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October 2020 Blog Posts (46)

Krsna Krpa Kataksa

Petition for the sidelong glance of Krishna

A poetic prayer chanted by Lord Siva in the Urdhvamnaya tantra

(Sequel to Radha kripa kataksha stava raja)

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bhaje vrajaika-mandanam samasta-papa-khandanam

sva-bhakta-citta-ranjanam sadaiva nanda-nandanam

su-piccha-guccha-mastakam su-nada-venu-hastakam

ananga-ranga-sagaram namami krsna-nagaram I worship the unique ornament of Vraja,

Who smashes everyone's sins,

Who pleases the hearts of his own…

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Added by Paramananda das on October 18, 2020 at 11:38pm — No Comments

The Irish Problem

I was thinking about Tribuvanath Prabhu yesterday , I disagreed with his immature and manipulative way of management , to me he was in some ways neophyte and offensive, and he was not a bookdistributor for sure, but he was dedicated to Srila Prabhupada and for that I liked him .I recall in Dame street in Dublin , when we where not on traveling sankirtana but distributed books from Dublin he was sitting every night and reading his one Volume CC and fall asleep with reading so he would never…

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Added by Paramananda das on October 18, 2020 at 5:02pm — No Comments

Damodara Vilasa

I purchased this book of Vaiyasaki Prabhu long ago but never got to read it ,it is about Jayananda Prabhu Visnujana Swami and the Radha Damodara sankirtana bus party that used to travel all over USA and distribute Srila Prabhupadas books .Now finally I am reading it and it is historically and devotionally very interesting

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Lord Narasimha did not appear in the month of Purusottama

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Added by Paramananda das on October 17, 2020 at 9:21am — 3 Comments

Now that Purusottama month is over what is my duty ?

Now that Purusottama month is over what is my duty ?

This question was asked ? The same duty is every day to surrender to Lord Sri Krsna as described by Sri Krishna in Bhagavad Gita 18.66 .Our duty and way we surrender to Lord Caitanya is shown in Prema Vilasa when Srila Lokanath das Goswami ordred Srila Narotama das Thakura to chant 64 rounds daily : SRILA LOKANATHA GOSVAMI TO HIS DISCPLE SHRILA NAROTTAMA (both are great Acharyas and followers of Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu) :

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Added by Paramananda das on October 17, 2020 at 9:07am — No Comments

Preparing for going back to Godhead

I was having a vivid memory of combing my mothers hair in 1967 ,two years before she died of colon cancer ,life flies so fast and we are each getting closer to death daily , still many of us do not prepare for death by chanting Hare Krsna and remembering Lord Sri Krsna ,Lord Sri Krsna staged His socalled death ,but He went back to Goloka remembering Krsnas disapperance lila helps us also go back to Godhead

ŚB 11.31.27

य एतद् देवदेवस्य विष्णो: कर्माणि जन्म च ।

कीर्तयेच्छ्रद्धया…

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Brhad Bhagavatamrta chapter 3

The Nectar of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by Srila Sanatana Gosvami.

Chapter Three: Prapancatita (Beyond the Material World)

1-3 Seeing Lord Siva who, rapt in love for Krsna, was singing and dancing as He worshipped Lord Sankarsana, and who was also praising his followers, headed by Nandisvara, as they were singing, playing musical instruments, and joyfully calling out, "Jaya! Jaya!", and who was also praising Goddess Uma as she was expertly playing the karatalas, the sage…

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Added by Paramananda das on October 16, 2020 at 11:35am — No Comments

Sri Sri Laxm Narasimha in the Ocean of Milk

‎Paramananda Das‎ to Sri Narasimha

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Yogeesa Saswatha Saranya Bhabdhi Potha,

Lakshmi Nrsimha Mama Dehi Karavalambam 1

Oh Great God Lakshmi Nrsimha,

Who lives in the ocean of milk,

Who holds the holy wheel as weapon,

Who wears the gems of the head,

Of Adhisesha as ornaments,

Who has the form of good and holy deeds,

Who is…

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Sri Susloka Satakam

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Translated by Jaya Balarama Prabhu a disciple of Srila Prabhupada ,he took sannyasa I believe from my Guru Maharaja Srila Narayana Maharaja I do not know his sannyasa name, he used to serve for many years in ISKCON as a strict brahmacari ,he is from a Jewish American family and learned he also studied sanskrit and was a close friend of Kusakratha Prabhu ,he wrote this treasure of a book called Gauranga Mahima that also has…

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Added by Paramananda das on October 16, 2020 at 9:24am — No Comments

Sri Garuda and the little bird

Sri Garuda and the little bird!

