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09:3509:35, 30 October 2023 diff hist +9,775 In order to see, one has to become santah, and one becomes santah by culture. When we develop love of Krsna, we will immediately see Krsna and faint, saying, - Oh, here is my Lord No edit summary current
09:3509:35, 30 October 2023 diff hist +2,940 In his early life Gopala (Gopala Misra) fainted during the cleansing of the Gundica-mandira at Jagannatha Puri and thus became a recipient of the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
09:3509:35, 30 October 2023 diff hist +2,307 Although Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya fainted, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not take notice of him. Rather, He left quickly. Who can understand the mind and intention of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
09:3509:35, 30 October 2023 diff hist +1,433 After saying this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu embraced them all and began to proceed on His way, and they all fainted and fell down No edit summary current
09:3509:35, 30 October 2023 diff hist +1,736 After embracing Rupa Gosvami, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu got into a boat. Rupa Gosvami fainted and fell down on the spot No edit summary current
02:4002:40, 30 October 2023 diff hist +4,666 Transcendental activities of the devotees for the service of the Lord can bring a new order of life to the foolish society of materialistic men No edit summary current
02:4002:40, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5,085 The materialists foolishly play that they are independent, but such false independence is vanquished at every instance by the superiority of the material nature No edit summary current
02:4002:40, 30 October 2023 diff hist +6,711 The materialistic world is called the darkest region of God's creation. Yet the unhappy materialists can get out of it simply by desiring to get out. Unfortunately they are so foolish that they do not want to escape No edit summary current
02:4002:40, 30 October 2023 diff hist +5,595 Foolish men of materialistic temperament do not take advantage of successive authorized knowledge No edit summary current
02:3502:35, 30 October 2023 diff hist +7,391 This poor fund of knowledge, even in the so-called learned circles of the world, is killing the vitality of human energy, & the awful result is being keenly felt. Yet the foolish materialistic men do not care about what is going to happen in the next life No edit summary current
02:3502:35, 30 October 2023 diff hist −12 The material world exists outside the spiritual sky, and a foolish materialist cannot estimate the extent of this material sky. What, then, can he know of the spiritual sky No edit summary current
02:3402:34, 30 October 2023 diff hist +2,834 The devotees of the Lord who voluntarily take the responsibility of raising the foolish materialistic sense enjoyers are as confidential to the Lord as Lord Brahma No edit summary current
02:3302:33, 30 October 2023 diff hist +4,035 Foolish materialistic persons do not know how they are being controlled and punished at every step by the laws of nature. They think they are very happy in the conditioned state of material life No edit summary current
02:3302:33, 30 October 2023 diff hist +4,112 Foolish materialistic people collect money and steal from other thieves, but they cannot keep it. In any case, it must be spent No edit summary current

04:4304:43, 19 October 2023 diff hist +29 Whose (community of Orissa's) members were sometimes known as kayasthas and sometimes as sudras; his (Bhavananda Raya's) son Ramananda Raya was the governor of Madras under the control of King Prataparudra of Jagannatha Puri No edit summary current
04:4304:43, 19 October 2023 diff hist +3,723 The vaisya class or mercantile community, who produce such goods, may offer them for sacrifice; and the sudra class may offer their manual labor for the successful termination of such sacrifice No edit summary current
04:4304:43, 19 October 2023 diff hist +4,046 The divisions of the orders of human society, namely the brahmanas (the intelligent class), the ksatriyas (the administrators), the vaisyas (the mercantile community) and the sudras (the laborer class), are all included in the body of the Supreme No edit summary current
04:4204:42, 19 October 2023 diff hist +1,615 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then inquired whether he was Ramananda Raya, and he replied, "Yes, I am Your very low servant, and I belong to the sudra community" No edit summary current
