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Often in ISKCON Temple leaders are fallen and not up to standards .I was in ISKCON Sandton SOuth Africa and the TP Nanda Kumara das did not feed the devotees properly daily , no breakfast prasadam and no evening prasadam ,but something from the restaurant was cooked daily and at one point the devotees could take from there.He eventually fell down though he was a TP and ISKCON Guru ,untrained disciple of Giriraja Swami .(Second Initiation from Giriraja Swami) Many TPs are not situated nicely…

when strange situations occur in devotional service

We may think when we join ISKCON , all is smooth , no there is so much struggle ,we are in the material world .We know what Krsna has said in Bhagavad Gita :

TEXT 7

mamaivamso jiva-loke

jiva-bhutah sanatanah

manah-sasthanindriyani

prakrti-sthani karsati

SYNONYMS

mama—My; eva—certainly; amsah—fragmental particles; jiva-loke—world of conditional life; jiva-bhutah—the conditioned living entities;…

The Jiva issue ,why does it never get old ?

Recently I had a talk with Prema Sankirtana Prabhu once more about the Jiva issue.To me it is irritating because it really does not matter where we fell from Goloka or Brahman .Srila Prabhupada was very specific ,now you are not in Goloka or Tattastha Sakti in a Brahman position so FORGET about this issue .But every time I talk to Prema Sankirtana it is always on his mind I quoted this sloka :

CC Madhya 22.107

nitya-siddha…

Lord Vamanadeve is best worshipped by full Nirjala fasting as explained in Hari Bhakti Vilasa, and chanting 64 rounds, and reading the pastimes in Srimad Bhagavatam in relation to Him

SB 6.8.13: May the Lord, who assumes the body of a great fish, protect me in the water from the fierce animals that are associates of the demigod Varuṇa. By expanding His illusory energy, the Lord assumed the form of the dwarf Vāmana. May Vāmana protect me on the land. Since the gigantic form of the…

Did your know Radha and the queens of Dvaraka and Radhas gopis once had a Rasa Lila near Dvaraka ?

Well read Garga Samhita canto 6 chapter 18

GS 6.18: In the Course of Describing the Glories of Siddhashrama, a Description of the Rasa-dance Festival

Siddhashrama-mahatmye Rasotsavah 

Text 1

shri-narada uvaca shri-radhayah param pritim jnatva gopi-ganasya ca ucur harim raja-putryas tad-rasa-prekshanotsukah

shri-narada uvaca—Shri Narada said; shri-radhayah—of…

Money can not buy you love !

I wish to tell you all a very unusual thing from my life, I was in ISKCON Boston in 1991 and the Hinduja family had a son there Dharam Hinduja that was going to Havard University in Boston so when he graduated they wanted someone in the temple to do a Yajna so Sridhara Swami (jolly Swami was his nickname) asked me to do the Yajna ,so did a fire sacrifice and chanted Purusha Sukta that I know by heart and chanted some Narasimha Mantras for the blessings and…

Bhakti is not about power and control or about money and sensegratification or manipulation or politics

This is why Srila Vyasadeva wrote the Mahabharata for all the fools that think it is about their manipulation , the only thing that matters is devotion to Sri Krsna Chapter 18: Conclusion-The Perfection of Renunciation

TEXT 77

tac ca samsmrtya samsmrtya

rupam aty-adbhutam hareh

vismayo me mahan rajan

hrsyami ca punah punah

SYNONYMS

tat—that;…

Vaikuntha form of Lord Narasimha and glories of Sri Sri Prahlada Narasimha .

One sincere young mataji wrote me that tomorrow is Balarama Purnima what should I do .Is there any prayers I should do .Kindly guide me Prabhu

So unfortunately I got this email late to respond in time ,but the answer is to fast and chant Hare Krsna read Krsna book with pastimes' related with Lord Balarama ,this is a godo day to chant 64 rounds minimum there are many prayers to Lord Balarama ,there is for example 1000 names of Lord Balarama…

today is Raksha Bandhan and rakhis are tied around the wrists you see many ISKCON Gurus wear them and also my Gurudeva observed it, but Srila Prabhupada wrote in a letter he did not want western devotees wasting time on it .

So in the link below this is from Bhavisya Purana : Important in the Great Tradition is chapter 137 of the Uttara Parva of the Bhavishya Purana,[7] in which Lord Krishna describes to Yudhishthira the ritual of having a raksha (protection) tied to his right wrist by…

Srila Prabhupada the name is more used than you think ! Who is the real Srila Prabhupada ?

