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July 2011 Blog Posts (42)

Aindra Prabhu joins Gaura Nitai in their eternal sankirtana party and Radha Krsna in Their nitya lilas,a year later

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Added by Paramananda das on July 18, 2011 at 3:42pm — No Comments

preaching to an "angry hindu lady", but Krsna purified her....

Subject: preaching to the "angry hindu lady", but Krsna purified her

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Added by Paramananda das on July 18, 2011 at 10:31am — 13 Comments

Can women become managers? Why not?

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I am writting this in response to Vrindavana lilas posting on Dandavats, I am not sure they publish it,so I am posting it to devotees also and on my webblock:…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 18, 2011 at 9:06am — No Comments

resentment and bonafide complaints

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I remember when former Umapati Swami came and chastised a godbrother for having joined Narayana Maharaja ,with me he

was not chastising, but now in the wake of his relapse into homosexuality and having to step down from sannyasa, can anyone

blame the resentments devotees have they are natural concerns, and yes ISKCON is run in an iron fist fashion by mostly neophyte

and extremely materially…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 17, 2011 at 6:51am — 1 Comment

Prema Vilasa chapter 7 nectar about Sri Visvarupa and Lokanath das Goswami

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This chapter is another amazing chapter of Prema Vilasa ,Nityananda das states:

"Despite the pleading of his…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 17, 2011 at 5:30am — No Comments

Congregation is gradually taking over bookdistribution in ISKCON at least in the west

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Many devotees even back in the 80th wanted to stop distributing Srila Prabhupadas books and just do temple service, and gradually bookdistribution

has mostly declined in ISKCON in the west, but the silver lining is congregational devotees are doing this service, so actually we should

do away with "congregational devotees" as many are very sincere and strict devotees and do just as much or more service in the preaching mission than those who…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 16, 2011 at 11:37pm — No Comments

Overcoming resentment,anger and hatred

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AGTSP

I saw that Mahatma Prabhu is giving a seminar about overcoming resentment, most have some kind of resentment against someone.

Here is a good exercise :

Krsna, I acknowledge that I've held resentment and bitterness against _______________. I confess this as sin and ask you to forgive me. I forgive __________________. Remind me, dear Krsna, to not hold any more…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 15, 2011 at 11:46pm — No Comments

Srinivasa Acarya comes to Vrindavana from Prema Vilasa chapter 6( most confidential)

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Vrindavan is the place of Radha Krsnas pastimes and in Vrindavan ,Gopala Bhatta Goswami reveals Srinivasa Acaryas ekadasa to him as Mani Manjari.

Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami is also a manjari:He is Guna Manjari.So when he states: " You are Mani Manjari in the group of Manjaris under Shri Gunamanjari."

He is revealing that Srinivasa acarya in his manjari form is eternally serving Radha Krsna under…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 15, 2011 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Introduction to Bhagavad gita and the importance of Gita Mahatmya

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Srila Prabhupada recorded this introduction to Bhagavad Gita as it is , before ISKCON was established but is of great importance.Please listen carefully to the lotus words of SrilaPrabhupada:

Go to http://www.prabhupadavani.org/main/Bhagavad-gita/GT001.html and press listen and follow the…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 15, 2011 at 9:00pm — 3 Comments

Sri Gauranga-Ashtottara-Shata-Nama-Stotram and chanting the names of lord Caitanya

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Devotees should also chant the names of Lord Caitanya ,even in Goloka Vrindavana this is so:

hema-gaura kalevara, mantra chari-akshara;

sahaja vaikuntha-natha shyama.…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 15, 2011 at 6:30am — No Comments

vaisnava seva or ahankara seva?

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Some talk about vaisnava seva when it is really about their selfinterest.Generally real vaisnavas never like to take anyones seva.

In the name of seva many take huge salaries for being leaders in ISKCON that is against the real vaisnava Srila Prabhupadasinstruction.