04:4204:42, 19 October 2023 diff hist +5,235 Five hundred years ago, vaisyas, especially those of the suvarna-vanik community, were accepted as sudras in Bengal, and even the vaidyas, who were generally physicians, were also considered sudras No edit summary current
04:4204:42, 19 October 2023 diff hist +3,997 Bhima was approached by Hidimbi from a community lower than the sudras, and Yayati refused to marry the daughter of Sukracarya because of Sukracarya's being a brahmana No edit summary current

08:5908:59, 18 October 2023 diff hist +3,684 The brahmanas, the members of the most elevated varna, are teachers, but a person in a lower family, such as a family of ksatriyas, vaisyas or even sudras, may be accepted as a teacher if he has knowledge No edit summary current
08:5908:59, 18 October 2023 diff hist +4,267 They (dvija-bandhu, or the less intelligent) argue that birth in a family of sudras or less than sudras is made possible by one's previous sinful acts and that one therefore has to complete the terms of disadvantages due to lower birth No edit summary current
08:5908:59, 18 October 2023 diff hist +26 One who considers a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who was born in a family of sudras, nisadas or candalas to belong to that particular caste certainly goes to hell No edit summary current
08:5208:52, 18 October 2023 diff hist +8,384 Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya asked Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, "Why did Isvara Puri keep a servant who comes from a sudra family?" No edit summary current
08:5108:51, 18 October 2023 diff hist +26 One who is actually advanced in spiritual knowledge of Krsna is never a sudra, even though he may have been born in a sudra family No edit summary current
08:5108:51, 18 October 2023 diff hist +46,406 In the Hari-bhakti-vilasa it is stated that if one bona fide spiritual master is born in a brahmana family and another, who is also qualified, is born in a sudra family, one should accept the one who is born in a brahmana family No edit summary current
08:5108:51, 18 October 2023 diff hist +46,158 If one bona fide spiritual master is born in a brahmana family & another in a sudra family, one should accept the one who is born in a brahmana family. This statement serves as a social compromise, it has nothing to do with spiritual understanding No edit summary current
08:5108:51, 18 October 2023 diff hist +3,751 If a sudra acquires the qualities of a brahmana, although he was born in a sudra family, he is not a sudra; because he has developed the qualities of a brahmana, he should be accepted as a brahmana No edit summary current
08:5108:51, 18 October 2023 diff hist +9,302 If a person is born in a sudra family but has all the qualities of a spiritual master, he should be accepted not only as a brahmana but as a qualified spiritual master also. This is also the instruction of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu No edit summary current
08:5108:51, 18 October 2023 diff hist +9,535 If a person born in a sudra family has developed the qualities of a brahmana, such as satya (truthfulness), sama (peacefulness), dama (self-control) and arjava (simplicity), he attains the exalted position of a brahmana No edit summary current
08:5108:51, 18 October 2023 diff hist +5,266 Govinda came from a sudra family, but because he was initiated by Isvara Puri, he was certainly a brahmana. Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya here (in CC Madhya 10.136) asked Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu why Isvara Puri accepted a disciple from a sudra family No edit summary current
08:5108:51, 18 October 2023 diff hist +2,393 Even if a person is born in a brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya or sudra family, he is a mleccha or yavana if he does not strictly follow the regulative principles or if he eats meat No edit summary current
08:5008:50, 18 October 2023 diff hist +26 Caitanya met Ramananda Raya, and He was talking about spiritual subject matter, very highly elevated, simply. Bcause he was born in a sudra family and a grhastha and a politician, so he was hesitating that, Caitanya Mahaprabhu is a brahmana and sannyasi No edit summary current
08:5008:50, 18 October 2023 diff hist +26 Caitanya Mahaprabhu proved that a person like Ramananda Raya, although born in a sudra family and situated in the grhastha-asrama, can become the spiritual master of such exalted personalities as Himself and Pradyumna Misra No edit summary current
