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20 February 2023

• 12:0312:03, 20 February 2023 diff hist +77,545 The material world is described as a tree whose roots are upwards and branches are below. BG 1972 Introduction No edit summary current
• 12:0112:01, 20 February 2023 diff hist −7 The Lord is also sometimes compared to a tree. The root of the tree is the cause of the trunk, branches, twigs, leaves, and fruits, yet the trunk is not the fruit, the fruit is not the leaf, nor is the leaf the root No edit summary current
• 11:5911:59, 20 February 2023 diff hist +11 The impersonalists take Brahma to be the root of this material tree. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 11:5611:56, 20 February 2023 diff hist +6,586 The impersonalists take Brahman to be the root of this material tree, and from the root, according to Sankhya philosophy, come prakrti, purusa, then the three gunas, then the five gross elements, then the ten senses, mind, etc No edit summary current
• 11:5211:52, 20 February 2023 diff hist +3,923 The entire universe, which is full of living entities, is like a tree whose root is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Acyuta (Krsna). Therefore simply by worshiping Lord Krsna one can worship all living entities No edit summary current
• 11:5011:50, 20 February 2023 diff hist +11 The dried leaves of creepers beneath a bamboo tree may be completely burnt to ashes by a fire, although the creepers may sprout again because the root is still in the ground No edit summary current
• 11:4811:48, 20 February 2023 diff hist +2,002 The destination of a person who slyly cheats another man and enjoys his wife and children is the hell known as Andhatamisra. There his condition is exactly like that of a tree being chopped at its roots No edit summary current
• 11:3111:31, 20 February 2023 diff hist +3,640 The branches of this tree (the imperishable banyan tree that has its roots upward and its branches down and whose leaves are the Vedic hymns) extend downward and upward, nourished by the three modes of material nature No edit summary current
• 11:2911:29, 20 February 2023 diff hist +6,118 The Blessed Lord said: There is a banyan tree which has its roots upward and its branches down and whose leaves are the Vedic hymns. One who knows this tree is the knower of the Vedas. BG 15.1 - 1972 No edit summary current
• 11:2411:24, 20 February 2023 diff hist +5,656 These sins are like the dried leaves of creepers beneath a bamboo tree, which may be burned by fire although their roots remain to grow again at the first opportunity No edit summary current
• 11:0711:07, 20 February 2023 diff hist −7 So-called humanitarian service, social service, without any touch with Krsna . . . just like watering on the tree without touching the root - it is useless labor No edit summary current
• 10:5310:53, 20 February 2023 diff hist +9,616 Paramananda Puri, Kesava Bharati, Brahmananda Puri and Brahmananda Bharati, Sri Visnu Puri, Kesava Puri, Krsnananda Puri, Sri Nrsimha Tirtha and Sukhananda Puri - these nine sannyasi roots all sprouted from the trunk of the tree No edit summary current
• 10:5110:51, 20 February 2023 diff hist +2,887 On Plaksadvipa there is a tree shining like gold and as tall as the jambu tree on Jambudvipa. At its root is a fire with seven flames. It is because this tree is a plaksa tree that the island is called Plaksadvipa No edit summary current
• 10:4610:46, 20 February 2023 diff hist +6,357 Now, there is no ready experience in this world of a tree situated with its branches down and its roots upward, but there is such a thing. That tree can be found beside a reservoir of water. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 10:4210:42, 20 February 2023 diff hist +4,156 My final decision is that the universe is just like a tree, with root upwards. Just as a tree has branches and leaves so the universe is also composed of planets which are fixed up in the tree like the leaves, flowers, fruits, etc. of the tree No edit summary current
• 10:2010:20, 20 February 2023 diff hist +6,023 It may also be concluded that since a tree lives on the strength of its root and when the root is nourished with water all the parts of the tree are nourished, one should worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the original root of everything No edit summary current
• 10:1910:19, 20 February 2023 diff hist +3,535 It is stated in Bhagavad-gita that this material world is just like a tree whose roots are up and branches down. This means that the material world is the shadow of the spiritual world No edit summary current
• 09:5009:50, 20 February 2023 diff hist +4,315 He (Supreme Person) is situated as a silent tree, and He illumines the transcendental sky, and as a tree spreads its roots, He spreads His extensive energies. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 09:4709:47, 20 February 2023 diff hist +3,104 Generally, we see tree downwards, root, but in the reflection you will find the roots upward No edit summary current