They will not even stop taking grains on Janmastami and other Visnuttatva apperance days , though it is against sastra.

In the name of vaisnava seva they collect…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 14, 2011 at 6:30am — No Comments

Disapperance day of Srila Sanatana Goswami

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I was reading in Prema vilasa about the disappearance of Srila Sanatana Goswami ,and how Srila Rupa Goswami was very much affected by his divine disappearance.

Srila Narrotama das Thakura has sung:

kaha mora svarupa-rupa, kaha sanatana

kaha dasa raghunatha patita-pavana (2)

2) Where are my Svarupa Damodara and Rupa Gosvami? Where is Sanatana? Where is…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 12, 2011 at 5:00am — 1 Comment

chapter 5 of Prema Vilasa and some glories of Virachandra and Srinivasa Acarya

This is an amazing chapter about how Srinivasa Acarya gets so much mercy the mahaprasadam from Jahnava mata and the whip of Abhirama Thakura, by its touch devotees developed pure love of Krsna, on top of this Lord Caitanya had fully empowered Srinivasa…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 10, 2011 at 4:00am — No Comments

chapter 4 of Prema Vilasa and important things about chanting Hare Krsna

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http://www.dharmakshetra.com/sages/Saints/narahari%20sakara%20thakur.html

http://www.salagram.net/parishad127.htm…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 9, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments

It is all about money and power and more money and power and so on.....

It is all about money and power and more money and power and so on.....

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Narayana Maharaja chastised that leaders in ISKCON can not give bhakti because they just want money, though this is an over generalization certainly there is much truth to it.

The gas drilling in New Vrindavan is all about money power and more money and more power.

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Added by Paramananda das on July 8, 2011 at 4:45am — No Comments

Prema vilasa chapter 2 and 3 and corrections to Ye anilo prema Dhana translation

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Nityananda das was the dear disciple of Jahnava Mata the consort of Lord Nityananda Prabhu and she ordered him to speak (write this Prema vilasa) these 2 chapter glorifie

Srinivasa Acarya .Some misunderstanding is there about Srinivasa acarya in the song: ye anilo prema dhana

http://kksongs.org/songs/j/jeanilopremadhana.html in the old vaisanva song book…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 7, 2011 at 10:30pm — No Comments

16 rounds of suddha nama?

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Day before yesterday I had a talk with Jayadvaita Swami and 2 other sannyasis about chanting.We all agreed on that the most important thing is to first avoid Nama aparadha.

Srila Prabhupada writes in Nectar of Instruction vers one purport:

dṛṣṭa-śrutābhyāḿ…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 5, 2011 at 2:26pm — No Comments

"I am not your waterboy Anuttama das"

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Yesterday Anuttama das comes up to me ,while me and my son was enjoying Ratha Yatra ordering me:" Go bring some water for the vaisnavas" .

The sad part is the management

spaced out and did not get the permit in time to have Ratha Yatra on July 4th ,this has never…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 4, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments

It is time to worship Nitai Gaura and chant Hare Krsna!

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Song Name: Nitai Gaura Nama

Official Name: None

Author: Locana Dasa Thakura

Book Name: None

Language: Bengali

LYRICS:

(1)

nitāi-gaura-nāma, ānandera dhāma, jei jana nāhi laya

tāre yama-rāya, dhare la’ye jāya, narake ḍubāya tāya

(2)

tulasīra hāra, na pare je chāra, yamālaye vāsa… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on July 3, 2011 at 6:00am — No Comments

chapter 1 of Prema Vilasa

Prema Vilasa is an important vaisnava litterature, it has been mentioned and accepted by Srila Prabhupada and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada and quoted by them

Cc Adi 13.60 purp:

Nilambara Cakravarti lived at Navadvipa, in the neighborhood of

Belapukuriya. This fact is mentioned in the book Prema-vilasa. Because he

lived near the house of the Kazi, the Kazi was also considered one of the

maternal uncles of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 2, 2011 at 5:30am — No Comments