dear sirs, whose servants are you, where have you come from, and why are you forbidding us to touch the body of Ajamila? Are you demigods from the heavenly planets, are you sub-demigods, or are you the best of devotees? No edit summary current
• 13:3013:30, 17 February 2023 diff hist +31 A person is called mild when he cannot even bear the touch of the most soft thing. It is described that every part of Krsna's body was so soft that even at the touch of newly grown leaves, the color of the touched part of His skin would change No edit summary current
• 13:2713:27, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,757 At that time Krsna appeared on the scene and touched the serpent with His lotus feet. Immediately upon being touched by the lotus feet of Krsna, the serpent shed its reptilian body and appeared as a very beautiful demigod named Vidyadhara No edit summary current
• 13:1313:13, 17 February 2023 diff hist +6,374 As stated in the Brahma-samhita, all these gopis are expansions of Krsna's pleasure potency. Touching their bodies with His hands & looking at their pleasing eyes, He enjoyed the gopis as a child enjoys playing with the reflection of his body in a mirror No edit summary current
• 12:2012:20, 17 February 2023 diff hist +1,927 As soon as the prince was touched by Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, symptoms of ecstatic love immediately manifested themselves in his body. These symptoms included perspiration, trembling, tears, being stunned and jubilation No edit summary current
• 12:1812:18, 17 February 2023 diff hist +1,282 As I tried to release the net, I touched the body, and as soon as I touched it, a ghost entered my heart No edit summary current
• 12:1612:16, 17 February 2023 diff hist +3,191 Arcana-paddhati, daily worship of the Deity, provides an opportunity to touch the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus it enables one to be fortunate enough to get a spiritual body and go back to Godhead No edit summary current
• 12:1112:11, 17 February 2023 diff hist +2,895 Although Hiranyaksa lay dead, his bodily luster was unfaded because the Lord, the Supreme Spirit, was touching his body. One's bodily luster remains fresh only as long as the spirit soul is present No edit summary current
• 12:0612:06, 17 February 2023 diff hist +1,668 After this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu pacified Amogha by touching his body and saying, "You are the object of My affection because you are the son-in-law of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya" No edit summary current
• 11:3611:36, 17 February 2023 diff hist +4,642 Unless one is in touch with a realized spiritual master, he cannot actually realize the real nature of self, etc. And out of thousands and hundreds of thousands of men, someone may know what Lord Krsna is in fact No edit summary current
• 11:3111:31, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,569 The duty of a human being is to capture the opportunity to come in touch with Krsna's representative, the bona fide spiritual master. Under the guidance of the spiritual master, the spiritual father, one can return home, back to Godhead No edit summary current
• 11:2811:28, 17 February 2023 diff hist +47,172 The causeless mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is first appreciated when one comes in touch with a bona fide spiritual master who can bring the conditioned soul to the highest position of devotional life No edit summary current
• 11:2211:22, 17 February 2023 diff hist +3,195 If by some chance or by pious activities they (the living entities) get in touch with a bona fide spiritual master, by the grace of Krsna, then they get the seed of devotional service No edit summary current
• 11:0911:09, 17 February 2023 diff hist +3,441 Those who are directly in touch with the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead and who are absorbed in the chanting of His glories are freed from all material contamination. Unalloyed devotees are able to show mercy to the common conditioned soul No edit summary current
• 11:0411:04, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,395 Vidyadhara himself stated that even though he was a demigod he was condemned to become a serpent. But because he was touched by the lotus feet of Krsna, he immediately came to Krsna consciousness No edit summary current
• 10:5810:58, 17 February 2023 diff hist +2,658 Dhruva Maharaja was not the same as before; he was completely sanctified by spiritual advancement due to having been touched by the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 10:5510:55, 17 February 2023 diff hist +2,829 Being touched by the lotus feet of Sri Krsna, that serpent was immediately freed from the reactions of his sinful life. Thus the serpent gave up his body and assumed the body of a beautiful Vidyadhara demigod No edit summary current
• 10:2610:26, 17 February 2023 diff hist +2,778 The devotee's love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is so intense that he wants to kiss the lotus feet of the Lord constantly, and he wants to touch the tips of the toes of the Lord and constantly embrace His lotus feet No edit summary current
• 10:2310:23, 17 February 2023 diff hist +14,502 Prakasananda quoted a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 7.5.32) which said that all the misgivings of the conditioned soul disappear at the touch of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 10:2010:20, 17 February 2023 diff hist +2,323 Devakulya is the presiding deity of the River Ganges, which comes down from the heavenly planets to this planet and is accepted to be sanctified because it touched the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari No edit summary current

16 February 2023

• 16:0716:07, 16 February 2023 diff hist +1,346 While touching the young girls, he was like a person touching wood or stone, for his body and mind were unaffected No edit summary current
• 16:0616:06, 16 February 2023 diff hist +6,720 The aborigine girls had very full breasts, and they were also very lusty, but when their lovers touched their breasts, the girls were not very much satisfied No edit summary current
• 16:0416:04, 16 February 2023 diff hist +17,070 They (Dhrtarastra, Bhisma, Vidura and Arjuna) concluded that the girl (Laksmana, Duryodhana's daughter) could not be married to any boy other than Samba, since she had already been touched by him No edit summary current
• 16:0216:02, 16 February 2023 diff hist +18,566 Sri Ramananda Raya personally bathed girls, touching them and washing them with his own hands, yet he remained calm and passionless, as a great devotee should be. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu certified that this was possible only for Ramananda Raya No edit summary current
