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BLASPHEMY

One should not tolerate blasphemy of the Lord or His devotees. In this connection, in the Tenth Canto, seventy-fourth chapter, …

In one of Lord Caitanya’s Śikṣāṣṭaka verses it is stated, “The devotee should be more tolerant than the tree and …

There are three ways of dealing with such insults. If someone is heard blaspheming by words, one should be so …

TILAKA AND TULASĪ BEADS

In the Padma Purāṇa there is a statement describing how a Vaiṣṇava should decorate his body with tilaka and beads: …

A similar statement is in the Skanda Purāṇa, which says, “Persons who are decorated with tilaka or gopī-candana [a kind …

The Padma Purāṇa also mentions, “A person whose body is decorated with the pulp of sandalwood with paintings of the …

ACCEPTING FLOWER GARLANDS

The next instruction is that one should put on flower garlands that are offered to the Deity. In this connection, …

Similarly, in the Skanda Purāṇa Lord Brahmā tells Nārada, “My dear Nārada, anyone who puts on his neck the flower …

DANCING BEFORE THE DEITY

In the Dvārakā-māhātmya the importance of dancing before the Deity is stated by Lord Kṛṣṇa as follows: “A person who …

BOWING DOWN IN HONOR OF THE DEITY

In the Nāradīya Purāṇa there is a statement about bowing down and offering respect to the Deity. It is said …

STANDING UP TO RECEIVE THE LORD

In the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa it is said, “A person who sees the Lord’s Ratha-yātrā car festival and then stands up …

FOLLOWING THE DEITY

A similar statement is there in the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa, in which it is said, “Even if born of a lowly …

GOING TO THE TEMPLE OF VIṢṆU OR TO PLACES OF PILGRIMAGE