Srila Prabhupada told the story of the little bird that lost her eggs at ocean and threatened to empty the Ocean by removing all the Oceans water in her beak , it sounds insane ,how large is the ocean how small is the beak of the little bird? So Sri Garuda said wellI will empty the ocean ,and then the Ocean returned the eggs, but the little bird had been doing this for long long time.The moral is a question of endeavor in Krsnas service .DETERMINATION.…

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Added by Paramananda das on October 15, 2020 at 11:04am — No Comments

my last meeting by HH Bhakti Caru Swami in the service of Lord Narasimha

HH Bhakti Caru Swami told me , you know I am really also a worshipper of Lord Ugra Narasimha and had Him intalled in Ujjain at our temple ,I can not wait to read your book Sri Narasimha .Fortunatly I got to place that book in his hand last year on Narasimha Caturdasi and also I placed , a stone from the pillar of Lord Narasimha on his forhead and chanted Narasimha Mahamantra 3 times and also I placed a stone from where Lord Narasimha washed His lotushands on Maharajas forhead and chanted…

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Added by Paramananda das on October 15, 2020 at 9:54am — No Comments

Srila Gurudevas lecture about Tota Gopinath

Sri Gadadhara Pandita And Tota-Gopinatha

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Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja

Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja and associates walking in Jagganatha Puri

Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharajatota_gopinath

Tota Gopnath Temple, Jagannath Puri, IndiaSrila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja

September 1993

When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu lived in the cave at Gambhira, He was always thinking of Krsna and weeping.…

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Bhrhad Bhagavatamrta chapter 2

The Nectar of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by Srila Sanatana Gosvami.

Part One - Sri Bhagavata-krpa-nirdhara (The Search For the Lord's Mercy)See the source image

Chapter Two: Divya (The Higher Material Planets)

1 Sri Pariksit said: After glorifying the king, Narada Muni (went) to Svargaloka and in a great assembly of demigods saw Lord Visnu,...

2 ...who was decorated with garlands of kalpa-druma flowers, anointed with fragrant scents, dressed in beautiful garments…

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Srimati Uttara

Srimati Uttara is a pure vaisnavi, she was trained by Arjuna when he was in the disguise as Brhadnalla in the exile of

King Virat (the Matsya Kingdom extended from somewhere in Rajastan to Bharat Pura which is actually on the outskirt of Vraja ,some scholars claim Matsya Kingdom was in Eastern Nepal but there is still the city of Viratnagar in Rajasthan named after King Virat the father if Uttara ) .We know of course the section from Srimad Bhagavatam when Asvattama tried to kill…

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offensive BBT men removed Srila Prabhupadas dedication to his father !

Srila Prabhupada dedicated his Krsna book to his father why was this removed from Srila Prabhupadas Krsna book ?

It is one of the many changes that I do not like in the later Krsna book changed editiones :

Dedicaton

To My Father, Gour Mohan De (1849-1930)

A pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa, who raised me as a Kṛṣṇa concious child from the beginning of my life. In my boyhood ages he instructed me how to play the mṛdanga. He gave me Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa Vigraha to worship, and he gave me…

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Added by Paramananda das on October 15, 2020 at 5:58am — 1 Comment

the Kingdom of Virat

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Kichaka (also spelled Keechaka) was the commander-in-chief of Matsya, the country ruled by King Virata. Kichak was a very powerful man and had immense strength. He saved Virata kingdom many times from foes. He was killed by Bhima because he was harassing Draupadi. Kichaka's sister, Sudeshna, had a b...

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Added by Paramananda das on October 15, 2020 at 4:56am — 2 Comments

Sugata and Palaka das two Kali chelas !

Sugata das is an initiated disciple of Srila Prabhupada with mental illness , some years ago he send an email that he wanted to kill Anuttama das and Rukmini devi , disciples of Srila Prabhupada .He send it to many members of the ISKCON Washington DC congregation , he does not chant 16 rounds daily and not sure what he follows or not anymore.He claimed CIA had abducted him and forced him to eat stool and drink water from the toillet.Please pray for him he is mentally sick and retarded and…

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Added by Paramananda das on October 14, 2020 at 7:34am — 2 Comments

Astadasa Chandah verse 5

Astadasa Chandah verse 5

O fickle mind ,please worship the prince of Vraja ,who with His own splendid glory beautified the transcendental abode of Vraja

who with the sweetnesss of the moon of his face delighted the eyes of His parents.Whose name giving cermony was performed by many brahmanas ,who of many different kinds of charity, who recieved gifts from all the cowherd people,whoes birth celebration was observed by many nicely decorated men and women,whoes birth celebration…

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Added by Paramananda das on October 13, 2020 at 9:07pm — No Comments

Banning devotees for the wrong reasons and Why I am banned from visiting ISKCON Denmark !

Banning devotees for the wrong reasons and Why I am banned from visiting ISKCON Denmark !

Srila Narayana Maharaja here talks about banning devotees from temples this also goes on in ISKCON .Often devotees are banned for speaking the truth or pointing out illicit sex, or other fallen standards. For example I am banned from visiting ISKCON Denmark, I am the first devotee that helped start ISKCON Denmark in 1979 , Devotees in Sweden kept saying Denmark is to fallen to have devotees…

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Parama Ekadasi and Pancharatriki fasting

Parama Ekadasi and Pancharatriki fasting

Parama Ekadasi

Sri Yudhishthira Maharaja said, "Oh Supreme Lord, what is the name and character of that Ekadasi that occurs during the dark fortnight (krishna paksha) of the extra, leap year month of Purushottama. Also, Oh master of all the universes, what is the process for observing it properly? Kindly narrate all of this to me?"

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna, replied, "Oh Yudhishthira, this meritorious day…

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