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December 2009 Blog Posts (28)

GBC proposal to chant 64 rounds

Dear members of the GBC and GBC secretaries and all devotees in ISKCON

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada tried to introduce the chanting of 64 rounds in ISKCON,however his early disciples failed to obey this instruction.For someone acting as an initiated Guru or sannyasi this will improve their ability to guide and help other devotees, by focusing on the holy name.As we in ISKCON have a history of sannyasis and GBC's having…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 4, 2009 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments

where the ritviks are off

dear Devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Many devotees has written and said much about the ritviks ,yes they are wrong there have been many deviations in the past in ISKCON.However there has to be a Guru to train one this is clear from all the books of Srila Prabhupada ,his instructions , and all his teachings and also from Haribhakti Vilasa that many like to ommit as it is strict and Gopal Bhatta Goswami and Sanatana… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on December 4, 2009 at 11:32am — No Comments

Saranagati

Saranagati and Gitavali

by Bhaktivinode Thakur (written in 1880-1897)

Saranagati

Introductory song

1. sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu jibe doya kori

swa-parsada swiya dhama saha abatori

2.atyanta durlabha prema koribare dana

sikhaya saranagati bhakatera prana

3.dainya, atma-nivedana, goptritwe barana

abasya rokhibe krsna — biswasa, palana

4.bhakti-anukula-matra karjera swikara

bhakti-pratikula-bhava… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on December 3, 2009 at 8:57am — 1 Comment

Jaya Sacinandana suramuni vandana

http://bvml.org/bhajans/Agnideva/index.html this bhajan is here sung by Agnideva Prabhu under rare bhajans

Jaya Sacinandana suramuni vandana

Composed by Srila Bhakti-rasksaka Sridhara Maharaja

jay sacinandana sura-muni-vandana

bhava-bhaya-khandana jayo he

jay hari-kirttana narttana varttana

kalimala-karttana jayo he

All glories to Sri Krsna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the son of Sacidevi. Great… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on December 3, 2009 at 7:29am — 2 Comments

talks with Amara das from Galva about homosexuals in ISKCON

3:18pmPayonidhi Das

I have a question for you

what isthe idea behind Galva?

what isthe idea behind Galva?

sorry it doubled my question

I am Payonidhi das

3:20pmAmara

Hare Krishna! Dandavats, pleased to meet you.

3:20pmPayonidhi Das

please accept mine

nice to meet you

I have never understood the concept

behind Galva

3:21pmAmara

Our objective is to provide support and outreach to the LGBT community.

As many often feel dejected,… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on December 3, 2009 at 4:30am — 8 Comments

are sannyasis above rules and regulations?And Hari Bhakti Vilasa..no certainly not.No one is...

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I had a discussion with some devotees about how we have to cover the japa beads, with the bead bag Srila Prabhupada on occasion

asked devotees to chant with the beads inside the beadbag and HariBhakti vilasa is very specific

YAKSA RAKSASA BHUTANI SIDDHA VIDYADHARA GANAH HARANTI PRASABHAM YASMAT TASMAD GUPTAM SAMACARET

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on December 2, 2009 at 8:34am — 2 Comments

Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja's Cry for Help

Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja's Cry for Help

BY: ANIRUDDHA DAS

Nov 29, MIAMI, FLORIDA, USA (SUN) — When a devotee successfully preaching in Latin America introduced to him several new converted Vaisnavas and Vaisnavis from Germany, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, Puri Maharaja turned to me and with eyes moist with tears, told me in a broken but sweet voice: "You see… He's making true Lord's Caitanya's prophecy!" Then Maharaja signaled to each… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on December 2, 2009 at 5:30am — No Comments

speculations in abhiseka,we should follow Srila Prabhupada and Srila Madhavendra Puri

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

all glories to Srila Prabhupada

We have seen so many speculations in doing Abhiseka , I am not finding faults in the devotees love, but in the proscess

that is not set by Srila Prabhupada and our Acaryas such as Madhavendra Puri.

We see how Srila Prabhupada used Pancamrta as is the example also shown by Madhavendra Puri when he rediscovered Sri Gopal

(Sri Nathaji) at Govinda kunda, all this puring juices and…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 1, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments