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remembering Padma Locan Prabhu

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Padma Locan Prabhu wrote a wonderful parikrama book about Govardhana ,it is the best I have ever seen and the most important as it gets in details with unlimited places,I offer my pranams to his lotusfeet ,I will miss him, but I know he is with Lord Caitanya so there is no harm .(by leaving his body in Mayapure he surely went to the abode of Lord Gauranga, Krsna loka, or rather Bhauma lila of Gauranga first)

I would often go with him on Govardhana… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on April 18, 2010 at 3:28am — No Comments

disagreements with Bhakti Visrambha Madhava Maharaja about deviant standards

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Visrambha Madhava Maharaja called me Wehrmacht because I am opposed to taking grains on Visnutattva days, 2 reading Ramacarita Manasa in ISKCON temple rooms(it is banned by the GBC in 1996 but still goes on in ISKCON Potomac ) and I do not agree with the Krsna Janma tithi viddhi not being followed properly(because colored water is being used in stead of the herbs mentioned by Srila Rupa Goswami) , is his own narrow minded ness and his facist ideas to try to shut me up, it… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on April 18, 2010 at 2:35am — No Comments

Jesus Christ in Tibet and mentioned in Bhavisya Purana

my dear Braj Hari Prabhu

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I want to thank you again, for your hospitality when I recently visited ISKCON Juhu ,you was most kind to me.And you made me feel so much part of ISKCON and our ISKCON family of devotees .I was mentioning to Laxmi Narayana Prabhu about Jesus mentioned in Bhavisya Purana ,I misplaced his email ,so maybe you can kindly forward this text to him also.It is a fact some scholars have…

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Added by Paramananda das on April 18, 2010 at 2:00am — No Comments

Kali Santarana Upanisad and chanting 64 rounds

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all glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

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Kali Santarana Upanishad

In the Kali-santarana Upanishad (1-11) (One of the 108 principal Upanishads), the maha-mantra is established as the only means of deliverance in Kali-yuga:

hari om. dvaparante narada brahmanam

jagama katham bhagavan gam

paryatana kalim santareyam iti. [1]…

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Added by Paramananda das on April 18, 2010 at 2:00am — 1 Comment

Lord Narasimha did not wash His lotushands at Narasimha palli but at Rakta kunda in Ahovalam

dear Prabhus and Maharajas

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada

We have seen and heard many devotees speak something that is not in sastra, that is that Lord Narasimha washed His hands at Narasimha palli, this is nowhere stated in Navadvipa dhama Mahatmya:What does it say:?…

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Added by Paramananda das on March 5, 2010 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

Shri Raadhaa Stotram

Shri Raadhaa Stotram

From a conversation between Shrila Brahma and Shrila Narada in the Brahmanda Purana

grihe raadhaa vane raadhaa raadhaa prishthe purah sthitaa

yatra yatra sthita raadhaa raadhaaivaaraadhyate mayaa (1)

Radha is in the home, Radha is in the forest, and She is both behind and before me. I worship the all-pervading Radhaji, wherever She is present.

jihvaa raadhaa shrutau raadhaa raadhaa netre hridi…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 18, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Description of the Yamuna's Arrival from Garga samhita

Canto One, Volume Four

Chapter Three

Kalindy-agamana-varnana

Description of the Yamuna's Arrival

Text 1

sri-sannanda uvaca

goloke harinajnapta

kalindi saritam vara

krishnam pradakshini-kritya

gantum abhyudyatabhavat

Sri Sannanda said: Ordered by Lord Krishna in Goloka, Yamuna, the best of rivers, circumambulated the Lord and was about to go (to the earth).

Text 2

tadaiva viraja… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on January 17, 2010 at 4:06am — No Comments

SRI VASUDEVA UPANISAD

SRI VASUDEVA UPANISAD

1 Om. The great sage Narada bowed down before the Supreme

Personality of Godhead, Lord Vasudeva and asked: O Lord, please

teach me the rules of Vaisnava tilaka. Please tell me of the

substances, mantras, places, and other things in connection with

it.

2 Lord Vasudeva said: To please Me, My devotees headed by the

demigod Brahma, wear Visnu-candana, which comes from the spiritual

world of Vaikuntha. Because every day the gopis… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on January 16, 2010 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

email exchange with Narasimha Kavacha Prabhu about proper Deity standard

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada

By the way the Janma tithi vidhi is for Janmastami I have read it before, I will do some research from Hari Bhakti Vilasa

about Pancamrta, when it says sugar this is obviously not white (demoniac) sugar like in the west but some high class stuff .Srila Prabhupada never mentioned to have abhisekam like on Janamstami every day.I can understand if you do it on Janmastami or Visnutattva days? Every day you do this…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 15, 2010 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

Jaya and Vijaya--and finally Jagai Madhai in Gaura lila--then Jagannatha and Madhava then they went to Goloka Vrindavan

dear vaisnavas

please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

How could Jaya and Vijya just have returned to Vaikuntha ---? They are in Goloka Vrindavan dancing with Lord Caitanya, they got cursed by the 4 kumaras but it was a blessing so they could join Lord Caitanya, lets pray for their mercy as did Bhaktivinoda Thakura .How could they have returned to be doorkeepers in Vaikuntha ,they would have always longed for the Golden form of Lord…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 14, 2010 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Vaisnava calender this is for Washington DC

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January - Madhava Masa - KrsnaCal 0.95

