User contributions for Madana Mohana

22 February 2023

• 16:0516:05, 22 February 2023 diff hist +5,603 The cowherd boys walked into the midst of newly grown leaves of trees whose flowers resembled peacock feathers. They were garlanded by those flowers and decorated with saffron chalk. They were dancing and singing and sometimes wrestling with one another No edit summary current
• 16:0316:03, 22 February 2023 diff hist +6,063 The attempt by these so-called spiritual leaders is something like pouring water on the leaves of a tree instead of the root No edit summary current
• 15:5415:54, 22 February 2023 diff hist +1,664 There then arrived five or seven loads of plates made of the leaves of the ketaki tree. Each man was supplied ten of these plates, and in this way the leaf dishes were distributed No edit summary current
• 15:5015:50, 22 February 2023 diff hist +4,165 Such a person (one who is on the path of liberation by Krsna consciousness) cannot think of any living being as separate from Krsna, just as the leaves and branches of a tree are not separate from the tree. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 15:4815:48, 22 February 2023 diff hist +3,177 Sridhara was a poor brahmana who made a living by selling banana-tree bark to be made into cups. Most probably he had a banana-tree garden and collected the leaves, skin and pulp of the banana trees to sell daily in the market No edit summary current
• 15:4515:45, 22 February 2023 diff hist −6 Plenary expansions are likened unto the leaves of a tree, and the main tree is likened to Krsna. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 15:4315:43, 22 February 2023 diff hist +30 On one tree there is an unlimited number of leaves. Similarly, there is an unlimited number of planets, and there are unlimited universes. Therefore, Krsna is unlimited No edit summary current
• 15:2515:25, 22 February 2023 diff hist +6,130 One who is attracted by the ritualistic formulas of the Vedas is attracted by the beautiful green leaves of the tree. He does not exactly know the purpose of the Vedas. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 15:2315:23, 22 February 2023 diff hist +2,473 One should decorate his body with gopicandana, wear neck beads, collect tulasi leaves from the tulasi tree, cleanse his cloth and the altar, cleanse his own house or apartment and go to the temple and ring the bell just to draw the attention of Lord Krsna No edit summary current
• 15:1715:17, 22 February 2023 diff hist +2,079 Of the three divisions, one was arranged on a metal plate, and the other two were arranged on plantain leaves. These leaves were not bifurcated, and they were taken from a banana tree that held at least thirty-two bunches of bananas No edit summary current
• 15:1315:13, 22 February 2023 diff hist +12 Lord Visnu is just like a great tree, and all others, including the demigods, men, Siddhas, Caranas, Vidyadharas and other living entities, are like branches, twigs and leaves of that tree No edit summary current
• 15:0915:09, 22 February 2023 diff hist +6,815 Krsna said, "The chirping of the birds along with the cooing of the peacocks, surrounded by the whispering of the leaves in the trees, combine and present sound vibrations that echo one another. And this just enriches the beautiful scenery" No edit summary current
• 15:0815:08, 22 February 2023 diff hist +3,149 Just like to water the root of the tree is to water the different branches and numerous leaves of the tree or to supply food to the stomach is to vitalize all the senses and the sense organs of the body No edit summary current
• 15:0315:03, 22 February 2023 diff hist +6,270 It is said that there is an imperishable banyan tree that 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 No edit summary current
• 14:5814:58, 22 February 2023 diff hist +2,565 In the material world the roots of a tree go deep within the earth to gather food, but in the spiritual world the twigs, branches and leaves of the upper portion of the tree can act like the roots No edit summary current
• 14:5414:54, 22 February 2023 diff hist +7,602 He (Krsna) had a slender flute and a buffalo horn bugle, and sometimes He played on a flute made from the leaves of trees. These are some of the symptoms of the end of Krsna's kaumara age No edit summary current
• 14:4914:49, 22 February 2023 diff hist +4,392 By worshiping or satisfying Acyuta, the SP of G, Krsna, one can satisfy everyone, just as one can water the branches, leaves and flowers of a tree simply by watering its root or as one satisfies all the senses of the body by giving food to the stomach No edit summary current