His Divine Grace Mahāmaṇḍaleshwar Mahant Kṛṣṇa Balarām Swāmī Prabhupāda 

Srila Prabhupada only had one Vrijabasi disciple Krsna Balarama Swami that started his own society in Vraja and he goes under the name above he is also a Mahant.Now I am sure many in ISKCON will say wait a minute why is he Prabhupada ? Prabhupada refers to AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada ..now let me tell…

GS 4.1: The Story of the Personified Vedas

This is a very amazing chapter in the 4th canto of Garga Samhita .How some of the personified Vedas became Gopis.Now when we read the Krsna book or the 10 canto of Srimad Bhagavatam there is the beautiful prayers of the Personified Vedas chapter 87 CHAPTER EIGHTY-SEVEN (vedabase.io) .Now sometimes devotees that have only read Srila Prabhupadas books may get a wrong impresssion of Durvasa Muni .Sometimes devotees in ISKCON gets compared to…

Shyam Krishnadasov

The irony is that the author of the post about Advaita Acharya uploads a photo of the murti of Advaita Acharya with long hair ��!

Can the author write to Advaita Bhavan and teach them the correct way ... to take off their hair and present Acharya as bald?Advaita Acarya yes had long hair like Nimai and Nityananda Prabhu And he was wearing white Vaishnava robes and not red Baula like in GM

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my student Miniketana Rama Prabhu offered a feast in my name today to Lord Krsna because he takes me as his Gurudeva I was very touched by his devotion on Guru Purnima, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada said I have 4 disciples 2 hands and 2 legs that was his humility he never thought look at me I have 60.000 disciples,So what to speak of insignificant souls like us what we should think while humbly chanting Hare Krsna 64 rounds daily ?ŚB 7.9.8

श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच

ब्रह्मादय: सुरगणा…

Lower case V in Visnu Murti in the" new Bhagavad Gita"

Well my question is if the New version of Bhagavad Gita

is supposed to be an improvement in spelling mistakes why is Visnu Murti in lower case in the JAS edition ?

Bg. 6.13-14

समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिर: ।

सम्प्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन् ॥ १३ ॥

प्रशान्तात्मा विगतभीर्ब्रह्मचारिव्रते स्थित: ।

मन: संयम्य मच्च‍ित्तो युक्त आसीत मत्पर: ॥ १४ ॥

samaṁ kāya-śiro-grīvaṁ

dhārayann…

Sannyasa Abhimana so much for our great American Sin Yasis !

I got gayatri mantras in 1981 and his disciples later ,but he thought unless I get them from "His Divine Grace "Niranjanan Swami that my gayatri mantras where of no use .I once chanted my gayatri mantras after mangal artik and he wanted to correct me ,because I chanted mine in 1 minute and he takes 5 minutes, so I showed him how he is simply spacing out and chanting them to slowly.I used to be in traveling sankirtana in…

Draupadi is also Known as Krsna because she also had same bodily complexion as Sri Krsna so this painting is more correct than all BBT paintings ,Sri Arjuna as you see in this painting also had the same bodily complexion of Sri Krsna , therefore Sri Arjuna is also known as Krsna because he is a friend of Krsna and have same complexion of Sri Krsna , Arjuna also has 12 others names he is famous for as he told prince Uttar Kumara at the end of the exile of the Pandavas :Arjuna - one of…

when your Guru only wants money !

I recall in 1984 I realized how materialistic my then ISKCON Guru was only thinking about money always and wanting devotees collect illegally instead of selling Srila Prabhupadas books actually asking for donations as we do not sell them .One devotee told me his wife wants to take reinitiation from Danavir Swami , I think it is not needed she was initiated by Bhakti Caru Swami , but she saw how he engaged in business all the time investing in stock…

Vaisnava Amrta chapter 14 Srila Prabhupada chanted 64 rounds and this instruction is his Adi Vani

Srila Prabhupada was introduced to chanting 64 rounds of the Hare Krsna mantra when he met Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada.

One Brahmacari , Narottamananda would sometimes meet Srila Prabhupada in his house in Kolkatta and described that Srila Prabhupada chanted 64 rounds

prior to his initiation in 1932.

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada did not give diksa to anyone not…

Jesus Christ praying in the Garden of GETHSEMANE

Matthew 26:36-46 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” 39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed,…