18 February 2023

• 15:5015:50, 18 February 2023 diff hist −7 As the root of a tree maintains the whole tree, Krsna, being the original root of all things, maintains everything in this material manifestation. This is also confirmed in the Vedic literature. Yato va imani bhutani jayante. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 15:1515:15, 18 February 2023 diff hist +4,178 Roots upwards of a tree means No edit summary current
• 14:0914:09, 18 February 2023 diff hist +3,096 While chanting the mantra (om namo narayanaya), beginning with the syllable om, one should touch his hands to eight parts of his body, starting with the feet & progressing systematically to the knees, thighs, abdomen, heart, chest, mouth & head No edit summary current
• 14:0414:04, 18 February 2023 diff hist +1,525 When two or four pieces of the thrown rice touched His body, Advaita Acarya began to dance in various ways with the rice still stuck to His body No edit summary current
• 14:0214:02, 18 February 2023 diff hist +3,252 When the rice thrown by Nityananda Prabhu touched His body, Advaita Acarya thought Himself purified by the touch of remnants thrown by Paramahamsa Nityananda. Therefore He began dancing No edit summary current
• 14:0014:00, 18 February 2023 diff hist +4,043 When that leper, the sinful son of a brahmana, saw the chastity of his wife, he finally abandoned his sinful intentions. While coming home, however, he touched the body of Markandeya Rsi, who thus cursed him to die at sunrise No edit summary current
• 12:1712:17, 18 February 2023 diff hist +1,957 When Sri Krsna sees Srimati Radharani and wants to touch Her body, He prohibits Her from going to the spot where one can cross the river Yamuna No edit summary current
• 12:1112:11, 18 February 2023 diff hist +3,515 When one anoints the different parts of the body with water, these names (the twelve Visnu names) should be chanted as one touches each part of the body No edit summary current
• 10:5210:52, 18 February 2023 diff hist +3,876 Whenever Srimati Radharani leaves Her house, She is always well dressed and attractive. It is Her womanly nature to attract Sri Krsna's attention, and upon seeing Her so attractively dressed, Sri Krsna desires to touch Her body No edit summary current
• 10:4710:47, 18 February 2023 diff hist +11,915 This nearby come, the... Come near. Yes. This is specially meant for driving away the flies. Yes. This camara is meant for that. Even it is touching body, there is no harm No edit summary current
• 10:4210:42, 18 February 2023 diff hist +6,975 The younger generation is very pleased to see a beautiful form, to hear radio messages of material news & sense gratificatory songs, to smell nice scents, nice flowers & to touch the soft body or breasts of a young woman & gradually touch the sex organs No edit summary current
• 10:3810:38, 18 February 2023 diff hist +6,730 The Lord is considered to be the mother, and everything existing within the womb of the mother is considered to be the child. And the good mother is never offended with the child, even if he touches the body of the mother by kicking his legs No edit summary current
• 10:3410:34, 18 February 2023 diff hist +2,101 The gopis of Vrajabhumi always taste the nectar of Krsna's attributes, His beauty, His sweetness, His aroma, the sound of His flute and the touch of His body No edit summary current
• 10:3310:33, 18 February 2023 diff hist +38,994 The effects of war or pitched upheavals touch the body only and not the soul, much as the effects of a sumptuous feast touch the hunger of the stomach only and not that of the mind. None of these material effects ever touches the eternal living entity No edit summary current
• 10:3010:30, 18 February 2023 diff hist +1,402 The dust of Your lotus feet is not attainable even by Lord Brahma, yet Your lotus feet have touched my wretched body No edit summary current
• 10:2310:23, 18 February 2023 diff hist +5,941 The babies who sucked the breasts of Devakiji, which had touched the body of Lord Krsna, immediately became self-realized persons No edit summary current
• 10:2110:21, 18 February 2023 diff hist +2,782 Then one should chant the mantra in reverse, beginning from the last syllable (ya), while touching the parts of his body in the reverse order. These two processes are known as utpatti-nyasa and samhara-nyasa respectively No edit summary current
• 10:0510:05, 18 February 2023 diff hist +3,526 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was unconscious, and His body had become unusually transformed. As soon as the fisherman touched the Lord's body, he became mad in ecstatic love of Krsna No edit summary current
• 10:0310:03, 18 February 2023 diff hist +1,571 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu offered His respects to Nanda Maharaja and mother Yasoda, and with great ecstatic love He touched the body of Lord Krsna No edit summary current

