Sent By His Grace Dvarkadish Prabhu
TODAY IS THE GLORIOUS APPEARANCE DAY OF SRIMATI VISNUPRIYA DEVI: When Caitanya Mahāprabhu took sannyāsa, His wife, Viṣṇupriyādevī, although only sixteen years old, also took the vow of austerity due to her husband’s leaving home. She chanted on her beads, and after finishing one round, she collected one grain of rice. In this way, as many rounds as she chanted, she would receive the same number of rice grains and then cook them and so take prasāda. This is called austerity. (purport of SB.4.23.20)
11.8.5 a saintly person is happy and pleasing in his external behaviour, whereas internally he is most grave and thoughtfull. because his knowledge is immeasurable and unlimited he is never disturbed, and thus in all respects he is like the tranquil waters of the unfathomable and unsurpassable ocean.
11.8.10 just as the honeybee takes nectar from all flowers , big and small, an intelligent human being should , take the essence from all religious scriptures
