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Subject: Re: what happened on day one of the Battlefield of Kuruksetra ?

Subject: what happened on day one of the Battlefield of Kuruksetra ?

what happened on day one of the Battlefield of Kuruksetra?

Well first we have Arjuna hearing the whole Bhagavad Gita from Sri Krsna, sadly the whole Pandava and Kaurava Army are not listening to that private conversation, Krsna and Arjuna and in Hastinapure thanks to Sanjya, the disciple of Srila Vyasadeva, Dhrtarasta also hears the…

Are Hare Krsna Jews destroying ISKCON ?

Well some of Srila Prabhupadas very first disciples were of Jewish background that included, Garga Muni, Brahmananda ,Tamal Krsna Maharaja ,Jadurani ,Bhurijana ,Jaydvaita Swami, Puskara Prabhu, and so many devotees. I am not Anti Semitic , I grew up in Denmark which is almost the only country in Europe where the Government saved the Jews even under Nazi occupation.

What Hitler did was criminal, racist ,unethical, and demoniac and you name…

When to reject a Guru

I realized many years ago Harikesa was dishonest, he had no Sadhana, he was materialistic, he told the GBC many times he wanted to get married though he was a sannyasi , he left with millions of dollars stolen from ISKCON and married his own female disciple ,he was her third husband, I told the GBC in 1996 Harikesa would fall down, they were to ignorant to listen to my good advise, I also knew since 1979 Harikesa was dishonest with money , and the selling of his…

Uddharana Datta Thakura

Uddharana Datta Thakura, a dvadasa gopala, lived in Saptagrama, a cluster of seven villges (Krishnapura, Nityanandapura, Vasudevapura, Sivapura, Bansabediya, Sahanagara, Saptagrama.). Raised in luxury within a family of gold merchants, he later married and worked as a wealthy state minister. The place where he once held office is today called Uddharanapura in his honor.

Lord Nityananda would often stay in his home and accept food from his hand.…

Mahesh Pandit

"Shri Mahesh Pandit, the seventh of the twelve gopalas, tasting Krishna prema, used to dance like a madman to the sound of a huge kettledrum." Especially dear to Shri Nityananda Prabhu, he traveled and preached with the Lord. He established Deities of Nitai-Gauranga, Radha Madana Mohana, Radha Govinda, Gopinatha.

In Vraja lila he serves Krishna-Balarama as the cowherd boy, Mahabahu. His samadhi is in the 64 Samadhis Area.

The Disappearance day of Sri Devananda Pandit is observed on December 29th.

Purananam artha-vetta sri devananda-panditah

Purasin nanda-parisat-pandito bhandarir munih

The scholar Devananda Pandit knew the meaning of all the Puranas. Previously, he was bhandari Muni, the scholar in Nanda Maharaj's court. Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika 106

Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya's father was named Mahesvara Visharada. Mahaprabhu visited his house, which was situated on an embankment.…

Shikandi was Princess Amba of Kasi in his previous life and set to marry Salva when Bhisma kidnapped her and her two sisters for marrying Vichitavirya ,but because she was set on marrying Salva who we all know was a demon ,and when Salva rejected her , her only option on marrying was to marry Bhismadeva, who refused since he had taken a vow of celibacy , and Lord Parasurama even fought Bhisma to make him marry ,but Bhisma won  .Sometimes your so-called superiors in ISKCON may also be set you…

Sri Nama-sankirtana

by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada

In the very beginning of the Srimad Bhagavatam, in its middle and at its end, we have been repeatedly advised about the efficacy of sri nama-sankirtana. The principle of sri nama-bhajana (loving service to the holy name) is deeply set at the root of the limb of devotion called Mathura-vasa, or sri dhama-vasa - residence in the places of Sri Bhagavan’s pastimes - for these holy places are frequently visited by…

11 CANTO CHAPTER 1 JARA THE HUNTER WAS VALI IN HIS PREVIOUS LIFE

THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT CHAPTER AS THE YADAVAS WERE CURSED UNDER SRI KRSNAS WILL BY THE EXALTED SAGES SUCH NARADA MUNI TO BE DESTROYED FROM WITHIN AS STATED IN SLOKA 11 TO 16 ,THIS WAS THE WILL OF LORD SRI KRSNA

As you may remember from Mahabharata also Gandhari the wife of Dhrtarastra cursed Krsna after the Battle of Kurusksetra that the Yadavas would kill each other 36 years after the Battle of Kuruksetra, because she…

