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Lord Caitanya at the Alarnatha temple and other pastimes in Jagannatha Puri

something I wrote in 2009

Dear honored Vaisnavas and vaisnavis

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 25, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

THE THIRTEENTH CHAPTER OF JAIVA-DHARMA, by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Late the next afternoon, at the time of go-dhuli (when the air is thick with dust-clouds raised by the cows returning to the go-sala), Vrajanatha arrived at Srivasangana. He sat on the raised platform under the dense foliage of the bakula tree, and waited for the elderly Babaji Maharaja. Babaji was waiting in his bhajanakutira, and for some unknown reason, vatsalya-bhava had arisen in his heart towards Vrajanatha. As soon as a slight sound outside indicated Vrajanatha’s arrival, Babaji came out… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on September 24, 2009 at 9:46pm — No Comments

“There is no doubt about it, to distribute books is our most important activity.” (to Ramesvara, August 3, 1973)

The most important thing is that you must follow all of the rules and regulations very strictly.” (to Tapana Misra Dasa, May 26, 1975)

“There is no doubt about it, to distribute books is our most important activity.” (to Ramesvara, August 3, 1973)

CC Adi lila 7.164 purport

Now that the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has taken up this task of preaching the cult of Lord Caitanya, its members should not only construct temples in every town and village of the… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on September 24, 2009 at 8:30pm — 3 Comments

ISKCON and the Kartabhaja influence

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Of the 3 Guru sastra and Sadhu ..sastra is most important Srila Prabhupada explains this also:

"One should accept a thing as genuine by studying the words of saintly people, the spiritual master and sastra. The actual center is sastra, the revealed scripture. If a spiritual master does not speak according to revealed scripture, he is not to be accepted. Similarly, if a saintly person does not speak according to the sastra, he is not a saintly person.… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on September 24, 2009 at 8:23pm — No Comments

was Visnu Swami the Guru of Bilvamangala Thakura?

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AGTS"

Srila Prabhupada described that Visnu Swami was the Guru of Bilvamangala Thakura, so I did a little digging, it is a bit complicated

I found this statement on the internet:

Vishnuswami

The fourth Vaishnava acharya, Vishnusvami, representative of the Rudra sampradaya (who worship the avatara of God known as Narasimhadeva) is less known than the other three.

Actually there is some confusion about him, as it seems there have been three…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 24, 2009 at 8:00pm — 3 Comments

Sri Sudarshana Kavaca

Sri Sudarshana Kavaca

om namo bhagavate bhoh bhoh sudarshana

dushta daridryam duritam

hana hana jahi jahi papam matha matha

samrogyam kuru kuru thah thah hrim him hram

om sahasraram hum phat svaha

om trilokya bhayam karta tvam

ajnaya janardana

sarva-dukhani rakshamsi

kshayam nayaca satvaram

om namo bhagavate maha-sudarshanaya

maho-graya maha-cakraya

maha-mantra maha-dhira

maha-tejah bhayankaraya…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 24, 2009 at 7:30pm — 3 Comments

Did Srila Prabhupada chant 64 rounds ?

HH Kavicandra Maharaja asked me this question.

This was my response:

dear Kavicandra Swami

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Maharaja you asked me the question:Was Srila Prabhupada chanting 64 rounds?

My answer is 2 questions to you: How do you know he did not chant 64 rounds a day?

If he asked devotees at the first initiation to chant 64 rounds, would he be preaching something he did not do himself ?. I can not accept…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 24, 2009 at 7:30pm — 5 Comments

"Lion-killer Rabbit"

"Lion-killer Rabbit"

Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.44

Los Angeles, June 10, 1976

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Pradyumna: Translation: "O inhabitants of Vaikuntha, you are sinless, but those within this material world are all karmis, whether acting piously or impiously. Both kinds of action are possible for them because they are contaminated by the three modes of nature and must act… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on September 24, 2009 at 7:23pm — 1 Comment

Srila Prabhupada was not alone to claim the monlanding was a hoax (THIS is also posted on Dandavats.com)

Payonidhi das: My humble pranams

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

On the 20 july is 40 years ago since the so called moon landing.But many believe it was a hoax If you go to the Air and Space museum in Washington Dc you can touch a piece of the moon and visitors( “pilgrims”) come to touch this black stone ( did someone say they landed on Rahu.?Hmmmmnnn)

May 11th 1975 Srila Prabhupada said:

Amogha: He says did they actually get to the moon or not?

Prabhupäda: That I am… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on September 24, 2009 at 11:03am — No Comments

Got the Brahmacari handbook for the Catholics?

This is very interesting.Actually pope Innocentia ..as you guessed ,means innocent,got the name because he admitted to several illigitimate children.I pray no sannyasis will ever fall down in ISKCON ( and anyone else including ourself) Srila Prabhupada said that we westerns are not afraid of maya, thus we should constantly chant Hare Krsna and become situated in the higer taste of KC.We pray there will be no Varna sankara in ISKCON, and those children where the parents have fallen down and the… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on September 24, 2009 at 8:30am — 4 Comments

answer to question about Ganda Bherunada

Ravinjay Prabhu asked:

Why are discussions of Lord Nrsimhadeva's post-destruction lila (per Atharva Veda) and his widely worshiped south Indian form of Ganda Bherunada widely ignored by Gaudiya Vaisnavas?

