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May 2013 Blog Posts (7)

Guru for a day......

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I foolishly accepted some initiated disciples because within a month and two it was obvious.One left Krsna consciouness after a month to go back to his mother.(back to motherhead instead of…

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Added by Paramananda das on May 31, 2013 at 3:36am — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 2.60

TEXT 60

yatato hy api kaunteya

purusasya vipascitah

indriyani pramathini

haranti prasabham manah

SYNONYMS

yatatah--while endeavoring; hi--certainly; api--in spite of; kaunteya--O son of Kunti; purusasya--of the man; vipascitah--full of discriminating knowledge; indriyani--the senses; pramathini--stimulated; haranti--throws forcefully; prasabham--by force; manah--the mind.

TRANSLATION

The senses are so strong and impetuous, O Arjuna, that they…

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Added by Paramananda das on May 29, 2013 at 6:28am — No Comments

Understanding Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.8.13 properly

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences .All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Yesterday Naveen Krsna Prabhu the head pujari of ISKCON Potomac asked me a question about SB 10.8.13

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.8.13

āsan varṇās trayo hy asya…

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Added by Paramananda das on May 22, 2013 at 5:29am — No Comments

Lord Balarama less present in Vrindavana than Bhuvanesvara such nonsense

In this lecture from 1990 ,20th Aug 1990 Gaura Govinda Maharaja boast that Balarama in Bhuvanesvara is more prominent than anywhere even at Krsna Balarama mandir in Vrindavana, I take great offence to this as Krsna Balarama was personally installed by Srila Prabhupada.He did not name this temple Radha Shymasundara mandir but Krsna Balarama mandir.This is Raman Reti the place where Krsna and Balarama ,especially Lord Balarama performed many lilas.Plus When Krsna and Balarama leave…

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Added by Paramananda das on May 14, 2013 at 8:29am — No Comments

Aindra Prabhus statement about grhastha life and my response

"Making babies can be considered as sankirtana when the children produced from the condition of the father and mother become fixed up in pure devotional principles by gaining a profound taste for practicing the dharma meant for the rescue of ...all Kali-yuga conditioned souls, namely nama-sankirtana. Then the progeny actually does the work of worthy…

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Added by Paramananda das on May 9, 2013 at 8:24am — No Comments

Bidal Narasimha and Bidar Narasimha and Mantra raja pada stotram

Pranams

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All gloires to Bidal Narasimha and Bidar Narasimha

Most devotees may have not heard about these 2 Deities of Lord Narasimha that are from Treta Yuga.

Bidal Narasimha I have explained in chapter 9 of my upcoming book about Lord Narasimha:…

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Added by Paramananda das on May 5, 2013 at 10:02pm — No Comments

chapter 9 of Sri Narasimha , "The glories of Bidal Narasimha and Bidar Narasimha "

Glories of Bidala Narasimha

The sacred mountain, Gandhamadan Mountain, was brought with herbs for Laxmana to Sri Lanka by Hanuman, during the battle with Ravana,from the Himalayas. Laxmana was unconscious from the one arrow shot by Meghanatha (one of the sons of Ravana, he is also known as Indrajit as he defeated Indra in battle). Later this sacred Mountain was then placed there…

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Added by Paramananda das on May 5, 2013 at 9:00pm — No Comments