08:5008:50, 18 October 2023 diff hist +4,612 Caitanya Mahaprabhu condemned this principle strongly. During His conversation with Ramananda Raya, He said that regardless of whether a person is born in a brahmana family or sudra family 1) if he knows the science of Krsna he must be a spiritual master No edit summary current
08:5008:50, 18 October 2023 diff hist +3,849 A person who is born in a sudra family can become greater than a brahmana simply by accepting devotional service and giving aural reception to the pastimes of the Lord and His devotees No edit summary current
08:4908:49, 18 October 2023 diff hist +26 A ksatriya, vaisya or sudra cannot be accepted as a servant. If a spiritual master accepts such a person, he is contaminated. Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya therefore asked why Isvara Puri accepted a servant or disciple born of a sudra family No edit summary current
08:4908:49, 18 October 2023 diff hist +2,309 At this time, being desirous of obtaining a son, a leader of dacoits who came from a sudra family wanted to worship the goddess Bhadra Kali by offering her in sacrifice a dull man, who is considered no better than an animal No edit summary current
08:4908:49, 18 October 2023 diff hist +26 Although Ramananda, out of his meek and gentle behavior, considered himself to be born in a lower sudra family, Lord Caitanya nonetheless considered him to be situated in the highest transcendental stage of devotion No edit summary current
08:4908:49, 18 October 2023 diff hist +12,736 When Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw that Ramananda Raya was hesitant to give instructions, the Lord said, "Why are you hesitating? Although you are a grhastha and are born in a sudra family, I am prepared to take lessons from you." - CC Madhya 8.128 No edit summary current
08:4808:48, 18 October 2023 diff hist +26 Suppose a man is a medical practitioner. He may be born in a brahmin family or sudra family - nobody wants to know to which family he belongs to No edit summary current

07:0407:04, 16 October 2023 diff hist +7,220 The mountains are named Manikuta, Vajrakuta, Indrasena, Jyotisman, Suparna, Hiranyasthiva and Meghamala, and the rivers are named Aruna, Nrmna, Angirasi, Savitri, Suptabhata, Rtambhara and Satyambhara No edit summary current
07:0407:04, 16 October 2023 diff hist +3,020 There are many similar instances in the Vedic literature. E.g., Satyavan died and was being taken away by Yamaraja, but on the request of his wife, Savitri, Satyavan was revived in the same body. This is an important fact about the power of the demigods No edit summary current
07:0407:04, 16 October 2023 diff hist +1,889 Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: Prsni, who was the wife of Savita, the fifth of the twelve sons of Aditi, gave birth to three daughters - Savitri, Vyahrti and Trayi - and the sons named Agnihotra, Pasu, Soma, Caturmasya and the five Mahayajnas No edit summary current
07:0307:03, 16 October 2023 diff hist +6,077 Savitri was attached to Satyavan, so her father, mother said that "You don't marry this boy. He'll die on the very day of his marriage." So love is blind. She said, "Still I shall marry him" No edit summary current
04:3004:30, 16 October 2023 diff hist +4,987 You should not stop working, but you have to work cautiously for the supreme cause. That is the way of working on the spiritual platform No edit summary current
04:3004:30, 16 October 2023 diff hist +9 We shall go to the Krsna's temple, or we shall go for selling Krsna's books or meeting some Krsna devotee. That is nice. But you cannot stop working. That is not possible. Then your idle brain will be devil's workshop. Yes. Then you will fall down No edit summary current
04:3004:30, 16 October 2023 diff hist +9 Those who are taking the first step up the staircase of the yoga system, there is work. One should not think that simply because he is beginning yoga that he should stop working No edit summary current
04:3004:30, 16 October 2023 diff hist +7,410 Those who are just stepping on the staircase of the yoga system, for them, karma karanam ucyate, they must work. In the beginning, nobody should stop working. Nobody should stop working No edit summary current
04:3004:30, 16 October 2023 diff hist −9 From that brahma-bhuta status, we have to work, for work is recommended here. So long as we have this material body, we have to work. We cannot stop working; it is not possible No edit summary current

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