October 2009 Blog Posts (80)

The glories of Lord Nityananda as the incarnation of Lord Balarama, the origin of both the spiritual and material world, are given in the revealed Vedic scriptures as follows:

Vayu Purana







(1) balaramo mamaivamsah, so 'pi mat-prstham esyati;



nityananda iti khyato nyasi-cudamanih ksitau







In the Vayu Purana, the Lord tells Brahma: "Lord Balarama, who is My first expansion and non-different…

dear Vaisnavas

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada who has introduced us to the lotusfeet of Lord Caitanya

One may ask what strange idea is this to hear about Lord Gauranga during Kartika , dear devotees kindly hear the sweet words from the lotuslips of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Navadvipa Bhava tanaga.

This wonderfull book helps us also to understand how Navadvipa and Vrindavana is the same…

This little book by Kusakrata Prabhu was partially posted here before, here is the full version.I asked Kusakrata Prabhu (in 2005) for permission to include it in my book about Lord Narasimha.He was very happy to give me his blessings to do so .I had prviously given him 1000 names of Narasimha and other Narasimha mantras to



make into some books.Saturday is the day of Sanideva, Saturn personified, who is a great devotee of Lord Narasimha .For the pleasure of Prahlada Maharaja, Sri…

my humble pranams

all glories to Srila Gurudeva

all glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

In the Vraja Vilasa Stava by Srila Raghunath das Goswami hei s glorified in this way”: TEXT 22

Filled with deep love for him, and anxious that they may be separated, Subala never, even in dream, lets go of the hand of Sri Krsna, the moon of Gokula. Subala’s heart is sprinkled with the waters of the swiftly moving mountain stream of devotion to Srimati Radhika. I…

Srila Narottama das Thakura did not come to give mixed bhakti.Only pure devotion.

Srila Visvanatha Chakravati Thakura has written a beautiful astaka to Srila Narottama das Thakura in his Stavamrta lahari;



Official Name: Narottama Prabhorastakam



Author: Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura



Book Name: Stavamrta Lahari



Language: Sanskrit







LYRICS:



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śrī kṛṣṇa nāmāmṛta varṣi vaktra

candra…

The only qualification required to achieve the maximum benefit from the chanting of these 100 names is described as follows:

kutinati chada mana karaha sarala;

gaura-nama laya labhe sarva phala.



"If one chants these names of Lord Gaura with a simple and non-duplicitous mind and heart, then he will very quickly achieve the fruit of the fulfillment of all his desires."

Sri Caitanya-Sata-Nama-



nadiya-nagare…

The unlimited arguments about how the jiva fell, is added by another twist, because Srila Prabhupada sometimes stated when the Jiva falls he first take the post of Brahma.Some have different views of this..how is it possible? Srila Prabhupada stood his ground and said why is is not possible, what is not possible for Krsna.



Pk Vidyavan mentioned the 16 chapter of Jaiva dharma, what he quoted is but a part of this chapter, the details there needs to be carefully studied, as the fall…

Sutra-upasana Vaishnava-puja-vidhi



by Shrila Rupa Gosvami

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First one must remember Radha and Krishna (as in the standard dhyana texts). Sitting on the asana, one should contemplate his siddha-deha. Then offer pranama to the guru-parampara with the mantras: shri-gurubhyo nama·, shri-parama-gurubhyo nama·, shri-paratpara-gurubhyo nama·.



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The conchshell is consecrated in the following…

The Yamuna Kavacha



Found in the Garga-Samhita

This Yamuna Kavacha (Armor) is to protect one against the onslaugbt of maya and to keep one in a pure state so one can serve Lord Krishna. The names in this Yamuna Kavacha, all are names of Yamuna Devi



Yamuna me sirah patu Krishna netra dvayam sada



Syama bhru bhangadesam ca nasikam naka vasini







May Yamuna kindly protect my head and may Krishna be the only…