The answer is simple really:There is many manifestions of Lord Narasimha, and Ganda Bherunada is one of millions of forms of Lord Narasimha that manifest in the materiel universes, like waves in the Ocean.In Srimad Bhagavatam ,Sukadeva Goswami has mentioned…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 23, 2009 at 11:30pm — 5 Comments

Gauranga Tumi More Doya Na Chadiho..Lord Gopinatha performs Sraddha for Govinda Ghose every year

from http://kksongs.org/songs/g/gaurangatumimoredoyana.html

Song Name: Gauranga Tumi More Doya Na Chadiho

Official Name: None

Author: Vasudeva Ghosa

Book Name: None

Language: Bengali

LYRICS:

(1)

gaurāńga tumi more dayā nā chāḍiha

āpana kariyā rāńgā caraṇe rākhiha

(2)

tomāra caraṇa lāgi saba teyāginu

śītala caraṇa pāyā śaraṇa lainu…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 23, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Krsna-jumbing up and down as a frog ( in Your sweet lilas in Vraja) please protect me

Song Name: Brahma Prasada Sumukha

Official Name: Obeisance 41 Verses 165 to 169

Author: Sanatana Goswami

Book Name: Krsna Lila Stava

Language: Sanskrit

LYRICS:

(1)

brahma-prasāda-sumukha bhakta-vatsala vāk-priya

smitekṣā-harṣita-brahman brahmānujñā-pradāyaka

(2)

vatsa-vatsapa-moha-ghna yathā-pūrvārbha-tarṇaka

pulinānīta-vatsaugha namas te'dbhuta-karmaṇe

(3)

mugdha-bālāli-vāg-jāta-hāsa… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on September 23, 2009 at 10:59pm — No Comments

from SB 4.25.62 Text & Purport

In this way, King Puranjana was captivated by his nice wife and was thus cheated. Indeed, he became cheated in his whole existence in the material world. Even against that poor foolish king’s desire, he remained under the control of his wife, just like a pet animal that dances according to the order of its master.

The word vipralabdhah is very significant in this verse. Vi means “specifically,” and pralabdha means “obtained.” Just to satisfy his desires, the king got the queen, and thus he… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on September 23, 2009 at 10:55pm — No Comments

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupadas commentary to Trinad api sunicena

tåëäd api su-nécena

taror iva sahiñëunä

amäninä mäna-dena

kértanéyaù sadä hariù

Synonyms

tåëät api—than downtrodden grass; su-nécena—being lower; taroù—than a tree; iva—like; sahiñëunä—with tolerance; amäninä—without being puffed up by false pride; mäna-dena—giving respect to all; kértanéyaù—to be chanted; sadä—always; hariù—the holy name of the Lord.

Translation

One who thinks himself lower than the grass, who is more tolerant than a tree, and who does not… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on September 23, 2009 at 10:43pm — No Comments

Nama Acarya Srila Hari Das Thakur ki jaya

Nama Acarya Srila Hari Das Thakur

Nama Acarya Srila Hari Das Thakur

Samdhi of Srila Hari Das Thakur in Puri

Excerpted from "Sri Chaitanya: His Life & Associates" by Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaj

ricikasya muneh putro namna brahma mahatapah

prahladena samam jato haridasakhyako’pi san

murari-gupta-caranaish caitanya-caritamrite

ukto muni-sutah pratas tulasi-patram aharan

adhautam abhishaptas tam pitra yavanatam… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on September 23, 2009 at 10:38pm — No Comments

Srila Prabhupada only fits this catagory

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Gurusuh narah matih, narakah sah," anyone who thinks that the guru makes mistakes lives in hell this is true for Srila Prabhupada".

Many persons that have taken the role of Guru and sannyasa in ISKCON think and thought they are beyond mistakes, thus they will never apologize even when they commit offences, they think they are infallibel and they reflect this mentality to their neophyte disciples. ( who also thinks they can not commit mistakes and not have to… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on September 23, 2009 at 10:35pm — 1 Comment

Balarama Kavacha

Balarama Kavacha

This Balarama Kavacha (armor) will ensure one full protection against the onslaught of Maya. One should chant this mantra after having taken bath and worn clean cloth. This Kavacha had previously bee given to the Vraja Gopis by Garga Muni. It is being repeated here to Duryodhana.

goloka-dhama-adhipatihparesvarah

paresu-mampatupavitrakirtanah

bhu-mandalam-sarsa-pava-dvilaksate

yan-murdhnimampatu-sa bhumi mandale…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 23, 2009 at 10:30pm — 4 Comments

fasting on Nityananda Traodasi and Advaita Acaryas apperance day and the importance of this

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AGTSP

We have to get our priorities straight in this human life.The Srimad Bhagavatam has advised us:

SB 2.3.17: Both by rising and by setting, the sun decreases the duration of life of everyone, except one who utilizes the time by discussing topics of the all-good Personality of Godhead.

SB 2.3.18: Do the trees not live? Do the bellows of the blacksmith not breathe? All around us, do the beasts not eat and discharge semen?

SB 2.3.19: Men who are like dogs,…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 23, 2009 at 10:30pm — 2 Comments

about the glories of hearing and chanting from the prayers of the personified Vedas (Krsna book)

The great authority Bhismadeva has also given the opinion that this process of chanting and hearing about the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the essence of all Vedic ritualistic performances. Dear Lord, the devotee who wants to elevate himself simply by this process of devotional activities, especially by hearing and chanting, very soon comes out of the clutches of the dualities of material existence. By this simple process of penance and austerity the Supersoul within the devotee's heart… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on September 23, 2009 at 10:13pm — No Comments