17 February 2023

• 16:0316:03, 17 February 2023 diff hist +4,175 Srimati Radharani does not touch the body of anyone but Krsna. I taste My own transcendental features by accepting the complexion of Srimati Radharani No edit summary current
• 15:2515:25, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,799 One should not touch a woman during her menstrual period. 12) One should not enter the temple after touching a dead body. 13) One should not enter the temple wearing garments of red or blue color, or which are unwashed No edit summary current
• 15:1415:14, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,715 One should not enter the Deity room or touch the body of the Deity after having smeared oil over his body. 22) One should not show disrespect to a scripture teaching about the supremacy of the Lord No edit summary current
• 15:1015:10, 17 February 2023 diff hist +39,040 One may then ask this question: What was the purpose for which Arjuna fought on the battlefield of Kuruksetra? The answer is plain and simple. The fight that is fought in pursuance of military duty touches the body only No edit summary current
• 14:5214:52, 17 February 2023 diff hist +1,948 Lord Caitanya said: "The stool and urine of the maintained child appear like sandalwood pulp to the mother. Similarly, when the foul moisture oozing from the sores of Sanatana touches My body, I have no hatred for him" No edit summary current
• 14:4514:45, 17 February 2023 diff hist +4,853 Lord Brahma compared himself to a little child within the womb of his mother. If the child within the womb plays with his hands and legs, and while playing touches the body of the mother, is the mother offended with the child? Of course she isn't No edit summary current
• 14:3614:36, 17 February 2023 diff hist +31 It is said in the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya (13.2): O devotee of the Lord, to see you is the perfection of the eyes, to touch your body is the perfection of bodily activities No edit summary current
• 14:2914:29, 17 February 2023 diff hist +4,472 It is said, "Only a person who is initiated as a Vaisnava and is executing devotional service in Krsna consciousness has the right to touch the body of the Deity" No edit summary current
• 14:1114:11, 17 February 2023 diff hist +31 His (King Ambarisa's) body in touching the bodies of the devotees, his sense of smell in smelling the scents of the lotus flower offered to the Lord, his tongue in tasting the tulasi leaf offered at the lotus feet of the Lord. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 14:0414:04, 17 February 2023 diff hist +3,807 He (Nityananda Prabhu) threw the remnants of food on the ground, and some of these remnants touched the body of Advaita Acarya. Advaita Acarya accepted this happily because He presented Himself as a member of the community of smarta-brahmanas No edit summary current
• 14:0114:01, 17 February 2023 diff hist +2,533 Her (Radharani's) eyes are enchanted by the beauty of Lord Krsna, the enemy of Kamsa. Her body thrills in pleasure at His touch No edit summary current
• 13:5913:59, 17 February 2023 diff hist +10,185 Gross understanding - the senses, the body, directly sense perception - this is gross. I see you, you see me. I touch you, you touch me. I taste something... This is gross No edit summary current