Duryodhana’s Vaishnava Yagna

When, in this manner the Pandavas had gone, leaving Suyodhana, and when, having been liberated by Pandu's sons, he had come to Hastinapura, Bhishma said these words to the son of Dhritarashtra,

“O child! I had told you before, when you were intent upon going to the hermitage that your journey did not please me. But you did do so. As a consequence, you were forcibly taken captive by the enemy, and were delivered by the Pandavas versed in morality. Yet you…

Queen Kunti was in a lot of pain when the Mahabharata war started because her son Karna she had with Vivasvan the sungod ,she had to hide and she let the baby Karna float on the River Ganga praying to mother Ganga to give her son a good home.Sri Krsna knew being the app pervasive Super soul so out of deep love for His devotee Kunti ,Sri Krsna tried to change Karna to join the Pandavas, but he was so loyal to his evil friend Duryodhana

From Mahabharata we can learn so many things, what…

chapter 9 of Sri Narasimha , "The glories of Bidal Narasimha and Bidar Narasimha

Glories of Bidala Narasimha

The sacred mountain, Gandhamadan Mountain, was brought with herbs for Laxmana to Sri Lanka by Hanuman, during the battle with Ravana, from the Himalayas. Laxmana was unconscious from the one arrow shot by Meghanatha (one of the sons of Ravana, he is also known as Indrajit as he defeated Indra in battle). Later this sacred Mountain was then placed there in Orissa, 300 km from…

check out this article by Nrsingha Maharaja https://gosai.com/writings/jesus-as-a-perfect-christian

It is very obvious that Nrsingha Maharaja was from a Jewish background and was biased against Jesus Christ

It is a fact that Jesus Christ was a vegetarian still he disputes it, it is well known fact the first 500 years the Catholic Church was vegetarian and accepted both Karma and reincarnation ,the Sabbath is not…

Subject: Re: World record in individual book distribution

Subject: World record in individual book distribution

World record in individual book distribution !

ISKCON News: Mahotsaha Das Breaks Book Distributing Record [Article]

this is a huge score Mahotsaha das 1,458 books! It is huge my biggest score with Mahabig books was in 1983 Prabhupada Christmas Marathon 183 Maha Big books in Germany ,with medium books I once did over 700 medium books when they opened the…

Subject: Hare Krsna Mahamantra a far superior mantra for an inferior age

pranams to the readers

All glories to Sri Guru Gauranga

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Jaya Sri Sri Gaura Nitai ,Krsna Balarama ,Jaya Radhe Shyam

So in Satya Yuga what was chanted ? Mantras Like om namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya, Narasimha Mahamantra was also chanted ,though this Mantra is even sometimes the most prominent mantra in Kali yuga as stated in Narasimha Tarpani Upanisad :

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dear devotees

please accept my humble obaisences all glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga all glories to Srila prahbupada

Srila Prabhupada pointed out to his godbrother if you take sannyasa and stop preaching that is phalgu Vairagya lets see what Srila Prabhupada said about phalgu Vairagya :

SB 3.31.47, Purport: When one renounces this false attitude and renounces the puffed-up position that he is also God, that is real renunciation. Otherwise, there is no meaning of renunciation.…

Kartayani Vrata

As I have mentioned before, Aindra Prabhu at least sometimes observed Katyani Vrata taking only Havisana, unspiced Kirti ...imagine not even a little salt and pepper no ginger not vegtables now he lived on that for 4 month in Catrumasya and then 1 month doing Katayani Vrata, 5 month of the year he did like this, that is extreme self control I have not met any other Vaisnava like that , on top of this Aindra chanted 64 rounds daily and later 120 rounds daily ...in the late…

dear Dhira Prabhu

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I recall on instance the other day I never confronted you about .

In 1992 at Toronto Ratha Yatra you made some nasty comments, I was preaching to this young Indian Mataji, and you chastised both her and me for talking. The fact you do not know is I had helped her get to 16 rounds daily and she was becoming a good devotee. I was her mentor and older than her. Nothing was going on between…

Mokshada Ekadasi from Brahmanda Purana, observed on December 14th Maryland 

Yudhishthira Maharaj said, "O Vishnu, master of all, O delight of the three worlds, O Lord of the entire Universe, O creator of the world, O oldest personality, O best of all beings, I offer my most respectful obeisances unto You.

"O Lord of lords, for the benefit of all living entities, kindly answer some questions that I have. What is the name of the Ekadasi that occurs during the light fortnight of…