July 2022 Blog Posts (33)

Hare Krishna!

My Respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my Guru and my Krishna.

Please accept my humble obeisances....

I have read an artical about woman diksha guru

http://www.harekrsna.com/.../edi.../10-12/editorials9189.htm

The mother is the first guru! She teaches the child how to do almost everything, when the child -- all humans are born in ignorance -- cannot eat, defecate, converse,…

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′′Do not listen to Hari-katha from the mouth of people who are deprived of proper behavior. If your behavior doesn't meet the standard, then don't go preach Hari katha, close the door and preach to yourself ′′

(Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur; conversation with Naphar Chandra Pal Chaudhuri Bhaktibhushana, Kolkata).

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The Birth of Mahavishnu:

“O Lord of the earth, by whose twinkling of an eye Brahma is destroyed, the same Lord Krsna the teacher of the universe stays in Vrndavana at the beginning of the universe. At that point of time, Radha emerges from his left side in the Rasamandala who carries the fragrance from the seed of Lord Krsna up to the life of Brahma. Thereafter, in the Rasamandala of Goloka, she gives birth to an egg. At the… Continue

In 1990 t0 especially 1995 I was reading a lot of books by the acaryas translated by Kusakratha Prabhu one of them was Vidagdha Madhava and Lalita Madhava ,I read them first myself and later I read them out loud to Aindra Prabhupada and he and I used to discuss them every night I really wish I had recording of what we discussed and read but unfortunatly not there ,here my Guru Bhai is posting the book on facebook little by little, Srila Narayana Maharaja told me in 1989 and told the same to…

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My comment is that Krsna in Dvaraka also expands in 16108 forms every night to be with His 16.108 wives at once, when Srimati Radharani came to Dvaraka as described in Garga Samhita by Sri Garga Muni , Krsna met Her outside of Dvaraka… Continue

lectures by Bharati Maharaja from Gaudiya math

there are several former ISKCON devotees that took sannyasa from him, including former Ananta das that used to serve in ISKCON Boston long ago and former Mahamantra das from Ghana that is one of the first ISKCON devotees in Ghana that helped start ISKCON Ghana and Nigeria with Bhakti tirtha Swami I find his preaching spot on: He is no longer in this body but he did impact a lot of western devotees in a very positive way

Kṛṣṇa-bhajana is… Continue

Comfort power and position ! It is not the goal Bhakti is !

In 1985 I was on Padayatra in South India ,chanting Hare Krsna in Kirtana all day and distributing Srila Prahbupadas books and walking 20 to 35 KM daily sometimes more in the heat .Lokanath Maharaja had to go for few days in Mayapure in July for some GBC meeting ,when he came back he told me this ,I met your Guru Harikesa Swami , he was complaining how hot it was in Mayapure/Kolkotta .I told him , you are not doing any tapasya…

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Are all disciples of Srila Prabhupadas your best friends and wellwishers?

I used to think that when I first joined ISKCON within the next 6 month I got plenty of opportunities to see how that is not always so.Here is some examples when obviously a disciple of Srils Prabhupada was an enemy not a friend, Ravi das a disciple of Srila Prahbupada came to Denmark when we started ISKCON there, he soon fell down and married a Danish lady that fortunatly became a devotee Lila Sakti and…

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Chashing fame is like a dog chasing its tail !



Srila Raghunath das Goswami calls it having a prostitute in one's heart:



pratisthasa dhrsta svapaca-ramani me hrdi natet

katham sadhu-prema sprsati sucir etan nanu manah

sada tvam sevasva prabhu-dayita-samantam atulam

yatha tam niskasya tvaritam iha tam vesayati sah



as long as the impudent untouchable woman of the desire for fame dances in my heart, why should pure love for Radha-Krsna touch me? O… Continue

Krsnas will !

Srila Prabhupada told this and I am just telling it in my own worlds

Krsna is in our heart directing us in this world.. Srila Prabhupada told the story of the joker Gopal Ban that was a jester in one Bengali kings court,,, and one time ,they went hunting , Vedic Kings would go kill lion and tigers that would trouble humans ,so Gopal Barn was not with him and they king had thrown him in jail ,because he was displeased with one statement he had told , the king had in…

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from early days ISKCON Denmark

Dandavat pranams

All glories to my Gurudeva and Srila Prabhupada

ISKCON Denmark had a rough start German devotees tried since 1974 to 1977 to start temple in Copenhagen , and devotees from Sweden were distributing Srila Prabhupada books in Danish since at least 1978 where I got 3 books of Srila Prabhupadas in Danish, Sri Isopanisad, Krsna book volume one and Vedic Philosophy and religion by Satsvarupa Maharaja.

Bhakti Bhusana Swami then not…

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Lord Caitanyas curse by a Brahmana

this pastime is also mentioned in Caitanya Caritamrta :

Please note these 2 slokas from Srimad Bhagavatam :

dheyeyam sada paribhava-ghnam abhishta-doham

tirthaspadam shiva-virinchi-mutam sharanyam

bhrilyarti-ham pranata-pala-bhavabdhi-potam

vande mahapurusha te charanaravindam

"O Supreme Personality of Godhead, O protector of the surrendered souls, You are now playing the role of Your own devotee, and Your lotus feet are the…

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Krsna Caitanya Carita Mahakavya has details not found in CC and CB such as in this chapter :

naha sa kno vacasa sukhi bhaved / yo me prayacchantu su-peyam adbhutam

mallo 'yam ity angulina dvijaika / kipan su-dure prahinot pthivyam 7

papata so 'py agata-sadhvaso 'bhud / eva vijahre bhagavan sva-lilaya

pratah samarabhya divavasana / yavat sa devo baladeva-lilaya 8

na - not; aham - I; sah - He; knah - the all attractive Lord; vacasa - by words; sukhi - happy;…

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