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The austerity of speech!

I gave a lecture once at ISKCON Soho street when I was Sankirtana leader and Bhakta and Asrama leader there in 1996 ,I mentioned Srila Prabhupada at one point was considering having a second wife (as is explained in Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta as well) but Srila Prabhupada's father Gaura Mohan De , said one day when you take sannyasa will be easy for you if your wife is not to your liking (no need to have a second wife ). Ranchor Prabhu a disciple interrupted my…

the ignorant loan shark Swami





Before the new temple in Baltimore was build I was asked to spend Narasimha Caturdasi with devotees in Baltimore and me and my son stayed over night also because back then the temple had that facility ..devotees did abhisheka of my Narasimha Silas one is a Narasimha Tadiya sila, from the pillar of Lord Narasimha where Lord Narasimha emerged and the other is from Rakta Kunda where Lord Narasimha washed His lotus hands called Rakta Kunda .This one…

Give me money give me money !

Money Money give me give me

This is the mantra of many Indian devotees that come to serve in ISKCON in USA and Europe ,,I was visiting one temple and the disciple of an Indian ISKCON Guru came up to me , Prabhu we need money to build a temple in Thailand please help ..he did not know me and never talked to me ,,but his Guru has trained him to beg for money ..ISKCON is often only about money , how much money can you give…

Srimati Radharani even chastised Lord Vamanadeva in anger with Krsna :

the good fortune of Bali and Bali maharaja and Suparnakha !

So in the Brahmara Gita Srimati Radharani chastised Krsna in the form of a Bumble bee, our acaryas has explained that Krsna Himself became this Bumble been to hear the accusation of Srimati Radharani .So in Srimad Bhagavatam 10.47.17 Srimati Radharani had chastised Krsna for in His previous incarnation as Lord Ramachandra to kill Vali also called Bali…

Parsva Ekadasi

Sri Yudhishthira Maharaja asked of Lord Sri Krishna, "What is the name of that Ekadasi that occurs during the light fortnight (shukla paksha) of the month of Bhadrapada (August-September "Hrishikesha mase") ? Who is the worshipable Deity for this Ekadasi, and what merit does one attain in observing it? Kindly reveal all of this to me my Lord." The Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Sri Krishna addressed His devoted Yudhishthira as follows, "This Ekadasii, Oh Yudhishthira,…

Srila Prabhodananda Sarasvati Thakura has written in his Caitanya Candramrta:

13 May Lord Caitanya, whose shoulders are like a lion’s, whose smiling cheeks are the sweetest of all sweet things, whose body displays various wonderful symptoms of ecstatic love of Krsna, whose features are as splendid as the whorl of a blossoming golden lotus flower, and who is Sri Radha and Krsna joined in a single form, protect you all.

68 O Lord Krsna, Your golden form is the life of the…

How Lord Caitanya observed Janmastami and Radhastami

For the pleasure of the vaisnavas ,I am posting the pastimes Lord Caitanya performed to observe Janmastami and Radhastami as narrated by Narahari Charavati in his Bhakti Ratnakara:

Mahaprabhu’s dancing on Janmastami day in the house of Srivasa.

One day in the house of Srivasa, Prabhu announced, “Tomorrow is the birthday of Krsna.” Srivasa and others, knowing the mind of Prabhu, at once understood that tomorrow He would dance…

"The Sari disaster"

Krsna Bhavanamrta was a favorite of Srila Prabhupada because in Krsna book he writes we can read it and stay absorbed in Krsna consciousness,I once read it with Aindra Prabhu and the book is so full of transcendental humor, you just laugh and laugh and the pastimes of Radha Krsna are so sweet..Radha Krsna are doing Night time pastimes eternally as described by Srila Visvanath Chakravarti Thakura and Radha Krsna are resting in the Kunjas of Vraja and Vrinda devi send…