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November 2020 Blog Posts (57)

Chapter 12 of Vaisnava Amrta : Fasting on Visnutattva days

Chapter 12 of Vaisnava Amrta : Fasting on Visnutattva days

this is from a book I am working on

Skanda Purana states:

matr ha pitr has caiva bhratr ha guru has tatha

ekadasyas tu ya bhunkte visnu-lokac cyuto bhavet

“Those who eat grains on Ekadasi and on the Day of Lord Hari (including Janmastami, Gaura Purnima etc.) obtain the sin equal to killing one’s own mother, own father, own brother and own Guru; and they cannot reach the spiritual world, which is why…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 12, 2020 at 11:10am — No Comments

In God we trust !

In God we trust !

This bring back memories from Washington DC sankirtana , Narasimha das has properly distributed books longer in Washington DC than anyone since I guessed he joined from the early 1980th and he still comes out there, he stops people with a Jagannath sticker and then gives them a book and ask for a donation , I recall from 1997 to around 2000 there was three of us out there daily Vijitatma , Narasimha and myself and we where all doing around 100 to 200 medium books daily,…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 11, 2020 at 5:40pm — No Comments

Power struggle of Trump !

Power struggle of Trump !

Trump is desperate to be in power as president ,he is already an old man and should be joining the Hare Krsna Hari nama party in New York in stead , sell all his business and give the money to the New York Harinama Sankirtana party , instead like a dog he thinks he can be president for ever even though he lost to his self made believe enemy Joe Biden .Trump tried to serve his country and many can see that,but as Srila Prabhupada said eventually one is dragged…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 11, 2020 at 2:43pm — No Comments

CC completed on Rama Ekadasi

my heart is filled of joy ,HH Giriraja Maharaja reminded me that Srila Prabhupada completed the Caitanya Caritamrta tomorrow on Rama Ekadasi Official Name:I remembered this song by Srila Narottama das Thakura and feel great ecstacy :

Dainya Bodhika Song 1

Author: Narottama Dasa Thakura

Book Name: Prarthana

Language: BengaliSee the source image



LYRICS:

(1)

hari hari ki mora karama ati manda

vraje rādhā-kṛṣṇa pada, nā bhajinu tila ādha,

na bujhinu rāgera…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 10, 2020 at 9:34am — No Comments

Why not take sannyasa ?

why not take sannyasa ?

CC Madhya 13.80

nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro

nāhaṁ varṇī na ca gṛha-patir no vanastho yatir vā

kintu prodyan-nikhila-paramānanda-pūrnāmṛtābdher

gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ

Synonyms

na — not; aham — I; vipraḥ — a brāhmaṇa; na — not; ca — also; nara-patiḥ — a king or kṣatriya; na — not; api — also; vaiśyaḥ — belonging to the mercantile class; na — not; śūdraḥ — belonging to the worker class; na — not;…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 9, 2020 at 3:09pm — No Comments

Mukta Carita

BY SRILA RAGHUNATHA DASA GOSWAMI

Mukta Carita (The Pearl Story) This pastime took place in Kartika so I am sharing it ,the translation was done by Kusakratha Prabhu ,

Obeisances to the son of Gopendra Nanda, Who enchants the world with His lila, whose complexion is like a blooming blue lotus and who is as beautiful as millions of Cupids.

Obeisances to the Divine Couple, Sri Sri Radha-Krsna, who are immersed in the ocean of playful buying and selling of pearls, and Who…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 9, 2020 at 2:27pm — No Comments

change to Krsna book chapter 3

Changes to chapter 3 of the Krsna books

In Chapter 3 of the Krsna books this section has been inserted "

All the conditioned souls are continually fleeing from one

body to another and one planet to another, yet they do not get

free from the onslaught of birth and death. But when one of

these fearful living entities comes under the shelter of Your

lotus feet, he can lie down without anxiety of being attacked

by formidable death." This statement by Devaki is…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 7, 2020 at 8:31am — No Comments

Aindra Prabhu and his book !

Aindra Prabhu and his book!

Aindra Prabhu stated in many words that it is useless to distribute zillions of books unless one develops Vraja Bhakti .This was certainly not Srila Prabhupadas mood in SB 7.9.44 Srila Prabhupada writes it is the duty of every member in ISKCON to distribute Bhagavad Gita as it is .Aindra Prabhu for sure did some book distribution and was on Radha Damodara.His Sankirtana leader once punched him in the face for not distributing enough books.He told me.So that is…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 6, 2020 at 9:28am — No Comments

how long can you stay in grhashta asrama ?

how long can you stay in grhastha life ?

Srila Prabhupada writes :

SB 5.18 ,13

harir hi sākṣād bhagavān śarīriṇām

ātmā jhaṣāṇām iva toyam īpsitam

hitvā mahāṁs taṁ yadi sajjate gṛhe

tadā mahattvaṁ vayasā dampatīnām

SYNONYMS

hariḥ—the Lord; hi—certainly; sākṣāt—directly; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; śarīriṇām—of all living entities who have accepted material bodies; ātmā—the life and soul; jhaṣāṇām—of the aquatics; iva—like; toyam—the…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 6, 2020 at 9:20am — No Comments

Bhakta das a criminal and offender

Bhakta das a former criminal and offender of Srila Narayana Maharaja and other vaisnavas

Bhakta das is making some wild false accusationes against Srila Narayana Maharaja and Satsvarupa Maharaja .Bhakta das was not present when HH Bhakti Vaibhava puri Maharaja spoke at Krsna Balarama temple in 1992 his speech is recorded in 8 parts and is still there on the internet .Bhakta das has hated towards Srila Narayana Maharaja and Satsvarupa Maharaja and is one of those narrow minded and…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 6, 2020 at 12:41am — 1 Comment

glories of Mathura

Glories of Sri Mathura

dear Vaisnavas

Please accept my humble obaisences

all glories to the lotusfeet of my Gurudeva Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja and our glorious Guruparampara all glories to Lord Caitanya and all His associates all glories to Lord Sri Krsna and His associates

all glories to Srila Prabhupada

.During Vraja Mandal Parikrama

and Kartika in general this Mathura Mahatmya is a must read book along with Vrindavan Mahimamrta ,for those who can…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 3, 2020 at 11:54am — No Comments

Message from within

A message from within !

Sri Krsna has inspired me from within to convey this message, and I am being reminded again and again so I can not ignore the request of the Supreme Personality of Godhead so here it goes:Image may contain: one or more people

Nothing in this world can save one, not any amount of neophyte disciples glorifying one with false or correct sentiments, inflating ones false ego like a balloon .Wether you got a watch made of Gold from Srila Prabhupada or you bought a "vacation" house at…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 2, 2020 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Final warning and instructiones of Srila Narottama das Thakura

Srila Narottama das Thakura gave some final instructiones that are not only for his disciples but for all followers of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda at present and in the future !Image may contain: 1 person, outdoor

Srila Narottama das Thakura teachings his disciples the importance of chanting 64 rounds daily

From Prema-vilasa Chapter 18: Shrila Narottama instructs his disciples:

adhanya manaye narottama apanake;

suna sishya bandhugana kahiye tomake.

"Shrila Thakura Narottama…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 2, 2020 at 9:00am — No Comments

The number of heads of Brahma is propo rtional to the size of universe

The number of heads of Brahma is proportional to the size of universeImage may contain: 13 people, including Madhumati Devi Dasi and হরিনাম সংকীর্তন, people standing

* CC Madhya 21.84: "Kṛṣṇa said, 'Your particular universe has a diameter of four billion miles; therefore it is the smallest of all the universes. Consequently you have only four heads.

* CC Madhya 21.85: "'Some of the universes are one billion yojanas in diameter, some one trillion, some ten trillion and some one hundred trillion yojanas. Thus they are almost unlimited in area.

* CC Madhya 21.86:…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 2, 2020 at 8:43am — No Comments

Manasik Vraja Mandal Parikrama

Manasika Vraja Mandal ParikramaImage may contain: one or more people

today the actual parikrama of Vraja Mandal would have started ,some Vraja Mandal Parikramas start with all of Mahura first and some even omit Mathura ,from my understanding and knowledge from Caitanya Caritamrta, Lord Caitanya started bathing at all 24 Ghats of Yamuna at Visrama Ghat in Mathura and from there went to the many holy places in Mathura and then He proceeded to the rest of Vraja .Visrama Ghat is a very ancient holy place in Satya…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 2, 2020 at 8:39am — No Comments

Basu Gosh and his love for pedophile socalled devotees

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Basu Ghosh das and his love for pedophile devotees

One thing that angers me is Basu Ghosh never thinks Tattva Darshan his beloved Godbrother did anything wrong ?Why is he so blind ,He also told me how much he love and respect Bhavananda that had sex with children in Mayapure in the 70th and 80th and lots homosex while a GBC ,Guru and sannyasi .

Harikesa never said a bad word about his old friend Bhavananda also ,that really angered me what an idiot he was

Tattva Darshan…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 1, 2020 at 10:15pm — No Comments

Will we serve Sri or Stri ?

Will we serve Sri or stri?

Sri refers to Sri Laxmidevi but really to Srimati Radharani She is the source of all Laxmis The Brahma gayatri mantra will excite us to be mindful about Srimati Radharani's lotus feet, to obey her orders."

"Radha-dasyam, the service of Srimati Radharani, is the ultimate meaning to be extracted from the Brahma gayatri mantra."

The Mantra

om bhur bhuva sva tat savitur varenyam bhargo devasya dhimahi dhiyo yo na pracodayat om

om -…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 1, 2020 at 11:02am — No Comments

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