• 14:4814:48, 22 February 2023 diff hist +12 By the great strength of the Supreme Person (Krsna), the two trees, with their trunks, leaves and branches, trembled severely and fell to the ground with a great crash - SB 10.10.27 No edit summary current
• 14:2714:27, 22 February 2023 diff hist +5,813 By pouring water on the root of the tree, all the parts of the tree are automatically nourished. Only those branches and leaves which are detached cannot be so satisfied. Detached branches and leaves dry up gradually despite all watering attempts No edit summary current
• 14:2314:23, 22 February 2023 diff hist −6 Bhattacarya dispatched two verses written on palm tree leaves and requested Jagadananda to render him a favor by delivering them. Thus Lord Caitanya was offered the prasada and the verses on the palm leaves No edit summary
• 14:2214:22, 22 February 2023 diff hist +2,807 A tree has a form, and when water is poured on the root of the tree, the other forms - the leaves, twigs, flowers and fruits - are automatically watered No edit summary current
• 14:1614:16, 22 February 2023 diff hist +4,483 At that time the whole forest was illuminated by the bright shining of the moon, and the air was blowing very silently over the blooming flowers, and the green leaves of the trees were moving in the breeze No edit summary current
• 14:0714:07, 22 February 2023 diff hist +5,447 As by watering the root of a tree the leaves and branches are automatically watered, so, by executing pure ds to the Lord, the branches, twigs and leaves of God, known as demigods, are automatically pleased with the devotee, & they offer all benedictions No edit summary current
• 14:0414:04, 22 February 2023 diff hist +30,291 As by pouring water on the root of the tree one serves and enlivens all the branches and leaves, so by rendering service unto the Supreme Lord one automatically serves every god and goddess without extraneous effort No edit summary current
• 14:0214:02, 22 February 2023 diff hist +1,856 Amongst the various vegetables were newly grown leaves of nimba trees fried with eggplant No edit summary current
• 14:0014:00, 22 February 2023 diff hist +2,612 Amongst the various vegetables (cooked by Advaita Acarya's wife, Sita) were newly grown leaves of nimba trees fried with eggplant. The fruit known as patola was fried with phulabadi, a kind of dhal preparation first mashed and then dried in the sun No edit summary current
• 13:5613:56, 22 February 2023 diff hist +2,148 All the vegetables were served in pots made of banana leaves taken from trees producing at least thirty-two bunches of bananas. These pots were very strong and big and did not tilt or totter No edit summary current
• 12:1112:11, 22 February 2023 diff hist +2,654 The heroes who died on the battlefield immediately became ghosts, and although their heads had been severed from their bodies, new trunks were generated, and these new trunks, seeing with the eyes in the severed heads, began to attack the enemy No edit summary current
• 12:0712:07, 22 February 2023 diff hist +4,155 Rsabhadeva, He became just like a madman, a deaf and dumb, a rascal, a fool, a ghost. But He is not madman. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead No edit summary current
• 11:5311:53, 22 February 2023 diff hist +6,200 The Sanskrit word for son, putra means that the son is expected to deliver the forefathers from the hellish condition of life. Sometimes due to our sinful activities, we become ghost. That is very hellish condition No edit summary current
• 11:4511:45, 22 February 2023 diff hist +1,716 They said, "We cannot see his material form but still we hear his sweet singing. Therefore he must have become a ghost." Svarupa Damodara, however, protested, This is a false guess No edit summary current
• 11:3211:32, 22 February 2023 diff hist −11 So long we are materially contaminated, we require this material body for enjoying senses. And the spiritual world, we get our spiritual body developed. So there is no question of becoming ghost No edit summary current
• 11:0911:09, 22 February 2023 diff hist +3,834 In other words, they (one's forefathers) do not have to become ghosts - by offering oblations with faith and devotion to either Visnu, or His representative Aryama No edit summary current