• 15:5615:56, 16 February 2023 diff hist +1,449 His mind is as steady as wood or stone. Indeed, it is wonderful that even when he touches such young girls, his mind never changes No edit summary current
• 15:4715:47, 16 February 2023 diff hist +5,773 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said - Although I am a sannyasi, My mind is sometimes perturbed when I see a woman. But Ramananda Raya is greater than Me, for he is always undisturbed, even when he touches a woman No edit summary current
• 15:3715:37, 16 February 2023 diff hist +39,430 In the Varaha Purana the following offenses (in Deity worship) are mentioned: (l) to touch a lamp, dead body or a woman during her menstrual period, or to put on red or bluish clothing, unwashed clothing, the clothing of others or soiled clothing No edit summary current
• 15:2915:29, 16 February 2023 diff hist +9 A young man and a young woman meet, and the senses drive the young man to see her, to touch her and to have sexual intercourse. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 15:0415:04, 16 February 2023 diff hist +5,282 In India there are many parties of spiritual understanding, generally classified as two: the impersonalist and the personalist. Both of them, however, lead their lives according to the principles of the Vedas. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:5614:56, 16 February 2023 diff hist +13,091 Conditioned soul, the living entity, has come here to this material world for enjoyment & for material happiness. The Vedas are the guidance: all right, enjoy - but according to these principles. That is called Veda. Therefore, everything is there No edit summary current
• 14:5314:53, 16 February 2023 diff hist +36 Chand Kazi said: "Well, this cow-killing is also recommended in Your Vedas, because there is cow sacrifice." So Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied . . . now, we should know it that the animal sacrifice, according to the Vedic scripture, that is not killing No edit summary current
• 14:5014:50, 16 February 2023 diff hist +2,734 Chand Kazi agreed to talk with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu on the strength of the scriptures. According to the Vedic scripture, if one can support his position by quoting from the Vedas, his argument is perfect No edit summary current
• 14:4714:47, 16 February 2023 diff hist +15,488 Atheists do not believe in the injunctions of the Vedas. According to them, all the Vedic injunctions are simply theories that have no practical application in life No edit summary current
• 14:4314:43, 16 February 2023 diff hist +13 Astikyam means faith in God, faith in scripture. That is called astikyam. According to Vedic version, astikyam means faith in the Vedas. Nobody can refute the Vedas. That is called faith: no argument No edit summary current
• 14:4114:41, 16 February 2023 diff hist +8,373 Also, when the gopis first came to Him, He gave instructions to them to return to their homes. To call the wives of other persons or young girls & enjoy dancing with them is certainly abominable according to the Vedas. Why should Krsna have done this? No edit summary current
• 13:4713:47, 16 February 2023 diff hist +6,645 Universal consciousness is factually achieved by coordinated service of all concerned to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and that alone can insure total perfection No edit summary current
• 12:1612:16, 16 February 2023 diff hist +6,412 Krsna consciousness is so universal and perfect that it can appeal to everyone, irrespective of his position; therefore I fervently appeal to you, all present in this meeting, to extend your cooperation for successful execution of this great movement No edit summary current
• 11:3111:31, 16 February 2023 diff hist +3,600 Dhruva Maharaja was so absorbed in meditation on the thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead that He Himself, the universal consciousness, was attracted to Dhruva No edit summary
• 11:2011:20, 16 February 2023 diff hist +2,424 The materialist advances in many ways, but he is unable to stop these four principles (birth, death, disease and old age) of suffering inherent in material existence No edit summary current
• 11:1811:18, 16 February 2023 diff hist +4,094 The four principles of material existence means No edit summary current
• 11:1711:17, 16 February 2023 diff hist +3,210 One may be very proud of his material advancement in knowledge, but he cannot be immune to the four principles of material existence, namely birth, death, old age and disease No edit summary current
• 11:1211:12, 16 February 2023 diff hist +5,994 Four principles of material existence means No edit summary current
• 11:0711:07, 16 February 2023 diff hist +6,148 Four principles of material existence are necessary for the spiritual advancement of human society, and although Lord Krsna had no need to do so, He exhibited His household activities so that people might follow in His footsteps for their own interest No edit summary current
• 10:4010:40, 16 February 2023 diff hist +3,890 To convince them (people) of their next life is very difficult because they have become almost mad in their pursuit of material enjoyment No edit summary current
• 10:2610:26, 16 February 2023 diff hist +3,211 The perfection of human life is to develop one's dormant love for God, and thus be released from the terrible cycle of birth and death. People are so foolish that they simply waste time in temporary pursuits of material happiness No edit summary current
• 10:0710:07, 16 February 2023 diff hist +11 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted devotees all over the world, and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura and Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura confirmed this. It is in pursuit of their will that the ISKCON movement is spreading all over the world No edit summary current
• 10:0510:05, 16 February 2023 diff hist +4,128 Some people approach Him (Krsna) in the pursuit of knowledge of the Absolute Truth, and others approach Him when they are distressed, like the devotee Gajendra No edit summary current
• 10:0210:02, 16 February 2023 diff hist +7,190 Regardless of how these living entities appear, they are all busy in the pursuit of sense enjoyment No edit summary current
• 10:0110:01, 16 February 2023 diff hist +2,912 People are so foolish that they simply waste time in temporary pursuits of material happiness, eating, sleeping, defending and enjoying sex life. Especially sex life. The sum and substance of material life is attraction for the opposite sex No edit summary current