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TILAKA AND TULASĪ BEADS

OBSERVING ĀRATI AND CELEBRATIONS OF THE LORD

person who is circumambulating the Deity of Viṣṇu can counteract the circumambulation of repeated birth and The conditioned soul is circumambulating through repeated births and deaths on account of his material existence, and this can be counteracted simply by circumambulating the Deity in the temple.

Only one who is properly initiated, who is properly following the rules and regulations, can enter and And one who touches the body of the Deity, following such regulative principles, is immediately delivered from the contamination of material sins, and all of his desires become fulfilled without delay.

One should learn this small technique, and he should be very eager and actually cry to become engaged This is called laulya, and such tears are the price for the highest perfection. If one develops this laulya, or excessive eagerness for meeting and serving the Lord in a particular The only price for such entrance is this laulya-lālasā-mayī, or desire and great eagerness.

this should be admitted and confessed before the Lord. excused over and over again, while he commits the same sinful activities. These are nonsensical propositions and are not admitted in devotional service. temple or church and admit my sinful activities so that I can become washed off and again begin my sinning This is most nonsensical and offensive and is not acceptable to the author of Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu.

disciple Vyāsadeva, “My dear Vyāsa, you should know that persons who are engaged in executing austerities and performing big sacrifices, chanting the hymns of the Vedas, speculating on transcendental knowledge and functions have for all their auspicious activities simply to gain a place in the association of devotees and It is indicated here that chanting about and glorifying the Lord is the ultimate activity of the living

Lord Caitanya’s Śikṣāṣṭaka verses it is stated, “The devotee should be more tolerant than the tree and In spite of Lord Caitanya’s being so humble and meek as a devotee, when He was informed about injuries inflicted on the body of Śrī Nityānanda, He immediately ran to the spot and wanted to kill the offenders , Jagāi and Mādhāi. It shows that a Vaiṣṇava may be very tolerant and meek, foregoing everything for his personal honor,

the Padma Purāṇa there is a statement describing how a Vaiṣṇava should decorate his body with tilaka and s symbolic representations [the four items held in the four hands of Lord Viṣṇu – conch, mace, disc and lotus], and who have viṣṇu-tilaka on their foreheads, are to be understood as the devotees of Lord Viṣṇu Their presence makes the world purified, and anywhere they remain, they make that place as good as Vaikuṇṭha

Śrī Kṛṣṇa had ordered His friend Sudāmā to go to a brāhmaṇa’s house and ask for some food. The brāhmaṇas were performing a great sacrifice, and Śrī Kṛṣṇa told Sudāmā to plead with them that He and Balarāma were feeling hungry and needed some food. brāhmaṇas, upon hearing that Śrī Kṛṣṇa wanted some foodstuff, immediately took many palatable dishes and

In the Nṛsiṁha Purāṇa it is stated, “Any person who comes before the Deity of Lord Kṛṣṇa and begins to chant different prayers is immediately relieved from all the reactions of sinful activities and becomes

puts on his neck the flower garland which was formerly used by Kṛṣṇa becomes relieved from all disease and reactions to sinful activities, and gradually he is liberated from the contamination of matter.”

Scented with perfumes and flowers, the water comes gliding down through His lotus feet and is collected and mixed with yogurt. The devotees who come to visit and offer respects to the Deity take three drops of caraṇāmṛta very submissively and feel themselves happy in transcendental bliss.

example, there is the Brahma-saṁhitā, sung by Lord Brahmā; Nārada Pañcarātra, sung by Nārada Muni; and They are coming down from many, many millions of years ago, and people are still taking advantage of So why, at this time, should one not take full advantage and thus become liberated?

Chanting a mantra or hymn softly and slowly is called japa, and chanting the same mantra loudly is called The mahā-mantra can be used for japa and kīrtana also.

It is said, “Only a person who is initiated as a Vaiṣṇava and is executing devotional service in Kṛṣṇa agitation during Gandhi’s political movement because the lowborn classes of men like street-sweepers and wanted to make them clean simply by stamping them with a fictitious name, hari-jana (“children of God”), and so there was a great tug-of-war between the temple owners and Gandhi’s followers.

of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Uddhava says to Kṛṣṇa, “My dear Kṛṣṇa, I have taken things that You have used and enjoyed, such as garlands of flowers, scented oils, garments and ornaments, and I eat only the remnants The purport of this verse is that for any person who simply follows these rules and regulations of decorating the body with the marks of tilaka made from gopī-candana or sandalwood pulp, and who puts on the garlands

gopī-candana [a kind of clay resembling fuller’s earth that is produced in certain quarters of Vṛndāvana], and who mark their bodies all over with the holy names of the Lord, and on whose necks and breasts there

lotus-eyed one, when will that day come when on the bank of the Yamunā I shall become just like a madman and Lord Caitanya also desired that “a moment will appear unto me as twelve years of time, and the whole One should feelingly pray and become eager to render his particular type of service to the Lord.

A devotee says there, “My dear Vasundharā, any person who goes to Vṛndāvana and sees the Deity of Govinda-deva is free from the courthouse of Yamarāja and is allowed to enter into the highest planetary system, in This means that even an ordinary person who goes to Vṛndāvana out of inquisitiveness and by chance sees