• 10:5910:59, 22 February 2023 diff hist +3,880 If one is habituated to taking the prasada of Lord Visnu, there is no chance of his becoming a ghost or anything lower than a human being No edit summary current
• 10:5010:50, 22 February 2023 diff hist +7,281 By propaganda the man began to think, "Maybe I have become a ghost" No edit summary current
• 10:4410:44, 22 February 2023 diff hist +5,013 Becoming ghost, you cannot enjoy anything grossly. The subtle body will create disturbance No edit summary current
• 10:2010:20, 22 February 2023 diff hist +4,264 Worshiping Narayana, the all-inclusive Supreme Personality of Godhead, is like pouring water on the root of the tree, thus supplying water to the trunk, branches, twigs, leaves and so on No edit summary current
• 10:1910:19, 22 February 2023 diff hist +4,266 Worship of Krsna alone includes worship of all the parts and parcels, just as watering the root of a tree also waters all the branches, twigs, leaves and flowers No edit summary current
• 10:1010:10, 22 February 2023 diff hist +18,762 When we pour water on the root, the energy thus created is immediately distributed throughout the entirety of even the largest tree. It is not possible to water the tree part by part, nor is it possible to feed the different parts of the body separately No edit summary current
• 10:0710:07, 22 February 2023 diff hist +4,704 When the same activities are performed for the satisfaction of the Lord, the beneficial results are distributed to everyone, just as water poured on the root of a tree is distributed throughout the entire tree No edit summary current
• 10:0310:03, 22 February 2023 diff hist +6,109 When one waters the root of a tree, he automatically waters the branches, twigs, leaves and flowers; when one supplies food to the stomach through the mouth, he satisfies all the various parts of the body No edit summary current
• 09:5409:54, 22 February 2023 diff hist +3,636 When one pours water on the root of a tree, the trunk and branches of the tree are automatically pleased. Similarly, when one becomes a devotee of Lord Visnu, everyone is served, for the Lord is the Supersoul of everyone No edit summary current
• 09:5009:50, 22 February 2023 diff hist +2,881 When one pours water on the root of a tree, the branches, trunk, twigs, flowers and leaves are all satisfied. Similarly, when one gives food to the stomach, all parts of the body are rejuvenated No edit summary current

21 February 2023

• 15:5415:54, 21 February 2023 diff hist +9,292 They do not know how to act. Just like if you pour water on the tree, then it is accepted that you are pouring water on the tree but that is not the process. The process is to pour water on the root of the tree No edit summary current
• 15:3715:37, 21 February 2023 diff hist +6,717 There is a proper method to water a tree: one should water the root. But if one waters the leaves and branches instead, he is simply wasting his time. If one worships the demigods to the exclusion of Lord Visnu, his rewards will only be material No edit summary current
• 15:1215:12, 21 February 2023 diff hist +4,274 The real form of this banyan tree cannot be understood in this material world. Since the root is upwards, the extension of the real tree is at the other end. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 15:1015:10, 21 February 2023 diff hist +6,684 The personified Vedas continued, "In other words, You are the root of the whole creation. Therefore those who engage in Your devotional service without deviation, who always worship You, actually pour water on the root of the universal tree" No edit summary current
• 15:0515:05, 21 February 2023 diff hist +7,393 Sri Advaita Acarya is one of the important trunks of the bhakti-kalpataru, or desire tree of devotional service. Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, as a gardener, poured water on the root of the bhakti tree and thus nourished all its trunks and branches No edit summary current
• 15:0015:00, 21 February 2023 diff hist +2,976 Simply by satisfying the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one satisfies the demigods and all other living entities without differentiation. If one pours water on the root of a tree, all the branches, twigs, flowers and leaves are nourished No edit summary current
• 14:5814:58, 21 February 2023 diff hist +3,451 Similarly, on Kumuda Mountain there is a great banyan tree, which is called Satavalsa because it has a hundred main branches. From those branches come many roots, from which many rivers are flowing No edit summary current