Washington, D.C., USA 077W04 38N54 -5.00

Date Tithi, Paksa, Sunrise, Naksatra

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1 Jan 2010

Friday Pratipat, K, 07:27 , Punarvasu

2 Jan 2010

Saturday Tritiya, K, 07:27 , Pusyami

+Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami ~… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on January 13, 2010 at 10:08pm — 1 Comment

the importance to be in one the 4 Vaisnava sampradayas

dharmartha hetave caite bhavisyanti dvijah kalau

Vamana, Brahma, Ananta Sesha and Sanaka Kumara will appear as brahmanas by the order of Visnu, for the preservation of eternal righteousness in kali yuga.

visnuswami vamanangsastatha madhvastu brahmanah

ramanujastu sesangsa nimbaditya sanakasya ca

Visnuswami, Madhvacarya, Ramanuja and Nimbaditya will appear respectively as a portion of Vamana, Brahma, Ananta Sesha and Sanaka Kumara. ... See More

ete kalau yuge bhavyah… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on January 13, 2010 at 8:36pm — 1 Comment

Nadīyā-godrume nityānanda mahājana

(1)

nadīyā-godrume nityānanda mahājana

patiyāche nām-haṭṭa jīvera kāraṇa

(2)

(śraddhāvān jan he, śraddhāvān jan he)

prabhura ājñāy, bhāi, māgi ei bhikṣā

bolo `kṛṣṇa,’ bhajo kṛṣṇa, koro kṛṣṇa-śikṣā

(3)

aparādha-śūnya ho’ye loho kṛṣṇa-nām

kṛṣṇa mātā, kṛṣṇa pitā, kṛṣṇa dhana-prān

(4)

kṛṣṇaera saḿsāra koro chāḍi’ anācār

jīve doyā, kṛṣṇa-nām—sarva-dharma-sār

TRANSLATION

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Added by Paramananda das on January 12, 2010 at 2:35pm — No Comments

the glories of doing nirjala ekadasis and nirjala on all major Visnutattva appereance days

dandavat pranams

all glories to Srila Prabhupada

In this sat tila ekadasi story we see how this vaisnavi was doing full Nirjala on all major Visnutattva apperance days and ekadasis.so :Lord Visnu was so pleased with her she went back to Vaikuntha in the "same body", it became transcendental

by Lord Visnus grace.Since I have preached something about the glories of Nirjala fasting on Visnutattva apperance days, I thought I like to share this:

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Added by Paramananda das on January 12, 2010 at 2:32pm — No Comments

Lord Narasimha opposed to demigod worship and concocted worship

Krsna has stated clearly in Bhagavad Gita ,demigodworship is not wanted

ye 'py anya-devatā-bhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥte 'pi mām eva kaunteya yajanty avidhi-pūrvakam"Those who are devotees of other gods and who worship them with faith actually worship only Me, O son of Kuntī, but they do so in a wrong way."

Bhagavad Gita 9.23

anta-vat tu phalaḿ teṣāḿ tad bhavaty alpa-medhasām

devān deva-yajo yānti mad-bhaktā yānti mām api... See…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 3, 2010 at 12:00am — 2 Comments

Explanation of the Mahamantra by Srila Jiva Gosvami.

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Mahamantra Tika

1.

By His uncommon beauty, Sri Krsna Candra

takes away the mind of everyone.

However, when Sri Radha expands Her own

cleverness, She also captures Sri

Krsna's mind. Therefore She is called "Hara"

2.

By His loveliness and by the sweet sound of

His flute, Sri Krsna, who is

decorated with the most captivating…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 27, 2009 at 5:30am — No Comments

Lord Caitanya the supreme editor

Lord Caitanya the supreme editor

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I had a longer talk with Dravida Prabhu some time back about the editing and certainly they have edited many mistakes, that are obvious mistakes. However the fear that I and many have is, the original books of Srila Prabhupada may get lost in time. And further and further editing will water down the original message some are even now pushing that…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 26, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

the real ISKCON devotees are sankirtana devotees, bookdistributors

pranams to all

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

this is how I preached to one Santi devi from Gaudiya math

Shanti Devi Dasi December 23 at 4:47pm Report

so Narayana Maharaja is so powerful because he can steal devotees, why this devotees dont stay in Iskcon, I think this is usless to discuss because everyone have free will, and nothing happend without Krisna's will Payonidhi Das Das December 23 at 5:58pm

Srila Prabhupada Tirupati 28 April, 1974:-

"So it… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on December 24, 2009 at 11:31pm — No Comments

a must read about Gopi chandan

The Glories of Gopi-chandana Tilak

According to Vaishnava tradition, gopi-chandana, or the sacred soil from Dwaraka , is applied on the body in twelve places while reciting mantras to Lord Vishnu. This process purifies one's body, designating it as a temple of the Lord. Besides purification, the tilak also offers the wearer protection from ghosts, evil influences, bad dreams, accidents and many other things. It keeps one's mind calm and allows one to constantly remember Lord…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 21, 2009 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

question about Astavakra Gita

dear devotees

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada

One of the few persons that have asked me to act as their Siksa Guru has asked me about this Ashtavakra Gita.

There is a nice link http://www.indianetzone.com/28/ashtavakra_a_brahman_sage.htm that gives some insight into the life of Astavakra Muni another…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 20, 2009 at 2:00pm — 8 Comments