not This is the meaning of ye māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham: one surrenders to me, I reciprocate accordingly” (Gītā “As 4.11). In the rare cases where heavy citation might confuse, follow standard. If such ’s heavy citation appears throughout a work, use the standard for the entire work. When citing a letter or lecture, use a lower-case “l”: lecture, letter to Krishna Dasa, regulative / regulated Regulative means regulation,” and regulated means “giving “taking is, or So by following regulative principles, one “disciplined” “controlled.” leads a regulated life. Unless you’re speaking of principles that are controlled or restricted, regulated principles is an error. religionist The word religionist can refer to a person professionally occupied with religion, such as a minister, preacher, or theologian, and this is how Prabhupāda Śrīla seems to use it. But in modern usage the word especially applies to a religious zealot or a person who makes a show of religion. religiosity Though religiosity can simply refer to piety, to devoutness, to the quality of being religious, it is more commonly used to indicate excessive or affected piety and is best reserved for that purpose: Such ceremonial shows of religiosity are not accepted as genuine. renunciant Standard for who renounces.” Renunciate is a verb. It and “one “renounce,” it’s rare. river For capitalization of river (and other such terms, like mountain, ocean, and the like) we follow . In brief: lower case before the name: the river Sarasvatī upper case after the name: the
not This is the meaning of ye māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham: “As one surrenders to me, I reciprocate accordingly” (Gītā 4.11). In the rare cases where heavy citation might confuse, follow ’s standard. If such heavy citation appears throughout a work, use the standard for the entire work. When citing a letter or lecture, use a lower-case “l”: lecture, letter to Krishna Dasa, regulative / regulated Regulative means “giving regulation,” and regulated means “taking is, “disciplined” or “controlled.” So by following regulative principles, one leads a regulated life. Unless you’re speaking of principles that are controlled or restricted, regulated principles is an error. religionist The word religionist can refer to a person professionally occupied with religion, such as a minister, preacher, or theologian, and this is how Śrīla Prabhupāda seems to use it. But in modern usage the word especially applies to a religious zealot or a person who makes a show of religion. religiosity Though religiosity can simply refer to piety, to devoutness, to the quality of being religious, it is more commonly used to indicate excessive or affected piety and is best reserved for that purpose: Such ceremonial shows of religiosity are not accepted as genuine. renunciant Standard for “one who renounces.” Renunciate is a verb. It “renounce,” and it’s rare. river For capitalization of river (and other such terms, like mountain, ocean, and the like) we follow . In brief: lower case before the name: the river Sarasvatī upper case after the name: the
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